Rudolf NureyevFilmography

Cinderella

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Agnès Letestu

Synopsis: This production of Prokofiev's Cinderella features choreography originally created by the legendary Rudolf Nureyev, and stars such respected dancers as Agnes Letestu, Laetitia Pujol, Jose Martinez, and Wilfried Romoli. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Swan Lake

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Agnès Letestu, José Martinez, Karl Paquette, Paris Opera Ballet

Synopsis: Choreographed by the legendary Rudolf Nureyev, this production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake features Karl Paquette dancing one of the main parts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Margot

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Ninette de Valois, Roland Petit

Synopsis: The life and career of legendary English ballet dancer Margot Fonteyn is explored in a comprehensive documentary from filmmaker Tony Palmer. A woman whose remarkable experiences would read as fiction if they weren't all rooted in fact, Fonteyn was taken as an underage mistress before marrying a Read More

Dancer's Dream: The Great Ballets of Rudolf Nureyev - La Bayadère

Crew: Choreography, Stage Director

Actors: Isabelle Guerin, Élisabeth Platel, Laurent Hilaire

Synopsis: In this documentary filmed to celebrate the works of acclaimed ballet producer Rudolf Nureyev, the Opéra National de Paris performs on stage as conductor Vello Pähn leads the Les Etioles, les Premiers Danseurs, le Corps de Ballet et l'Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris in musical Read More

Don Quichotte (Opera National de Paris)

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Aurélie Dupont, Manuel Legris

Synopsis: Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quichotte presents a three act ballet choreographed by the dancing legend and inspired by many different passages in the classic Cervantes novel Don Quixote. The original music was composed by Ludwig Minkus, and this arrangement was orchestrated by John Lanchbery. ~ Perry Read More

Complete Bell Telephone Hour Appearances: Rudolph Nureyev

Synopsis: This video features Russian-born ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev performing some of his signature roles. Nureyev was born in 1938, and made his professional debut in 1958. His graceful and athletic style captivated ballet audiences. In 1963, while dancing in Paris, he defected from the Soviet Union. Read More

Dancer's Dream: The Great Ballets of Rudolf Nureyev - Raymonda

Crew: Choreography, Stage Director

Actors: Florence Clerc, Fanny Gaïda, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Élisabeth Platel, Noella Pontois

Synopsis: Dancer's Dream: The Great Ballets of Rudolf Nureyev - Raymonda documents a performance of the ballet produced at the Opera National De Paris. The dance was choreographed and stage directed by the legendary Nureyev. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

The Glory of the Kirov

Synopsis: Some of ballet's top stars spent their early years at the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg, and in this program, some of their work from that era can be seen. Glory of the Kirov is a compilation of performances collected from Russian archival sources, including appearances by Mikhail Baryshnikov Read More

La Bayadère (Paris Opera Ballet)

Crew: Choreography

Synopsis: This production of the three act ballet La Bayadere is directed and choreographed by the legendary Rudolf Nureyev. The three characters who figure in the love triangle that comprises the plot are danced by Isabelle Guerin, Laurent Hilaire, and Elisabeth Platel. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Nureyev

Actors: Margot Fonteyn, Ninette de Valois, Merle Park, Sylvia Guillem, Rudolf Nureyev

Synopsis: Directed by Patricia Foy, this documentary chronicles the ups and downs of the revolutionary ballet star Rudolf Nureyev's career, from his poverty-ridden childhood, to his life as a ballet student, to the defection which led him to some of the greatest roles he would take on. This DVD also Read More

The Margot Fonteyn Story

Actors: Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Rudolf Nureyev

Synopsis: The Margot Fonteyn Story is the only authorized documentary about British ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, released during the year of her death. Fonteyn herself serves as the narrator, recalling the high points of her nearly 50-year career in dance. Features interviews with Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Helpmann Read More

The Nutcracker

Crew: Choreography, Producer

Bold Steps

Yvette Chauvire: A Star by Example

Actors: Yvette Chauvire, Florence Clerc, Isabelle Guerin, Sylvia Guillem, Monique Loudieres

Synopsis: A note for the uninitiated: a prima ballerina assoluta represents the highest ranking of ballerina for women. Originally designated by the Italian Ballet Masters of the Romantic Ballet period, it is profoundly difficult to achieve; Frenchwoman Yvette Chauviré fit the bill perfectly Read More

Une Etoile Pour L'Exemple

Actors: Isabelle Guerin, Sylvia Guillem, Monique Loudieres

Synopsis: Ballet legend and choreographer Yvette Chauvire is the subject of this informative documentary that traces her career from the beginning when she burst upon the scene with her 1937 debut, La Mort Du Cygne. Her 1972 farewell performance at the Paris Opera concluded her dancing career. Famed Read More

Cinderella (Paris Opera Ballet)

Crew: Choreography, Screenwriter

Actors: Paris Ballet Opera Company, Sylvia Guillem, Rudolf Nureyev

Synopsis: The Paris Opera Ballet performs this 1987 version of Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella. Based on the fairy tale by Perrault, the story has been adapted by renowned choreographer Rudolf Nureyev to reflect the art deco style and temperament of the 1930s. Starring Paris Opera Ballet principal Read More

Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership

Actors: Robert Powell

Synopsis: This performance video from Kultur is a collection of highlights from famous dance partners Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Clips include Le Corsaire, Les Sylphides, and Romeo and Juliet. Narrated by Robert Powell. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Exposed

Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel, Ian McShane, Bibi Andersson

Synopsis: Exposed is the film in which concert violinist Rudolf Nureyev grabs his bow and "plays" the lissome body of Nastassja Kinski. This may well stand as the silliest bit of erotica in screen history, but in the context of the film it's a model of restraint. We're asked to believe that Kinski is Read More

Marco Spada (Rome Opera Ballet)

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Ghislaine Thesmar, Michaël Denard

Synopsis: This performance of the ballet Marco Spada was recorded live at the Rome Opera House in January of 1982, and features performance by Rudolf Nureyev, Ghislaine Thesmar, and Michael Denard. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

Portrait of Giselle

Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis: A superb performance of Prokofiev's ballet, choreographed and performed by Nureyev and the ballet company of La Scala in Milan. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Swan Lake (The Royal Ballet)

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Natalya Makarova, Anthony Dowell

Synopsis: The Royal Ballet performs Tchaikovski's classic Swan Lake in this performance featuring designs by the late Leslie Hurry and lead performances by acclaimed dancers Natalia Makarova and Anthony Dowell. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet in Tribute to Nijinsy Petrouchka, Le Spectra De La Rose, L'appres-Midi

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Denise Jackson, Christian Holder, Gary Chryst, Charlene Gehm

Giselle

Synopsis: Adolphe Adam's two-act ballet dances off of the stage and onto the screen with this release of a performance captured live at the Corpo di Ballo del Teatro dell'Opera in Rome in February of 1980. Composer Alberto Ventura leads the Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, and Carla Fracci, Rudolph Nureyev Read More

Ballerina: Lynn Seymour

Giselle (Ballet of the Bavarian State Opera)

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Lynn Seymour, Monica Mason, Gerd Larsen

Synopsis: The story of a girl's ghost who tries to destroy the man who betrayed. Legend Nureyev stars. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Valentino

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal

Synopsis: Rudolph Valentino, born in Italy in 1895 as Alfonzo Raffaele Pierre Philibert Guglielmi, emigrated to the U.S. and became for a time the reigning male romantic lead of the silent-film era. He died in 1926, having led a short, troubled and tempestuous life which included several stints in prison. Read More

Rudolf Nureyev's Film of Don Quixote

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Enjoy this Royal Ballet performance directed by Nureyev with cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Don Quixote

Crew: Choreography, Director

Actors: Patricia Cox, Julie Da Costa, Joseph Janusaitis, Gary Norman, Leigh Rowles, Janet Vernon

Synopsis: This 1973 adaptation of the oft-filmed Miguel de Cervantes novel about an aging Spanish gentlemen attempting to relive the age of chivalry is actually a filmed record of the ballet version, created in 1869 by choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Ludwig Minkus. The ballet concentrates on a Read More

The Sleeping Beauty (National Ballet of Canada)

Crew: Choreography, Producer

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Veronica Tennant

Synopsis: The National Ballet of Canada interprets Tchaikovsky's timeless three-act opera in this 1972 performance starring Veronica Tennant and Rudolf Nureyev and featuring The Orchestra of the National Ballet of Canada under conductor George Crum. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

I Am a Dancer

Synopsis: Britain's Bryan Forbes and France's Pierre Jourdan collaborated on the direction of the feature-length documentary I Am a Dancer. Rudolph Nureyev, the celebrated Russian ballet star who defected to the West in 1961, is the subject of the film. Seldom sitting still long enough to be interviewed for Read More

Sei Dannati in Cerca di Gloria

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Elke Sommer, Stuart Whitman

Synopsis: There must be some significance to the fact that neither Jean Negulesco nor chroniclers of his career are eager to include The Invincible Six in the director's credits. This US/Iran coproduction (obviously filmed before 1977) stars Stuart Whitman as the top dog of a group of criminals. Failing to Read More

The Nutcracker (Nureyev/Park)

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Merle Park

Synopsis: Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker is performed by Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Bell Telephone Hour Performances, 1961-1967: Rudolf Nureyev/Erik Bruhn

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Erik Bruhn

Swan Lake (Vienna State Opera Ballet)

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn

Synopsis: Swan Lake is a filmed record of the Tchaikovsky ballet, brilliantly brought to life by Rudolph Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn. Backed by the Vienna State Opera Ballet, the peerless dance duo perform with the enthusiasm and freshness of newcomers, but with the flawlessness that can only stem from Read More

Romeo and Juliet (The Royal Ballet)

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, David Blair, Desmond Doyle, Julia Farron

Synopsis: Writer/director Paul Czinner, who in 1936 adapted Shakespeare's As You Like It to the screen, was the guiding force behind the 1966 feature Romeo and Juliet. Unlike Czinner's earlier Shakespeare film, however, not a word of the Bard's text is spoken in the 1966 production. Rather, this is a filmed Read More

Le Jeune homme et la mort

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev

An Evening with the Royal Ballet

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, David Blair, Graham Usher, Antoinette Sibley

Synopsis: Listed as sole director of the British documentary Evening with the Royal Ballet in many sources, Anthony Asquith was actually co-director. Asquith's collaborator on this project was Anthony Havelock-Allen, who also produced the film. Starring Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, highlights of An Read More

Voice of Firestone: Firestone Dances - Historic Ballet Performances

Actors: Jacques D'Amboise, Carla Fracci, Melissa Hayden, Henning Kronstam, Rudolf Nureyev

Synopsis: This compilation brings into a single release the most compelling clips of ballet dancers from the classical music television program The Voice of Firestone, which ran on NBC from September 1949 through June 1954, and ABC (intermittently) from June 1954 through June 1963. Highlights include the Read More

This Is Tom Jones: Christmas

Actors: Tom Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Collins, Rudolf Nureyev, Merle Park

Synopsis: Charismatic Welsh crooner Tom Jones hosted his popular musical variety series This is Tom Jones on ABC, from February 1969 through January 1971. This Is Tom Jones: Christmas presents, back to back, the two hour-long yuletide-themed episodes of that series, broadcast in December 1969 and December Read More