Books

Dancers, musicians and artists from Vienna share with us their work memories with Rudolf Nureyev. Black and white pictures. Lots of rare pictures relating all his activities in Vienna. Published to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Rudolf Nureyev’s death .…

Account from Charles Jude, a friend of the dancer, illustrated by numerous photographs from private collections. Published to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the dancer’s death.…

Memories of many friends, artists and dancers on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Nureyev’s death. A lot of rare pictures.…

Lots of erroneous information (dates, places and events). The author focus on the sensational aspects of the dancer’s life by relating gossips and rumours which are so common in the life of artists. Therefore, this book doesn’t give much information…

Do not be deceived by this pocket-sized, rare and precious book. Klaus Geitel, eminent German ballet critic, describes the dancer at the height of his glory. Rare black and white photographs.…

Translated into some 20 languages to date, the book has proved popular with readers the world over. This is certainly due to McCann’s talent as a writer, successfully describing Nureyev the angel and Nureyev the demon.…

First book on Nureyev written by Alexander Bland from interviews with the dancer. Photographs of the dancer’s beginnings in the West. Includes Nureyev’s anecdotes concerning his childhood, his discovery of the world of dance at Ufa, his early beginnings in…

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Biographical, “People” style story, patchwork of telephone conversations, of information gleaned from here and there, as well as large extracts of Nureyev’s autobiography, and various books on Nureyev. Emphasis is placed on the spicy private life of the dancer. In…

Interesting biography of Rudolf Nureyev’s life and work. Translated in English and Russian.…

The Dutch choreographer, director of the National Ballet of Amsterdam, recalls his professional and personal ties with the dancer. Nureyev inspired Van Dantzig to choreograph a good half a dozen ballets which he created mainly in Holland, but also in…

The painter, James Wyeth, accompanied Nureyev for almost a year so that he could study his model and capture him in watercolours and oil paintings: portraits, ballet positions on stage, and in rehearsals. The book is the catalogue for the…