Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993)
He was an ethnic Tatar. He was educated at the Leningrad Ballet School and starred with Kirov Ballet. His first film was a USSR short Le Corsaire (1958). While performing in Paris in 1961 he defected to the West. He then performed internationally, becoming an Austrian citizen in 1982. The English/French documentary I Am a Dancer (1972), directed by...
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Born:in Irkutsk, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]Died:(age 54) in Paris, France |
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