Added: Aug 20, 2008
From: PBS
Duration: 3:20
RUDOLF NUREYEV is one of the enduring icons of 20th-century dance. NUREYEV: THE RUSSIAN YEARS is a new examination of the key period in his life prior to and immediately following his famous "leap to freedom" in 1961. Premiering Wednesday, August 29 on Thirteen/WNET New York's GREAT PERFORMANCES on PBS (check local listings), the special weaves recent interviews with Russian colleagues and rare archival footage of the young dancer never before seen in the West.For more information visit www.pbs.org/gperfA BBC production in association with Thirteen/WNET New York, the program can also be seen in the U.K. on BBC. (check local listings) GREAT PERFORMANCES is the longest running performing arts series on television. It is produced for PBS by Thirteen/WNET New York and is funded by the Corporation for Public Television, the National Endowment for the Arts, public television viewers, and PBS. Major corporate funding in provided by UBS. Special funding for this program was provided by the Irene Diamond Fund and the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.
Channel: Music
Tags: arts ballet br dance fonteyn great john kirov lake margot martinez menia nureyev pbs performances performing rudolf swan
Rating: 4.99 (89 ratings) Views: 38784' favoriteCount='285 Comments: 52
ArbiterElegantium Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - I'm in love...
norakulet Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - if he were alive we would've been married by now (despite the fact he was gay)
MaryMore90 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Oh..Nureyev is beautiful!
Squeaky1423 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - He was bisexual. Maybe he was attracted more often to men, but he had a love affair with Margot Fonteyn, check out the documentary on her, it's fascinating!
creativepseudonym Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Amazing video. <3Does anyone know what piece is being played at the end of the clip?
annigeturgun Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Thank you for explaining that, we thought at the end of the interview he slightly winked (with both eyes?!) AT THE CAMERA
irinid9 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - The piece played at the end of the clip is an excerpt from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. Nureyev was absolutely amazing.
KiddoNureyev Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - I loved what you wrote here and the message in your profile. May you achieve what you wish...
KiddoNureyev Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Yes, Rudik's beauty was incredible, but I guess that what I like the most about him was his ability to make you believe in everything he did: when he was holding Juliet, you believed in his love; when he has asking for forgiveness after killing Tybalt, you believed in his sorrow... Other dancers are good actors; Nureyev was the personification of passion.
KiddoNureyev Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Hello, seeing that you've done a great research of his films and books, I dare to ask you this: some weeks ago I saw in YouTube a rare video that showed Nureyev visiting his beloved childhood teacher, Anna Udeltsova (a very touching moment that broke my heart), but, when I tried to see it again, I couldn't find it, perhaps it was erased... Do you know If I can get it somewhere else? Thank you.
PhillipLWilcher Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - I'm sure the video you mention is available - perhaps through Amazon. If it is the one i think you mean, I have it but I'm not at home to check for you. I'll come back to you with what details I can find for you. Meanwhile, thank you for your kind words and I well understand your adoration for Nureyev and yes, as you say, he was most certainly the personification of passion. Dedication too!
PhillipLWilcher Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - True! I think Fonteyn has also advised him to say nothing and yet his silence speaks for him here.Without saying a word he puts those inquisiitve journalists in their common place. From a pauper to a Prince, this was the life of the greatest dancer of all - the incomparable and vastly charismatic Nureyev. It doesn't seem right he should have suffered so at the end. I can't imagine how it must have felt for him to have his body turn against him. May he be forever in God's everlasting care!
wolifgang Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - He was just amazing dancer, that would bring wings to whom wants to dance.i never had the chance to watch this documentary, anyone know where i can watch the full documentary?
sunclov Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - What, did he just wink?!!
MadcapLindsay Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - He's just absolutely beautiful.
toeknee1965 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - he actually died in the care of the woman who first took care of him when he defected. a ballet teacher in monte carlo. he had no real friends i guess and was kind of hated by alot. he was a real asshole at times.
PhillipLWilcher Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - For me, as one of the greatest artists of all time and one who almost single handedly changed the face of ballet, Nureyev can well be forgiven his explosive tempermanet. He was no more tough on anyone than on himself. Yes, it has been said he was the most loved and the most hated of dancers. He inspired jealousy, I'm sure. Of him it can be said some people enrich the world, lesser people enrich themselves. Nureyev enriched the world with such wonders the likes of which will never be seen again.
toeknee1965 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - i was a student at boston ballet on stage. he did not like the taller of the two boston ballerinas he danced with. and he literally yanked her arm out of her socket in a turn and dislocated it in a show. i saw it with my own eyes. that is beyong just mean dont u think?
PhillipLWilcher Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - I have heard of such instances, yes. I am a musician/composer. Different worlds - and yet Nureyev, equal to any "mentor" in my world was a force and influence that drove me to better myself. I would think some of the greatest artists the world over, whatever their genre,had & have undesirable traits. In the broader scheme of later things, the question remaining is : where would their art be without them? Where would ballet be today without Nureyev? I understand what you say - truthfully...
loquiloq Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - I love his silence, and then he wink....only a genious can do that!!!
dianarudiforever Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Great! I love his every move...
Romanse1 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - LOVE how expressive and beautiful he appears in that clip. I sure want to have that PBS video.
bodypoetry Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - One of Nureyev's great contributions to the ballet was bringing male dancers to the center stage beyond their previously supporting roles. Watching his footages on youtube and my videos of him, it is indeed a great irreplacable loss to the ballet world that a star like him is no longer with us! And yet, what he gave us will forever become so many everlasting jewels to cherish for ever more, and which will always continue to inspire us!
maestros17 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - he is great
vertibilis Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Мой любимый, обажаемый Нуреев!!!!!!!!!I love him with my entire feelings!)))