Rudolf Nureyev

The Life

Julie Kavanagh

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English

Penguin
19 March 2019

Choreography; Ballet; Contemporary dance; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

The incredible story of the 20th century's superstar ballet dancer, soon to be a major film by Ralph Fiennes

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.

By: Julie Kavanagh
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 613g
ISBN: 9780241986905
ISBN 10: 0241986907
Pages: 800
Publication Date: 19 March 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julie Kavanagh trained as a dancer at the Royal Ballet School, and is the author of Secret Muses- The Life of Frederick Ashton. She has worked as ballet critic of The Spectator; Arts Editor of Harpers & Queen; and London Editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. She is married to the ex-Royal Ballet dancer, now dance film maker, Ross MacGibbon, and has two sons.

Reviews for Rudolf Nureyev: The Life

Julie Kavanagh writes with flair and abundance * The Sunday Times * 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. Rudolf Nureyev, superstar, emerges in all his terribly flawed glory * Sunday Telegraph * Magnificent, a triumph. Captures every facet of this extraordinary man * Mail on Sunday * A gripping account of an extraordinary life * Daily Telegraph * Magnificent, compulsively readable * Guardian *