It would be absurd to say that Rudolf Nureyev lived, or danced, in anyone’s shadow. He was a man who leapt and twirled and flew onstage, all muscle but light as a feather, with a freedom and force ...

Nureyev:The Russian Years: "Great Performances." 9 tonight, KQED. Watching John Bridcut's documentary about Rudolf Nureyev's early, pre-defection career inevitably reminds us of two things. First, ...

Twenty-three-year-old dancer Rudolf Nureyev was just becoming a household name in Russia when he became a Cold War sensation by defecting to the West. Movie critic Bob Mondello says that incident ...

No one was quite prepared for what they saw when Rudolf Nureyev was unleashed. It wasn’t just the iconic dancer’s athletic abandon, though that was impressive enough. He turned faster than anyone and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s revolutionary 1964 production of "Swan Lake" with ballerina Margot Fonteyn through extensive excerpts and interviews with their fellow dancers Michael Birkmeyer, Gisela ...

James Wyeth, the painter whose works form the core of a slick new Kennedy Center exhibition devoted to images of Rudolf Nureyev, once introduced the Russian dancer to Arnold Schwarzenegger, back in ...