Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyevwas a Soviet dancer of ballet and modern dance, one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth17 March 1938
CityIrkutsk, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
dancing different angle
I approach dancing from a different angle than those who begin dancing at 8 or 9. Those who have studied from the beginning never question anything.
dance dancing body
The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.
absolute abstract body born british care dame dance empire eternal intense love musical older quality represents sincere time
I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth; there is an absolute musical quality in her beautiful body and phrasing. Because we are sincere and gifted, an intense abstract love is born between us every time we dance together.
alive stage
I’m really alive when I’m on stage,
ifs
I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.
dance age awareness
There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance.
courses personal-life
Of course I have a personal life.
long
As long as my ballets are danced, I will live
believe here-i-am ballet
I am still on stage. If you read Press...you would believe that I should be gone. But here I am doing it and DOING IT WELL!
house full-house critics
The only critic is a full house.
dance soul body
We danced with one body, one soul... For me, Margot is my family. She is all I have, only her.
motivational dance running
Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.
dance dumb ballet
A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?
nature art ability
What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.