Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (/njrif,njref/ NEWR-ee-ef, nyuurr-AY-ef;
Tatar: ; Russian: , IPA: [rdolf nrejf]; 17 March 1938 6 January
1993) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is
regarded by some as the greatest male ballet dancer of his
generation.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 Bayadre.Nureyev was born
on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, while his mother,
Farida, was travelling to Vladivostok, where his father Khamet, a Red
Army political commissar, was stationed. He was raised as the only son
with three older sisters in a Tatar Muslim family.
Tatar: ; Russian: , IPA: [rdolf nrejf]; 17 March 1938 6 January
1993) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is
regarded by some as the greatest male ballet dancer of his
generation.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 Bayadre.Nureyev was born
on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, while his mother,
Farida, was travelling to Vladivostok, where his father Khamet, a Red
Army political commissar, was stationed. He was raised as the only son
with three older sisters in a Tatar Muslim family.
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