rudolf nureyev

     

In 1989 this ballet star made his stage debut as an actor in "The King & I"—shall we dance?

Trivia about rudolf nureyev

  • The world lost 2 of its greatest dancers: Margot Fonteyn in 1991 & this man, her partner, in 1993
  • This late ballet star of Tartar ancestry was Margot Fonteyn's best-known partner
  • Born on a train in Russia on March 17, 1938, he danced his way to the West in 1961
  • In a 1966 Royal Ballet version, he was Romeo to longtime partner Margot Fonteyn's Juliet
  • "Marguerite and Armand" was choreographed for Margot Fonteyn & this handsome partner
  • This charismatic Tartar played Dr. Copelius in "Coppelia" in 1990, three years before his untimely death
  • While in Paris with the Kirov Ballet, this dancer requested asylum in France

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