by Joseph Carman | Mar 19, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Rudolf Nureyev led a life packed with drama: his famous defection from the Soviet Union in 1961; his tempestuous eccentricity and sexual escapades; his global stardom; his command over the Paris Opéra Ballet as artistic director in the 1980s; his tragically early...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 10, 2025 | News, The Latest
In 2023, visual artist Jamie Wyeth was looking through boxes of belongings from his late wife, Phyllis Mills Wyeth, when he stumbled upon a collection of his own paintings of legendary ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. The pieces, most several decades old, had never been...
by Julia Guiheen | Jan 22, 2020 | TBT
At the end of Swan Lake’s Act I, Prince Siegfried finds himself alone after guests have departed from his birthday celebration, processing the news that he’ll soon need to choose a wife. The soul-searching prince dances an introspective, almost mournful...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 5, 2019 | News, Profiles
A while ago we alerted you to Nureyev, a new feature length documentary about the life of legendary ballet star Rudolf Nureyev. The film is now enjoying a limited run in several U.S. cities, nicely coinciding with the release of Ralph Fiennes’ Nureyev biopic The...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Apr 25, 2019 | News
I caught a preview screening of The White Crow earlier this week at New York City’s 92Y, and I have to say: Even with a solid grasp of dance history and a smattering of film studies knowledge, I had some questions when the credits rolled. The Ralph...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 13, 2019 | Dance Magazine, News, Profiles, Viral Videos
What’s better than one film about Rudolf Nureyev? Two films about Rudolf Nureyev! We’re excited to share that a feature-length documentary titled Nureyev is slated to make its North American premiere this month. Nureyev will be shown in major U.S. cities...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 27, 2019 | Dance Magazine, News, Profiles, Trending, Viral Videos
Updated April 25, 2019 It’s the moment many of us have been waiting for since early 2017: our first glimpse of The White Crow, a feature film about Rudolf Nureyev’s 1961 defection from the Soviet Union while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. Directed by...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 29, 2018 | News, Profiles, Viral Videos
Legendary choreographer Paul Taylor, whose illustrious career spanned seven decades, passed away yesterday in New York City at age 88. Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, Taylor discovered dance relatively late in life, while in college at Syracuse University...