Rudolf Nureyev Movies

  • 2025
    Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

    Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

    Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

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    At her christening, Princess Aurora is granted all perfections and qualities by her godmothers. The old Fairy Carabosse, who was forgotten as guest...

    Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
  • 1982
    Venezia, carnevale, un amore

    Venezia, carnevale, un amore

    Venezia, carnevale, un amore

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    Venezia, carnevale, un amore
  • 1970
    Afternoon of a Faun

    Afternoon of a Faun

    Afternoon of a Faun

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    The 1979 production of L'Après-midi d'un faune by Vaslav Nijinsky. Staged by Rudolf Nureyev and Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet and set to...

    Afternoon of a Faun
  • 1989
    The Margot Fonteyn Story

    The Margot Fonteyn Story

    The Margot Fonteyn Story

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    Biography of Dame Margot Fonteyn.

    The Margot Fonteyn Story
  • 1972
    A Dancer's Life

    A Dancer's Life

    A Dancer's Life

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    The personal and professional lives of aspiring dancers at New York's American Ballet Theatre School are chronicled in this documentary.

    A Dancer's Life
  • 2019
    Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]

    Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]

    Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]

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    Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]
  • 2012
    Don Quichotte - Nureyev

    Don Quichotte - Nureyev

    Don Quichotte - Nureyev

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    In 2012, the Opéra national de Paris mounted a new production of Rudolf Nureyev's celebrated re-interpretation of the Minkus–Petipa...

    Don Quichotte - Nureyev
  • 1972
    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty

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    Ballet luminary Rudolf Nureyev choreographed this spectacular 1972 National Ballet of Canada production of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty," and also...

    The Sleeping Beauty
  • 1991
    Cage/Cunningham

    Cage/Cunningham

    Cage/Cunningham

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    Filmmaker Elliot Caplan pays tribute to the partnership of composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham.

    Cage/Cunningham
  • 2013
    Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival

    Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival

    Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival

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    An overview of the Bournonville method through two legendary ballets of the Danish choreographer: The Sylph in its 1936 choreography and the "Pas de...

    Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
  • 1995
    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

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    Experience Rudolf Nureyev's sumptuous landmark 1995 production of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet at the Opéra Bastille, starring Monique...

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
  • 1982
    Marco Spada

    Marco Spada

    Marco Spada

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    An Italian aristocrat leads a double life as a bandit.

    Marco Spada
  • 1966
    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

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    Classic ballet by Kenneth MacMillan to the music of Prokofiev.

    Romeo and Juliet
  • 1998
    Nureyev Unzipped

    Nureyev Unzipped

    Nureyev Unzipped

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    Narrated by Terence Stamp, this TV program documents the life and career of famed ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, through interviews with friends and...

    Nureyev Unzipped
  • 1980
    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

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    Choreography from Nureyev filmed under the choreographer’s direction for television, in a studio close to Milan with the outstanding tragic...

    Romeo and Juliet
  • 1976
    Petrushka

    Petrushka

    Petrushka

    01976HD

    Scenes from the ballet Petrushka, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet at the National Opera Theatre.

    Petrushka
  • 1997
    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    01997HD

    "A Paris Opera Production filmed in studio with Sylvie Guillem, Charles Jude and Rudolf Nureyev as a movie producer. The ballet is set in Hollywood...

    Cinderella
  • 2018
    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

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    Sergei Prokofiev's setting of the fairy tale "Cinderella" premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater in 1945. In 1986, Rudolf Nureyev, then ballet...

    Cinderella
  • 1969
    Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

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    Dedicated to Dieter Meier. voice-over by Gregory Markopoulos, reading an excerpt in English translation of Paul Valéry’s L’Homme...

    Political Portraits
  • 1979
    Giselle

    Giselle

    Giselle

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    1979 production of the ballet classic starring Rudolf Nureyev and featuring the Bavarian State Ballet

    Giselle