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Rudolf Nureyev
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Also Known As Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev
Born March 17, 1938 • Irkutsk • Russia
Died January 6, 1993 (aged 54) • Paris • France

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Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev
Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn
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Aleksandr Glazunov.
Aleksandr Glazunov
Russian composer
Nikolay Tcherepnin.
Nikolay Tcherepnin
Russian composer
Glière, Reinhold
Reinhold Glière
Soviet composer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Yuri Grigorovich
Yuri Grigorovich
Russian dancer and choreographer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Glen Tetley
American dancer
Swan Lake
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian-French dancer and choreographer
Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer
Bournonville, oil on canvas by Louis Aumont, 1828; in the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen
August Bournonville
Danish dancer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Eliot Feld
American dancer
Violette Verdy
Violette Verdy
French ballerina
Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
British choreographer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer