Remembering Nureyev: The Trail of a Comet

Remembering Nureyev: The Trail of a Comet
by RUDI van DANTZIG

Remembering Nureyev: The Trail of a Comet
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Author: RUDI van DANTZIG
Translator: KATIE de HAAN
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-06
ISBN: 0813032091
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: University Press of Florida

Summary of Remembering Nureyev: The Trail of a Comet

Famously volatile, fickle in his passions for people, but with astonishing charisma onstage and off, Rudolf Nureyev is regarded as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the twentieth century. In 1968, Nureyev approached Rudi van Dantzig for permission to dance in one of van Dantzig's ballets. So began a close friendship and artistic collaboration that lasted until Nureyev's death in 1993.
 
This searing memoir is an uncompromising look at artists in relationship. The passion for dance that drove both men created a bond that was constantly strained by Nureyev's outrageous lifestyle and van Dantzig's uncompromising idea of how his work should be portrayed. Worlds apart in temperament, van Dantzig's demands for high-caliber performances led to the eventual firing of Nureyev as the dancer's prowess waned. This is a book balletomanes cannot miss, with an eagle-eyed sharpness that never dissolves into hagiography or gossip.

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