i danced at the north carolina school of the arts back in the 80s, i really miss those times, ialways did so well in structured enviorments and when i got away from dance and that world (music as well) i was lost..im 38 next month, far to late.
@sprintbass But never too late to love dance and immerse yourself in other ways! I also took dance in the 80s and am very blessed to understand and appreciate how very amazing it is as a result! :-)
@sprintbass But never too late to love dance and immerse yourself in other ways! I also took dance in the 80s and am very blessed to understand and appreciate how very amazing it is as a result! :-)
@happyC73 well for me after i stopped dancing i took up cycling..I love the tour de france...at this point id love to go and do both...its just hard for me to do something that i performed at such a high leval at when i was younger..I wont accept being 38 as old..yes my body will not respond how it did at 21 but it is attainable to find good form its just going to take longer...
@sprintbass cycling is super challenging!! I've trained with some cyclist - wow! I never performed at such a high level, but family members did so. However, even the modest training that I did receive drove home how amazing is the art (and athleticism) of dance. As an "old" fogey, I now do swim training. A dance background actually helps a lot with fine-tuning body placement/'feeling the water'. Swimming is highly technical. Dance forms can still be enjoyed, albeit not ballet performance level.
Wow. He's really something else. Being able to maintain balance and coordination through all those turns and leaps. Of course it seems like he had an inclination towards dance, but that must have taken so much back-breaking training day after day after day. It's just hard to imagine that level of dedication and passion.
@SHDC1234 NO it was his sexual preference which killed him. He died of AIDS.
He would have been sent off to some remote area of Russia or killed in the early 60's as being a gay person -even today -in Russia being gay is intolerable.
He had to defect not only for artistic expression but to live an honest life.
He was brilliant in his dancing and died far too soon.
@mysticmeg111 You don't die of a sexual preference, my friend. You die of a disease called AIDS when you practice unsafe sex - you can be gay or straight.
@nicksum29 I already stated that he died of Aids. Unfortunately Rudolf contracted the virus in the bathhouses of Paris where rectal sex was practiced indiscriminately with anyone who wanted to lean their posterior against a small opening in a wall. Often neither one of the engaging couple knew each other. It was gay male sex at its zenith. His sexual preference did kill him. The manufactured virus was aimed at the gay populus.
@mysticmeg111 Yes, that kind of sex is also practiced by the straight population, and happens to be a favourite amongst straight "clientele" of female prostitutes. Grow up.
@nicksum29 Do not try and teach your educator. I am a Practitioner in Community Health and diagnose STI's on a near daily basis. Rectal coitus is practiced by heterosexuals-not advised as females can develop bowel disease. Many married men are on the downlow and have their trysts during lunch breaks-rectal gonorrhoea and also of the throat is common place.I can tell u of STI's in Africa that have not yet hit the shores of N America.
@nicksum29 NO noy exactly!! Read what u wrote then what I wrote-there are differences including more information. Anyway this site is about the splendour of Rudolf not an AIDS site.
@mysticmeg111 Sigh - I think it is YOU who need to read what your wrote. You stated that he died of a sexual preference. I found this offensive to the memory of a genius.
@nicksum29 The truth often hurts.If Rudolf had been heterosexual in a stable relationship with a wife he would probably still be with us.No one could hold a candle to his brilliance as a danceur.
@mysticmeg111 agree - just add the word husband, and you would be perfectly correct. you dishonour his memory by denying his sexually. Nureyev would have punched you on the nose had you suggested he change his sexuality to suit you. And I.... would have applauded.
@nicksum29 U R very emotional and aggressive, however U R a 32 yrs old female from Taiwan which explains the mind set. Rudolf asked Margot Fonteyn to marry him and she declined. He also had liasons with women-impregnated 2 of them and each had an abortion.For your information I would never ask anyone to change their sexuality -;Punched on the nose?' U need to take lessons in English and learn to express yourself in a more learned manner.You are a twit, to say the least.
@mysticmeg111 You are also racist, it would seem. I am not Taiwanese. I live in Taiwan - BIG difference. I am in fact English. And "punched ON the nose" is the correct preposition to use in this case. If you don't want people to get aggressive with you, then don't make rude, racist or homophobic comments. And stick to the facts. YOU are the one who got personal and made assumptions about ME based on your own racist stereotypical mindset.
@nicksum29 We are not talking prepositions here! We are speaking about your hostilities and aggressiveness and applauding if you can view someone being punched on the nose. You need to do some soul searching about yourself and how u were raised and the pain you are in . I suggest counselling.
What a gorgeous force of nature! My only regret was that I was never privileged to see one of his performances. Sure, I saw him on television (Ed Sullivan), but that as good as it got. How lucky those people who were in his audience.
Oh man, was hr beautiful and a talent and professional balett dancer. Look at his body it is perfect shaped, but it is all gone, gone, gone, such a shame he left us too soon!
Russia is the world's largest banana republic and the world's biggest source of smaller banana republics since 1991, commonly misspelled as 'hell', 'slaughterhouse', and 'rosin', a huge piece of supposedly Asian land
For God's sake. I'd forgotten how good-looking he was. I was just a toddler when he came to the States. He still stands as the greatest Russian dancer of all time for me.
Nureyev was a dancing God! He was legendary in that he changed the perception of the male ballet dancer as worthy of notice on par with female dancers. He will never be forgotten in the pantheon of famous and intriguing dancers of the world.
I betcha..at the time...the pianist at 1:22 to 1:30 didn;t think much of what happened during that rehearsal...but later on...that was probably his most cherished memory and one of his best stories he would pass on to others...
Geistero -Communism cannot cut off the Great Overlordship ot the Tatars to whom many Russian Emperors paid homage, Nureyev's bloodline was Tatar just as my citizenship is British but I am a Scot descended from the Celtic poet warrior tribes
you, guys, are divided even on the south-londeners and norht-londeners and proud of that, however it's quite tragic for you. You don't know and don't understand the social and multi-cultural system in the Soviet Union. It has nothing to do with "communism". Tatar or Russian - no matter. Just soviet.
British, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish all belong in the same group. Russians and Tatars are two different ethnic groups. One is Slavic and the other is Turkic. East and West of Russia.
@Geistero do not kid yourself pal-it is you who does not understand the truth of the secret government which rules all countries. Russia has been invited into the European CM-Welcome to the New World Order. Look up 'Illuminati-Freemasons-Chithauri/Serpent Race'. Obama is to stimulate war in Africa and this will draw in China and Russia. You can kiss your Russian ass ta ta.
Во-первых, ты мне не тыкай. Приобщайся к мировой культуре. Во-вторых, это вовсе не "русский" балет, а российский, с такими именами, как Ананиашвили, Нуреев, Плисецкая и т.д. Это многонациональное достижение, а вовсе не русское
Well, I, for one, agree with you. It's probably not his ethnic origin but his cultural origin that gave him the expressional possibilities in ballet. Russia as a melting pot (mainly Russians but other ethnical groups as well) has given so much to the world - it is nearly not as much as 50 percent appreciated. Anglo-Saxon propaganda should not be able to obscure that fact (although we appreciate their achievements as well).
A free spirit. Danced for, & loved by, millions of people - but very much alone.
After seeing him dance, soon after his first performance in London, I waited hours for his autograph, was astonished by how tiny and unremarkable he was, close too - when he had danced with such astonishing passion. A lesson in 'how not to make assumptions based on appearance'. Thank you Rudolph, and thanks for the vid.
He was a God, and his genius will live forever. After watching the movie "Evening With The Royal Ballet" I floated on air for weeks. A sweet, complicated, endearing man. We will never see his like again.
You can look into his eyes and see a promiscuous deviant - whose energies on the stage transcend into the bedroom. Of course many fail to mention that because of his promiscuous and slutty behavior - he eventually contracted HIV and died of AIDS.
LOL I remember when SV came out, some reviewer referred to him having the delicate beauty of a Russian ballet dancer, and I remember some fan being outraged, like it was an insult. I was like, uh, did you ever see Rudolph Nureyev when he was young? Tom Welling does look like him. He's about a foot taller than Rudi was though.
Yes. I saw the original telecast, which occurred about the time the hardcover book upon which it is based was published. No DVD yet in the U.S. last time I checked. An eye out I will keep for it. I doubt a DVD will be available until the paperback of the book is
issued. Such is the knavery of of tie-in marketing.
Yesterday night I've viewed this film on tv. I feel so stupid now I've not recorded it. It was so breathtaking beautiful and powerful at same time sad too. I can't get him out of my mind. I do really envy the people that have seen this man dancing. What a gifted man he was. My heart broke at the end when I learnt that the first time he was back in Russia his mother was dying. The second time he was at the edge of dead himself, How cruel can life be? He had a great career but lost a lot too.
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!
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!
The first 30 seconds of this video were filmed at a police station in San Francisco, after he and Margot were arrested when a party they were attending was raided. He says nothing because that's what the lawyers tell you to do! They were released without charges.
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!
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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.
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.
As a student studying music, the walls of my room were covered in pictures of composers, but the central picture around which they were placed was of Nureyev - the Marguerite and Armand portrait. Why? Because I wanted to achieve in music what he achieved in dance. I wanted his passion, his poetry and his strength of mind. He was one of the greatest artists of our time. There will never be another like him. Long may he reign supreme. The ultimate dancer!
Nureyev burst out of the conventions of the stage and manifested a man's wild nature. As we sit stiffly in our seats, Rudy teaches us that it is our nature to move, to jump, to fly. What a wonderful art is the dance on the legs of a creative and energetic being. Thanks for the post.
when is this going to be out on DVD? I've been infortunate enough to miss the showing on PBS and it doesn't look like it's going to be repeated anytime soon.
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.
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!
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?
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...
I've read 3 books about his life after viewing this Great Performances! The best so far is Diane Solway's Nureyev His Life..A new book about him is coming out Oct 2nd..Does anyone know how to get a copy of Nureyev's ballet "Gayane" 1963 BBC?? He's so amazing in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the opening, um... interview? I remember that smoldering presence. We shall never again see anything like it. The strangest and wildest of the Monstres Sacres.
Like many women in my generation I was a huge fan of Baryshnikov. But, by god, who is this man?! Maybe Misha was the blondie, but Rudy it´s THE sex god, to both boys and girls.
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.
tears go down
eulex10 2 months ago
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They say "no one's perfect" Nureyev WAS.
fregramis1 2 months ago
Muchas de las imágenes de danza, no corresponden a sus años en RUSIA, de todas formas es un bello video.
Maripudelmonaco 2 months ago
what a legend!!! like the Queen song says: one by one... only the good die young :( RIP Nureyev!
88888Di88888 3 months ago
Tatar genius
Il00OOll 4 months ago
Such an interesting figure.
IamKesyerSoze 5 months ago
i danced at the north carolina school of the arts back in the 80s, i really miss those times, ialways did so well in structured enviorments and when i got away from dance and that world (music as well) i was lost..im 38 next month, far to late.
sprintbass 9 months ago
@sprintbass But never too late to love dance and immerse yourself in other ways! I also took dance in the 80s and am very blessed to understand and appreciate how very amazing it is as a result! :-)
happyC73 7 months ago
@sprintbass But never too late to love dance and immerse yourself in other ways! I also took dance in the 80s and am very blessed to understand and appreciate how very amazing it is as a result! :-)
happyC73 7 months ago
@happyC73 well for me after i stopped dancing i took up cycling..I love the tour de france...at this point id love to go and do both...its just hard for me to do something that i performed at such a high leval at when i was younger..I wont accept being 38 as old..yes my body will not respond how it did at 21 but it is attainable to find good form its just going to take longer...
sprintbass 7 months ago
@sprintbass cycling is super challenging!! I've trained with some cyclist - wow! I never performed at such a high level, but family members did so. However, even the modest training that I did receive drove home how amazing is the art (and athleticism) of dance. As an "old" fogey, I now do swim training. A dance background actually helps a lot with fine-tuning body placement/'feeling the water'. Swimming is highly technical. Dance forms can still be enjoyed, albeit not ballet performance level.
happyC73 7 months ago
@sprintbass ps; i'm speaking of myself with regards to ballet, of course. Good luck with the cycling!! It's so very painful!!
happyC73 7 months ago
Regardless what was the interview about, up to 0:30 his expression was an art itself.
At the memorial in Paris, on his grave had his favourite oriental kilim rug.
I hope he's still dancing and flying on the beautiful rug between stars to stars.
SHINYamAHA21 9 months ago
@SHINYamAHA21 Yes, he loved those oriental rugs very much! The kilim are beautiful Turkish rugs. Gorgeous designs on them.
KeVox7 9 months ago
@KeVox7
He who strives on and lives to strive,can earn redemption still.
Goethe' "Faust" was read on his memorial.
SHINYamAHA21 9 months ago
Wow. He's really something else. Being able to maintain balance and coordination through all those turns and leaps. Of course it seems like he had an inclination towards dance, but that must have taken so much back-breaking training day after day after day. It's just hard to imagine that level of dedication and passion.
thegreenmanofnorwich 10 months ago
sorry to interrupt - where's part 2 please?
jemlucy 10 months ago
please does someone the first song in this video i love it and remember it but cant remember where from or wich ballet is it from.
somebody?
s4sh1976 1 year ago
It is Romeo an Juliet by Prokofiev, # 3 The Street Awakens
TheRussianKate 11 months ago
jjajaja thank good i was getting worried about my tom welling obsession
s4sh1976 1 year ago
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Celticboi69 1 year ago
He died because he believed the doctors and their pharmaceutical myth and took that poison called AZT
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alizanorrellfht 1 year ago
It is the evil west world destroy him
SHDC1234 1 year ago
@SHDC1234 NO it was his sexual preference which killed him. He died of AIDS.
He would have been sent off to some remote area of Russia or killed in the early 60's as being a gay person -even today -in Russia being gay is intolerable.
He had to defect not only for artistic expression but to live an honest life.
He was brilliant in his dancing and died far too soon.
mysticmeg111 1 year ago
@mysticmeg111 You don't die of a sexual preference, my friend. You die of a disease called AIDS when you practice unsafe sex - you can be gay or straight.
nicksum29 1 year ago
@nicksum29 I already stated that he died of Aids. Unfortunately Rudolf contracted the virus in the bathhouses of Paris where rectal sex was practiced indiscriminately with anyone who wanted to lean their posterior against a small opening in a wall. Often neither one of the engaging couple knew each other. It was gay male sex at its zenith. His sexual preference did kill him. The manufactured virus was aimed at the gay populus.
mysticmeg111 10 months ago
@mysticmeg111 Yes, that kind of sex is also practiced by the straight population, and happens to be a favourite amongst straight "clientele" of female prostitutes. Grow up.
nicksum29 10 months ago
@nicksum29 Do not try and teach your educator. I am a Practitioner in Community Health and diagnose STI's on a near daily basis. Rectal coitus is practiced by heterosexuals-not advised as females can develop bowel disease. Many married men are on the downlow and have their trysts during lunch breaks-rectal gonorrhoea and also of the throat is common place.I can tell u of STI's in Africa that have not yet hit the shores of N America.
Such is life..
mysticmeg111 10 months ago
@mysticmeg111 Isn't that exactly what I said?
nicksum29 10 months ago
@nicksum29 NO noy exactly!! Read what u wrote then what I wrote-there are differences including more information. Anyway this site is about the splendour of Rudolf not an AIDS site.
mysticmeg111 10 months ago
@mysticmeg111 Sigh - I think it is YOU who need to read what your wrote. You stated that he died of a sexual preference. I found this offensive to the memory of a genius.
nicksum29 10 months ago
@nicksum29 The truth often hurts.
mysticmeg111 10 months ago
@nicksum29 The truth often hurts.If Rudolf had been heterosexual in a stable relationship with a wife he would probably still be with us.No one could hold a candle to his brilliance as a danceur.
mysticmeg111 10 months ago
@mysticmeg111 agree - just add the word husband, and you would be perfectly correct. you dishonour his memory by denying his sexually. Nureyev would have punched you on the nose had you suggested he change his sexuality to suit you. And I.... would have applauded.
nicksum29 10 months ago
@nicksum29 U R very emotional and aggressive, however U R a 32 yrs old female from Taiwan which explains the mind set. Rudolf asked Margot Fonteyn to marry him and she declined. He also had liasons with women-impregnated 2 of them and each had an abortion.For your information I would never ask anyone to change their sexuality -;Punched on the nose?' U need to take lessons in English and learn to express yourself in a more learned manner.You are a twit, to say the least.
mysticmeg111 10 months ago
@mysticmeg111 You are also racist, it would seem. I am not Taiwanese. I live in Taiwan - BIG difference. I am in fact English. And "punched ON the nose" is the correct preposition to use in this case. If you don't want people to get aggressive with you, then don't make rude, racist or homophobic comments. And stick to the facts. YOU are the one who got personal and made assumptions about ME based on your own racist stereotypical mindset.
nicksum29 10 months ago
@nicksum29 We are not talking prepositions here! We are speaking about your hostilities and aggressiveness and applauding if you can view someone being punched on the nose. You need to do some soul searching about yourself and how u were raised and the pain you are in . I suggest counselling.
mysticmeg111 10 months ago
@mysticmeg111 Bo, we are speaking about Nureyev. And he would have punched you in the nose.
nicksum29 10 months ago
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Celticboi69 1 year ago
What a gorgeous force of nature! My only regret was that I was never privileged to see one of his performances. Sure, I saw him on television (Ed Sullivan), but that as good as it got. How lucky those people who were in his audience.
taksanwagie 1 year ago
Awesome. I wish I could see him dancing...live, of course. :( RIP
MissTheClash 1 year ago
Does anyone know what is playing between 2:17 & 2:40?
AndrewJM82 1 year ago
@AndrewJM82 it is from the "swan lake" , the part when male solo (Nureyev) performs
nomint 1 year ago
@nomint thank you so much!!!
AndrewJM82 1 year ago
@nomint NOT ONLY SECOND IS FROM DON Q LAST ONE PROBABILY FROM LAURENCIA
pediatrapaola 1 year ago
@AndrewJM82 SWAN LAKE DON Q LAURENCIA
pediatrapaola 1 year ago
eto talant
konstina 1 year ago
GREAT STAR
danuzatbrazil 1 year ago
Oh man, was hr beautiful and a talent and professional balett dancer. Look at his body it is perfect shaped, but it is all gone, gone, gone, such a shame he left us too soon!
Frampa 1 year ago
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Celticboi69 1 year ago
Russia is the world's largest banana republic and the world's biggest source of smaller banana republics since 1991, commonly misspelled as 'hell', 'slaughterhouse', and 'rosin', a huge piece of supposedly Asian land
devilrain666 1 year ago
For God's sake. I'd forgotten how good-looking he was. I was just a toddler when he came to the States. He still stands as the greatest Russian dancer of all time for me.
Madre02 1 year ago 6
Nureyev was a dancing God! He was legendary in that he changed the perception of the male ballet dancer as worthy of notice on par with female dancers. He will never be forgotten in the pantheon of famous and intriguing dancers of the world.
Thunderstormwitch 1 year ago
He may have had a 'slightly feminine' dance technique but that was back when women were worthy of being emulated.
ThunderAppeal 1 year ago
Magnifique !
Merci !
MySoheyla 1 year ago
nureyev has the better body though ;)
HaveADaisy 1 year ago
assim como Vaslav Nijinsky Nureyev divide o século XX como o melhor bailarino
Ottomale 1 year ago
great dancer... superb...powerfull....elegance....beautiful....artistic...
MrAlexeiyagudin 1 year ago
@MrAlexeiyagudin yes , he was
nomint 1 year ago
He was and remains the best and most wonderful dancer in the world. He soared!
How sad that he's gone. Hats off to the Tartars.
14nomonkeys 1 year ago 6
Probably the most famous Tatar in the history of our people.
VolgaTatar2007 2 years ago 2
I betcha..at the time...the pianist at 1:22 to 1:30 didn;t think much of what happened during that rehearsal...but later on...that was probably his most cherished memory and one of his best stories he would pass on to others...
iczerman 2 years ago
Thank god, I saw him dance before he left our planet!
Beachmaiden 2 years ago 2
I'm currently reading the novel "Dancer" based on his life, by Colum McCallum. It's a fantastic read
nietzschecreature 2 years ago
Beyond compare... I'm speechless
Caligulalia 2 years ago
SO effing magnificent...he takes my breath away....still!
hipretty 2 years ago
cheeky winker :28
iNoMeMire 2 years ago 2
Nureyev was really gay??? or half..??
littledesp 2 years ago
He started in the Soviet Union and it's a soviet school. There were no "Russia" or "Tatar" that time.
Geistero 2 years ago 2
Geistero -Communism cannot cut off the Great Overlordship ot the Tatars to whom many Russian Emperors paid homage, Nureyev's bloodline was Tatar just as my citizenship is British but I am a Scot descended from the Celtic poet warrior tribes
mysticmeg111 2 years ago
you, guys, are divided even on the south-londeners and norht-londeners and proud of that, however it's quite tragic for you. You don't know and don't understand the social and multi-cultural system in the Soviet Union. It has nothing to do with "communism". Tatar or Russian - no matter. Just soviet.
Geistero 2 years ago 2
British, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish all belong in the same group. Russians and Tatars are two different ethnic groups. One is Slavic and the other is Turkic. East and West of Russia.
RudikRus1 2 years ago
@RudikRus1 but its still russia, so he counts as russian!
nomint 1 year ago
@Geistero do not kid yourself pal-it is you who does not understand the truth of the secret government which rules all countries. Russia has been invited into the European CM-Welcome to the New World Order. Look up 'Illuminati-Freemasons-Chithauri/Serpent Race'. Obama is to stimulate war in Africa and this will draw in China and Russia. You can kiss your Russian ass ta ta.
mysticmeg111 2 years ago
at 1:03 is Menia Martinez :D <3???
elelpu 2 years ago
Technique, grâce et passion...un génie!
Antonella47 2 years ago 13
The still of this video looked like Cillian Murphy!
Brighteyeslonglashes 2 years ago
Ole, ole y óleeeeee¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
MALULA72 2 years ago
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Alexandra300490 2 years ago
Nureyev was an ethnic Tatar. Not a single drop of Russian blood in him.
VolgaTatar2007 2 years ago 2
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Alexandra300490 2 years ago
Ну да, ты еще напиши, что русский балет был придуман татарами и все заслуги русского балета - тоже принадлежат исключительно татарам
elleonnora 2 years ago
Во-первых, ты мне не тыкай. Приобщайся к мировой культуре. Во-вторых, это вовсе не "русский" балет, а российский, с такими именами, как Ананиашвили, Нуреев, Плисецкая и т.д. Это многонациональное достижение, а вовсе не русское
VolgaTatar 2 years ago
kakie vi strannie. net, eto Russkiy balet, a ne Rossiyskiy. tatar mozhet bit russkim, no one ne mozhet bit rossiyaninom.
kissmybabytwo 2 years ago
Tatar ne mojet byt Russkim. On uje Tatar. ETOGO VPOLNE DOSTATOCHNO. I eto mirovoi ballet. Ostalsya by v Rossii, pogib by Rudolf.
Bulgarka1000 2 years ago
Nice to hear from a Tatar
RudikRus1 2 years ago 4
Well, I, for one, agree with you. It's probably not his ethnic origin but his cultural origin that gave him the expressional possibilities in ballet. Russia as a melting pot (mainly Russians but other ethnical groups as well) has given so much to the world - it is nearly not as much as 50 percent appreciated. Anglo-Saxon propaganda should not be able to obscure that fact (although we appreciate their achievements as well).
geri74 2 years ago 10
so TRUE! but his career took off in russia though.
bolshoiboy8 2 years ago
As lot`s of other`s.And developed abroad. Russia wasn`t enough generous as usual.
Bulgarka1000 2 years ago
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RudikRus1 2 years ago
He was is a once-in-a-lifetime.
BUT check out Daniil Simkin....may be the "next" Rudy!
Adams42 2 years ago
I remember wanting to be his lead ballerina when I was maybe 4 years old. Didn't happen, but heck, I named my orange kitty after him. I miss Rudy.(
CanOfWhoopie 2 years ago
nureyev ist ein tatare
nikolaipol 2 years ago 2
A free spirit. Danced for, & loved by, millions of people - but very much alone.
After seeing him dance, soon after his first performance in London, I waited hours for his autograph, was astonished by how tiny and unremarkable he was, close too - when he had danced with such astonishing passion. A lesson in 'how not to make assumptions based on appearance'. Thank you Rudolph, and thanks for the vid.
Jeanetteleuers 2 years ago 2
Can someone please tell me what the last piece of music that is playing?
IamKesyerSoze 2 years ago
can u tell me what is keyser soze cos i gotta friend call like that, im asking if its you!!
7nevski7 2 years ago
o_O?
IamKesyerSoze 2 years ago
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
MuffinDear 2 years ago
I knew it sounded familar. Do you which piece? Everytime I try to search for it I keep coming up with Dance of the knights. :(
IamKesyerSoze 2 years ago
He was a God, and his genius will live forever. After watching the movie "Evening With The Royal Ballet" I floated on air for weeks. A sweet, complicated, endearing man. We will never see his like again.
PattiORorke 2 years ago 2
That guy looks just like Tom Welling. Uncanny resemblance.
OceanusProcellarum 2 years ago
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You can look into his eyes and see a promiscuous deviant - whose energies on the stage transcend into the bedroom. Of course many fail to mention that because of his promiscuous and slutty behavior - he eventually contracted HIV and died of AIDS.
RSCII 2 years ago
That's not very nice. And its not *always* promiscuous and slutty behavior that leads people to dying of AIDS.
IamKesyerSoze 2 years ago 2
diniyar bilyaletdinov and nureyev are two of tatars beauty!!
7nevski7 2 years ago
Yes they are Tatar Beauty.
RudikRus1 2 years ago 2
God he was MAGNIFICENT
Squeaky1423 2 years ago 3
watch his head at 2:07
SalQrazy 2 years ago
When will this be on DVD? My God!
aBirdbyBrancusi 2 years ago
No offense but the guy who plays Clark Kent in smallville looks just like him.
RavenEnna 2 years ago 16
LOL I remember when SV came out, some reviewer referred to him having the delicate beauty of a Russian ballet dancer, and I remember some fan being outraged, like it was an insult. I was like, uh, did you ever see Rudolph Nureyev when he was young? Tom Welling does look like him. He's about a foot taller than Rudi was though.
theoriginalsuzycat 2 years ago
@RavenEnna jjaajajajajajaajajaja, true
mrfrozenplastic 1 year ago
haha that man saying nureyev was beautiful is my ballet teacher
EstherRimbaud 3 years ago 4
That's cool.
RavenEnna 2 years ago
Nureyev and Mercury best gay couple ever XD
teo2712 3 years ago 4
Remembering Rudolf Nureyev 15 years after his death.
tefisher1984 3 years ago 4
0:29 OMG
bbelenn27 3 years ago 2
PLEEEAZZE put it on DVD.Many,many people will buy it.
lochness11 3 years ago 5
Yes. I saw the original telecast, which occurred about the time the hardcover book upon which it is based was published. No DVD yet in the U.S. last time I checked. An eye out I will keep for it. I doubt a DVD will be available until the paperback of the book is
issued. Such is the knavery of of tie-in marketing.
superdooperstupor 3 years ago
Yes,the DVD would be a best seller for sure!
lochness11 3 years ago
I had a teacher who partnered with Nureyev. She had a lot of good stories about him. Looking forward to seeing this film.
oliviainyourpants 3 years ago
Shame to authors of film!
Genrietta 3 years ago
A magnificent special.
Important viewing, if only to get a mere glimpse of the mastery of Nureyev...& the silly politics which tried to bring him down.
StephanAOTTO1 3 years ago 2
aww bless im at 2:23
<3
bethyboo992 3 years ago 2
@bethyboo992 any chance you know what song that is playing, between, 2:20 and 2:35
AndrewJM82 1 year ago
Nyjinsky and Nureyev are the best!!!!!!
classicskier 3 years ago 4
(L)
bethyboo992 3 years ago
Oh, and thanks so much for posting this...
AdrianaJosina 3 years ago
Yesterday night I've viewed this film on tv. I feel so stupid now I've not recorded it. It was so breathtaking beautiful and powerful at same time sad too. I can't get him out of my mind. I do really envy the people that have seen this man dancing. What a gifted man he was. My heart broke at the end when I learnt that the first time he was back in Russia his mother was dying. The second time he was at the edge of dead himself, How cruel can life be? He had a great career but lost a lot too.
AdrianaJosina 3 years ago 4
brings tears to my eyes such perfection
satellitesand 3 years ago 3
he is great
maestros17 3 years ago 2
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!
bodypoetry 3 years ago 6
LOVE how expressive and beautiful he appears in that clip. I sure want to have that PBS video.
Romanse1 3 years ago 4
Great! I love his every move...
dianarudiforever 3 years ago 3
I love his silence, and then he wink....
only a genious can do that!!!
loquiloq 3 years ago 2
He's just absolutely beautiful.
MadcapLindsay 3 years ago 5
What, did he just wink?!!
sunclov 3 years ago 3
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?
wolifgang 3 years ago 4
The piece played at the end of the clip is an excerpt from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. Nureyev was absolutely amazing.
irinid9 3 years ago 4
Amazing video. <3
Does anyone know what piece is being played at the end of the clip?
creativepseudonym 3 years ago
Oh..Nureyev is beautiful!
MaryMore90 3 years ago 6
if he were alive we would've been married by now (despite the fact he was gay)
norakulet 3 years ago
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!
Squeaky1423 3 years ago 6
I'm in love...
ArbiterElegantium 3 years ago 2
Мой любимый, обажаемый Нуреев!!!!!!!!!
I love him with my entire feelings!)))
vertibilis 3 years ago 3
What a beautiful man!
billyguns2 3 years ago 4
thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
lil059 4 years ago 2
The first 30 seconds of this video were filmed at a police station in San Francisco, after he and Margot were arrested when a party they were attending was raided. He says nothing because that's what the lawyers tell you to do! They were released without charges.
raymonda100 4 years ago 2
Thank you for explaining that, we thought at the end of the interview he slightly winked (with both eyes?!) AT THE CAMERA
annigeturgun 3 years ago 2
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!
PhillipLWilcher 3 years ago 11
This comment has received too many negative votes show
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.
toeknee1965 3 years ago
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.
PhillipLWilcher 3 years ago 28
Right on!
jbeonlsaoyn 3 years ago
I LOVE IT I LOVE IT <<<<<33333
anlu17 4 years ago
whats the music that they play at the beginning of the video?
jmb328 4 years ago
Nureyev - i love that tatar MEN
AHRZAMANBALASY 4 years ago
As a student studying music, the walls of my room were covered in pictures of composers, but the central picture around which they were placed was of Nureyev - the Marguerite and Armand portrait. Why? Because I wanted to achieve in music what he achieved in dance. I wanted his passion, his poetry and his strength of mind. He was one of the greatest artists of our time. There will never be another like him. Long may he reign supreme. The ultimate dancer!
Phillip Wilcher
PhillipLWilcher 4 years ago 7
I loved what you wrote here and the message in your profile. May you achieve what you wish...
KiddoNureyev 3 years ago
Nureyev burst out of the conventions of the stage and manifested a man's wild nature. As we sit stiffly in our seats, Rudy teaches us that it is our nature to move, to jump, to fly. What a wonderful art is the dance on the legs of a creative and energetic being. Thanks for the post.
23brookside 4 years ago 5
i wish he is still alive
world's #1 talented male dancer respect him forever
wolifgang 4 years ago 4
Check out the first 30 seconds. There's a saying that goes "When asked questions, shut up and become a legend."
CorieFaulkner 4 years ago 5
Good preview, I miss Rudolf and his smile.
Nickolas086 4 years ago 4
when is this going to be out on DVD? I've been infortunate enough to miss the showing on PBS and it doesn't look like it's going to be repeated anytime soon.
orphicart 4 years ago
The DVD is not available right now. If and when it will be, it will be available from shoppbs DOT com.
PBS 4 years ago
Please consider releasing this sooner rather than later. Many people are interested in this artist.
Thank you.
jkircher314 3 years ago 2
Thanks! I appreciate your kindness
bbe0009 4 years ago
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.
KiddoNureyev 3 years ago
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 3 years ago
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?
toeknee1965 3 years ago
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...
PhillipLWilcher 3 years ago 20
Thank You. After reading your postings I assume you're as enthralled with Nureyev as I am!
bbe0009 4 years ago
I've read 3 books about his life after viewing this Great Performances! The best so far is Diane Solway's Nureyev His Life..A new book about him is coming out Oct 2nd..Does anyone know how to get a copy of Nureyev's ballet "Gayane" 1963 BBC?? He's so amazing in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bbe0009 4 years ago
Love the opening, um... interview? I remember that smoldering presence. We shall never again see anything like it. The strangest and wildest of the Monstres Sacres.
shelaghmckenna 4 years ago 3
I remember him in his London years with Fonteyn, and he was the most beautiful creature in the world. Either that, or she was!
Dulciethecat 4 years ago 5
Like many women in my generation I was a huge fan of Baryshnikov. But, by god, who is this man?! Maybe Misha was the blondie, but Rudy it´s THE sex god, to both boys and girls.
anniemihn 4 years ago 5
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 3 years ago 6