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1938–1993 Russia
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (Tatar/Bashkir: Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев) (Russian: Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев) (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is regarded by some as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation.
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Everyone would like to be the greatest, but God cannot bestow that honor on everyone.
It is always thought that he gave more than what he received, but to give something, you must have something inside.
Musicals gave the U.S. an ethnic culture that undoubtedly influenced ballet.
Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.
You live because you dance, you dance as long as you live.
For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.
The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.
I would be ready to take over tomorrow. But first of all, all fat and lazy members of the troupe would have to be thrown out.
I think dancers are paid not for what they do, but for the fear they feel. What you do is probably not that difficult: you just get on stage. It is, however, fear that gives you the push.