Best of Rudolf Nureyev - The Greatest Male Ballet Dancer -

Today (3/17) is the birthday of legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev.

Nureyev was born on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, Soviet Union to a Bashkir-Tatar family. He began his early career with the company that in the Soviet era was called the Kirov Ballet (now called by its original name, the Mariinsky Ballet) in Leningrad. He defected from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite KGB efforts to stop him. This was the first defection of a Soviet artist during the Cold War, and it created an international sensation. He went on to dance with The Royal Ballet in London and from 1983 to 1989 served as director of the Paris Opera Ballet. In addition to his technical prowess, Nureyev was an accomplished choreographer serving as the chief choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet. He produced his own interpretations of numerous classical works, including Swan Lake, Giselle, and La Bayadère.

This video includes:

00:00 Le Corsaire (Ali)
https://youtu.be/8gVND72cLQA
01:06 Don Quixote (Basilio)
https://youtu.be/hFq-bYATPCQ
02:04 The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund)
https://youtu.be/lehlDCwJCoU
03:16 La Sylphide (James)
https://youtu.be/aSJSifSvWxo
04:00 Apollo
https://youtu.be/fF0HsINEu6k
06:04 The Nutcracker (Prince)
https://youtu.be/5fh8PTn10Ag
06:55 Giselle (Count Albrecht)
https://youtu.be/7Ui2KPFm3t8
07:47 Gayane
https://youtu.be/7_BhkmkSHDY
09:13 Laurencia (Frondoso)
https://youtu.be/Fd0NPDRhsfY
09:55 Le Jeune Homme et la Mort
https://youtu.be/aDCNmD-dvq4
13:27 Pierrot Lunaire
https://youtu.be/LUKd5f1oXy0
14:56 Romeo and Juliet (Romeo)
https://youtu.be/L2LByyYsOD4
15:59 Raymonda (Jean de Brienne)
https://youtu.be/0QsiakWauME
17:11 Les Sylphides
https://youtu.be/DQCQWZP2T_E
18:47 Le Spectre de la rose
https://youtu.be/mKgHCg3KAQM
20:01 Afternoon of a Faun
https://youtu.be/m7b1FkZYarU
22:21 Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried)
https://youtu.be/TrODO0RfEtM

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