Rudolf Nureyev - The Life
Author(s): Julie Kavanagh
NOW A MAJOR FILM BY RALPH FIENNES, THE WHITE CROW
'A gripping account of an extraordinary life' Daily Telegraph
Born on a train in Stalin's Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet's first pop icon. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement - both on and off stage.
Nureyev's achievements and conquests became legendary: he rose out of Tatar peasant poverty to become the Kirov's thrilling maverick star; slept with his beloved mentor's wife; defected to the West in 1961; sparked Rudimania across the globe; established the most rhapsodic partnership in dance history with the middle-aged Margot Fonteyn; reinvented male technique; gatecrashed modern dance; moulded new stars; and staged Russia's unknown ballet masterpieces in the West. He and his life were simply astonishing.
'Magnificent, a triumph. Captures every facet of this extraordinary man' Mail on Sunday
'The definitive study of a man who, in his combination of aesthetic grace and psychological grime, can truly be called a sacred monster' Observer
'Undoubtedly the definitive biography' Sunday Telegraph
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.613
- : 01 February 2019
- : 3.6 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
- : 01 July 2019
- : books
Special Fields
- : Julie Kavanagh
- : Paperback
- : 1907
- : English
- : 792.8028092
- : 800