Royalty Queen Elizabeth II Rudolf Nureyev Russian Ballet Dancer Autograph Photo

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CABINET PHOTO QUEEN ELIZABETH II & DANCER RUDOLF NUREYEV
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (1938-1993), photo and signed in ink autograph card.
He was a Soviet-born dancer of ballet and modern dance, one of the most celebrated
of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance,
providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the
women. Nureyev defected from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite KGB
efforts to stop him.
On 16 June 1961 at the Le Bourget Airport in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defected with the
help of French police and a Parisian socialite friend – Clara Saint. Within a week, he
was signed up by the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas and was performing The
Sleeping Beauty with Nina Vyroubova. On a tour of Denmark he met Erik Bruhn, soloist
at the Royal Danish Ballet who became his lover, his closest friend and his protector
until Bruhn's death in 1986.
Although he petitioned the Soviet government for many years to be allowed to visit his
mother, he was not allowed to do so until 1987, when his mother was dying and Mikhail
Gorbachev consented to the visit. In 1989, he was invited to dance the role of James in
La Sylphide with the Kirov Ballet at the Maryinsky theatre in Leningrad. The visit gave him
the opportunity to see many of the teachers & colleagues he had not seen since he defected.
Nureyev's influence on the world of ballet changed the perception of male dancers; in his
own productions of the classics the male roles received much more choreography.
Another important influence was his crossing the borders between classical ballet and
modern dance by performing both. Today it is normal for dancers to receive training in
both styles, but Nureyev was the originator and excelled in modern and classical dance.
He went out of his way to work with modern dance great, Martha Graham, and she created
a work specially for him. While Gene Kelly had done much to combine modern and classical
styles in film, he came from a more Modern Dance influenced "popular dance" environment,
while Nureyev made strides in acceptance of Modern Dance in the "Classical Ballet" sphere.
* CONDITION: Very Good !
* YEAR: 06/06/1988
* SIZE :
11 1/4 inches by 7 7/8"
* SATISFACTION GUARANTEED !
This cabinet rare photo is in good condition. The photo may have:
light wear, scratching, toning, fading, minor staining, spotting,
soft or dinged corners. Nice image, with great display potential.
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