The event is timed to the 80th anniversary of the legendary ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
24.03. 2018
Today, March 24, 2018, on the main stage of the country – the State Kremlin Palace will present a gala concert of a world-famous ballet star “Rudolf Nureyev. From the past to the future. ”
The event is timed to the 80th anniversary of the legendary ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
This is the first concert of Andris Liepa’s new annual project “Autographs and images”, in which a wide audience will get acquainted with the works by outstanding artists of the 20th century, whose names have forever gone down in history.
Obsessed. Furious. Daring. A brilliant virtuoso with exotic appearance, he was the brightest dancer of the 20th century. It was he who made a real revolution in the field of male dance.
His duet with a legendary Margot Fontaine belongs to the record in the Guinness Book of the number of calls for a bow – after the performance “Swan Lake” at the Vienna State Opera in 1964, the curtain rose more than eighty times!
It was impossible to get to his performances – people broke tents near the buildings of opera houses and were on duty for several days, dreaming to get a ticket for the performance.
In honor of the anniversary of Rudolf Nureyev, the stars of world ballet will gather on the stage of the State Kremlin Palace. The best representatives of the classical men’s dance of the present day will take part in a concert, including Semyon Chudin (Bolshoi Theater of Russia), Vadim Muntagirov (Covent Garden), Denis Rodkin (Bolshoi Theater of Russia), Vladimir Shklyarov, Xander Parish (Mariinsky Theater), Jacopo Tissi (Bolshoi Theater of Russia), Bakhtiyar Adamzhan (Astana Opera), as well as their brilliant partners. Artists will show the marked numbers that have made Nureyev famous and his dance.
As a friend and pupil of Rudolf Nureyev, as a guest of honor, the legendary French choreographer and dancer Charles Jude will take part. in the event.
During the evening, a rare documentary footage from the life of the great artist will be shown.
The concert will be held with the support of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation (The Rudolf Nureyev Foundation).
Rudolf Nureyev passed away on January 6, 1993 at the age of 54.
March 17, 2018 he would have turned 80 years old.
He left almost all of his fortune to the two ballet foundations he founded in Europe and America.
The grave of the great dancer Rudolf Nureyev is in France, in the cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve de Bois.
