My leap into the world of Nureyev

The Sunday Telegraph London;  April 27, 2003 ;     602 words ......until this year my knowledge of Rudolf Nureyev was largely based on his appearance on...one was saying. Having been told that Nureyev was an artistic genius, it seemed philistine...that I subsequently tended to think of Nureyev as a joke. I had not thought about him...

`Nureyev': A life as dramatic as his art

The Boston Globe;  December 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Book Review Nureyev: The Life By Julie Kavanagh Pantheon...imagination as feverishly as the great Rudolf Nureyev. An undisputed cultural icon, he reinvented...The Ed Sullivan Show." Julie Kavanagh's "Nureyev: The Life" offers a critically authoritative...

Nureyev's light still burning; Nureyev - His Life. By Diane Solway...

The Birmingham Post (England);  December 26, 1998 ;     700+ words ......markers across the map of an over-publicised life. Nureyev defects ; Nureyev in love with Fonteyn , (which he wasn't - loving her was something else altogether); Nureyev - world's greatest dancer ; Nureyev dying with Aids...

Still Life of a Dancer: Capturing Rudolf Nureyev; James Wyeth Probes the...

The Washington Post;  February 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ......exhibition devoted to images of Rudolf Nureyev, once introduced the Russian dancer...nervous and stupidly asked how often Nureyev, who was considered a traitor in his homeland, returned to Russia. Nureyev just sniffed: "Every day." Celebrity...

Author writes about life, loves of Nureyev ; "Nureyev: The Life" by Julie...

Columbia Daily Tribune;  January 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ......all others contort themselves. Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993), the most spectacular classical...he turned 30. But this is the biography Nureyev deserves. Julie Kavanagh's triumph of...overflowing written life that perfectly reflects Nureyev's own: ferociously concrete, ambitious...

Rudolf Nureyev, the dancer who never had to fit in

The Boston Globe;  January 29, 1995 ;     700+ words ......The Public and Private Lives of Rudolf Nureyev. By Otis Stuart. Simon & Schuster. 298...the Globe's dance and art critic. Rudolf Nureyev wrote his autobiography when he was 25...porcelain princess. Subsequent books about Nureyev -- who died of AIDS in 1993 -- have been...

Nureyev; the last 10 years

The Independent - London;  January 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ......marking the fourth anniversary of Rudolf Nureyev's death, to be shown by BBC1 on Tuesday...respect, it is unlike two biographies of Nureyev (one English, one American) that were...Dancing through Darkness". At least two of Nureyev's closest friends, the American Wallace...

Raising the curtain on legend of Nureyev

Rocky Mountain News (2007-Current);  August 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ......remarkable life of Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev turned dramatically in a crowning moment...Soviet authorities, that daring leap made Nureyev a nonperson in his homeland. Conversely...will remain clouds of mystery surrounding Nureyev (many created and nurtured by the man...

Two Performing Legends Die // Nureyev: Giant Leap For Men In Dance

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 7, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Rudolf Nureyev, the fiery Russian who single-handedly...died Wednesday in Paris. He was 54. Mr. Nureyev, who was widely reported to have suffered...in a statement. "In accordance with Mr. Nureyev's wishes, I can't say any more." The Russian...

Documents show FBI suspected Nureyev was a Soviet spy

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 18, 1999 ;     554 words ...Rudolf Nureyev a Soviet spy? Such a notion seems incredible to friends...enough in 1964 to open an espionage investigation into Nureyev, according to recently declassified documents. Nureyev biographer Diane Solway describes the investigation...

In All Creation: Masters of Their Arts; Nureyev: With Daring and Dazzle He...

The Washington Post;  January 7, 1993 ;     700+ words ...When Rudolf Nureyev sprang loose from the Soviet Union in...written in the first place. It was for Nureyev, who died yesterday in Paris at age 54...dazzled both heart and senses. It was Nureyev, too, who rescued male ballet roles from...

The Supercharged Life of Rudolf Nureyev

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 12, 1995 ;     441 words ......Motion The Public and Private Life of Rudolf Nureyev. By Otis Stuart. Simon & Schuster. $24. The...and private lives" of fabled ballet dancer Nureyev is juicy reading, especially the latter. Nureyev, who died of AIDS in 1993, guarded his personal...

Raising the curtain on legend of Nureyev.(Spotlight)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ......remarkable life of Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev turned dramatically in a crowning moment...Soviet authorities, that daring leap made Nureyev a nonperson in his homeland. Conversely...will remain clouds of mystery surrounding Nureyev (many created and nurtured by the man...

Arts: Paris honours Nureyev's memory DANCE: HOMAGE TO RUDOLF NUREYEV -...

The Independent - London;  January 28, 2003 ;     603 words ......internationally to mark 10 years since Rudolf Nureyev's death? The city was where he chose liberty...entirely comprised works staged by or for Nureyev. In a way, the most impressive items were...Something more rare is the polonaise from Nureyev's Swan Lake, set as a complex virtuoso...

Dance; Nureyev's Spare `Farewell'

The Washington Post;  April 24, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Rudolf Nureyev still dancing at 52? Yes, it's a phenomenon...diverse nationality, was billed as the "Rudolf Nureyev Farewell Tour." This is, however, a blatant contradiction in terms. Nureyev has said on many past occasions that he wants...