Interview | 1981
In this 1981 interview with Mavis Nicholson, Nureyev talks about the difficulty of ballet training, and the immense satisfaction that results from being able to execute complex, “witty, choreographies. He also discusses the difficulty of finding a romantic partner who can accept that they will always come second to art, and his consuming interest in the life and work of the legendary Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky.
