Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness

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Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness (1997)

Directed by Teresa Griffiths

Documentary · 51m

Despite his HIV-positive diagnosis in the early 1980s, Russian-born ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev continued to dance and work as the director of the Paris Opera, as chronicled in this documentary that focuses on Nureyev's final years. Through interviews with colleagues and friends and archival footage of his performances, the film touches on the dancer's early years, his success and his later years as he struggled to continue dancing.

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Cast

Rudolf Nureyev Self Jack Lang Self
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Patricia Ruanne Self Patrice Bart Self Laurent Hilaire Self Élisabeth Platel Self Charles Jude Self Liz Robertson Self

Crew

Director
Teresa Griffiths
Editor
Nikki Clemens

Details

Release date
1997-01-01
Runtime
51m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, Russian