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Nureyev details

Performance role
Debut in a role
Yes
Creative role
  • Performer

Other info

Venue
RAI Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Company
Dutch National Ballet
Sources
  • Marilyn J La Vine (c) 2007 New York

Monument for a Dead Boy

25 December 1968

This was Rudolf Nureyev’s first performance in a contemporary piece. You can read more about his work with contemporary choreographers in this article The Seventies: Gate Crashing.

Works

Monument for a Dead Boy

Choreography: Rudi van Dantzig

Music: Jan Boerman

Performance role: Boy

Debut performance of this role

Other performers: Lieven Verkruisen,
Christine Anthony,
Ivan Kramar,
Yvonne Vendrig,
Ellen Brusse,
Benjamin Feliksdal