Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness

Name: Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
Director: Teresa Griffiths
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1997-01-01
Duration: 51 min
Cast: Rudolf Nureyev, Jack Lang, Patricia Ruanne, Patrice Bart, Laurent Hilaire

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1997 · 51 min · Documentary

Overview

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.

Directed by Teresa Griffiths

Cast

Rudolf Nureyev — Self
Jack Lang — Self
Patricia Ruanne — Self
Patrice Bart — Self
Laurent Hilaire — Self