Rudolf Nureyev. Baganova M.

Rudolf Nureyev belonged to a rare type of people who could change the world around. One can differently evaluate his contribution to the art of dance, but one cannot but admit that there would be no modern ballet without Nureyev. He brought a living human feeling into classical art. One of the first men of dancers, he began to use female dance techniques. His life was woven from contradictions, and fate resembled the “History of Cinderella”: a boy from a poor family became a world celebrity. He survived his glory, refusing to leave the stage even when there was no strength left for the dance, he lived a short but bright life, becoming one of the first victims of the AIDS epidemic.

The most complete and bright biography of the dancer tells not only about His stormy personal life, but also about the main novel of his life - a novel with a dance.