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appalachiablue

(43,086 posts)
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:34 AM 21 hrs ago

Tribute, Ballet Dancer Legend Rudolph Nureyev, Dance Compilation 👑

Last edited Tue Dec 24, 2024, 11:23 AM - Edit history (1)


Music: Paragons of Virtue, by Jo Wandrini, and Rendezvous in D Minor, by Trevor Kowlski. For Description, click the YouTube icon in the video.
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Wiki. - Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev[a] (1938 - 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the most preeminent male ballet dancer of his generation as well as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time.
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...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Nureyev
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Tribute, Ballet Dancer Legend Rudolph Nureyev, Dance Compilation 👑 (Original Post) appalachiablue 21 hrs ago OP
Thanks, that was one of the fastest 8 minutes I've spent in a long time. Wow! Biophilic 21 hrs ago #1
Well said. Nureyev was a wonder & sensation in the West for good reason. I had the appalachiablue 21 hrs ago #2
O....M....G...!!! This proves my contention that ballet dancers...m &f....are the Karadeniz 20 hrs ago #3
!! Thanks for replying. appalachiablue 20 hrs ago #4
GISELLE, Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn. Rare film, 2 superb artists in an early collaboratiion. appalachiablue 18 hrs ago #5

Biophilic

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1. Thanks, that was one of the fastest 8 minutes I've spent in a long time. Wow!
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:55 AM
21 hrs ago

I had forgotten how amazing he was. Beauty, strength, and coordination at their finest, as well as an incredible connection to the music.

appalachiablue

(43,086 posts)
2. Well said. Nureyev was a wonder & sensation in the West for good reason. I had the
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 11:07 AM
21 hrs ago

good fortune to see him perform once, Afternoon of the Faun reminiscent of Nijinski. Thanks for replying.


Interesting interview, London 1981.

Karadeniz

(23,527 posts)
3. O....M....G...!!! This proves my contention that ballet dancers...m &f....are the
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 11:40 AM
20 hrs ago

greatest athletes in any field !!!!!!
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