Nureyev: The Life (Vintage)
by Julie Kavanagh
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Author: Julie KavanaghEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-11
ISBN: 0375704728
Number of pages: 848
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Under the Spell of Nureyev
Summary: 5 Stars
Julie Kavanagh is so realistic approaching Nureyev, not being under the spell of his character as most biographers do, yet, she puts you under the spell of Nureyev througout the book... and even days and days after finishing the book... You hate Nureyev, you adore Nureyev, you pity Nureyev, you love Nureyev, you admire Nureyev, you're angry towards Nureyev and thus, you live Nureyev... you live in his lonely world, you feel his frustrations, you taste his success, you touch his body... and in the end, you die with him... Such an encompassing book...
Summary of Nureyev: The Life (Vintage)
Rudolf Nureyev, one of the most iconic dancers of the twentieth century, had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and women, on or off the stage.In this superb biography, Julie Kavanagh deftly brings us through the professional and personal milestones of Nureyev's life and career: his education at the Kirov school in Leningrad; his controversial defection from the USSR in 1961; his long-time affair with the Danish dancer Erik Bruhn; his legendary partnership with Margot Fonteyn at the Royal Ballet in London. We see his fiery collaborations with almost all the major living choreographers including Ashton, Balanchine, Robbins, Graham, and Taylor. And we see Nureyev as he reinvigorated the Paris Ballet Opera in the early 1980s before his death from AIDS complications in 1993. Nureyev: The Life is the most intimate, revealing, and dramatic picture we have ever had of this dazzling, complex figure.
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