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Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness (1997)
Director: Teresa Griffiths
Cast: Rudolf Nureyev, Jack Lang, Patricia Ruanne, Patrice Bart
Runtime51 min
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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.
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Fans of documentary filmmaking and admirers of the legendary ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev will find this 1997 film directed by Teresa Griffiths to be a compelling and intimate portrait of the artist's final years, chronicling his remarkable career and resilience in the face of his HIV diagnosis.