Rudolf Nureyev’s famous ballets

“Lights go out and I die. Tomorrow I will be born again.
Tomorrow I will dance again.”

Nureyev dancing the role of Basile in Don Quixote

Nureyev dancing the role of Albrecht in Giselle

Nureyev dancing Solor in La Bayadère

Nureyev dancing the Prince in The Sleeping Beauty

Nureyev in the role of Jean de Brienne in Raymonda

Nureyev dancing the role of the Prince in The Nutcracker

Nureyev dancing the role of the Prince in Swan lake

Nureyev dancing the role of James in La Sylphide

Nureyev in the role of Romeo

Nureyev dancing the role of Apollo

Nureyev dancing the role of Manfred

Nureyev dancing in Song of a Wayfarer

Nureyev dancing in Marguerite and Armand

Nureyev dancing in The Young man and Death

Nureyev dancing in Le Spectre de la Rose

Nureyev dancing in Les Sylphides

Nureyev dancing in Petrushka

Nureyev dancing in Le Corsaire

Nureyev dancing in Pierrot Lunaire

Nureyev dancing in Sheherazade

A chronology by Marilyn J. La Vine