Rudolph Nureyev interview | Ballet |Afternoon Plus | 1981

Rudolf Nureyev, one of the world most famous and respected Ballet and modern dance performers speaks to Mavis Nicholson about his defection to the west and his outstanding career.
First transmitted on Thames Television 17/06/1981
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[@AlejandroGarcia-ek3uy]

He had a personality and handsomeness like no other, unique Rudolf Nureyev 🌹❤️ Today's dancers may be technically perfect but they leave you cold. Nureyev was exciting.

[@TheUnikita52]

He had a natural born charm accompanied by wit and joie de vie.

[@ljmcdonald2703]

He also had a bad temper at times

[@silvertrees6326]

Nureyev is so eloquent in his speech.

[@sandatoacsen9858]

Grazie al Divino per Rudolf Nureyev... per : La tua bellezza, la tua intelligenza, la tua dolcezza, la tua detterminazione... la musica che e in te... e sopratutto per il tuo AMORE !

[@user-gq7ec9ep9s]

Бесподобный. В буквальном смысле. Таких нет и не будет.

[@Riga77]

Все время поражают его глаза- очень умные, насмешливые, проницательные!

[@leniraguaraldodeandrade3911]

Exatamente

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

И озорные!Как у мальчишки!!!Обожаю!Могу смотреть на него вечно! ❤❤❤❤

[@user-rc4qn8gu9x]

Пронизывающие насквозь!

[@GB-gq3we]

Рудольф, какой же ты красавчик и умница, за 20 лет пребывания в Европе знал уже 6 языков иностранных! Ну а по таланту тебе равных нет! Очень любим тебя!

[@StevePhillips]

Brilliant interview. Rudolph Nureyev is so funny, and like an amazing actor. I love his sense of humour and intelligence, it was very touching at the end when he said he would like his mother to ask him was he happy, which she did so, and he in-turn replied "yes I am". I felt Mavis Nicholson and Rudolph Nureyev have a mutual respect as though they were well acquainted already. He is very watchful like one who has reason to believe he is being spied upon, yet at the same time such a lovely character so charismatic.

[@nintendy]

Why are there no great people like this anymore today? We have lost everything... Modern times are crap!

[@ZenGrammy]

The “happy” question would be the very first question I would ask my son or daughter and the only one that really matters. 🌷

[@rmp7400]

@ZenGrammy You obviously understand the meaning of sacrificial love...because this important quality is absent in many humans, there is much strife on earth.💔

[@nmccutcheon2243]

This Never Ever gets old. Love Rudy so much!!! What an amazing story,

[@kaythomas8521]

Loved. Nureyev. He was a hottie 😍

[@normajidahmohamedlop5828]

Beauty is skin deep, a person's creativity and persona is what makes him attractive, not his facial appearance. Nureyev has unique features, and he used it well to convey emotions in his dance. He's a genius as well, so he comes in a complete package to have made him a super star.

[@jane_7193]

Your definition about beauty hits the nail on the head. That´s exactly it.

[@glizta42]

He’s very handsome in my opinion

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

Он бесподобен!Уникален!Неповторим!Харизматичен!!❤❤❤чудо !❤❤

[@pilates68]

I really love how Nureyev, who grew up rather poor and disadvantaged, regarded a simple plate of food as an opportunity for indulgence. Most dancers nowadays would likely prefer that the camera be turned off while they eat. If they actually eat anything at all. Not Nureyev. A plate of food is always to be cherished.

[@onyyxmoon]

Je veux pas être moralisateur. Mais beaucoup de danseurs et danseuses ont des TCA donc c’est pas bouder la nourriture ou quoi, ça n’a rien à voir. C’est avoir un trouble lié à la nourriture avec des tonnes de facteurs qu’un professionnel de la santé expliquera mieux que moi. Ça peut être culpabilisant quand on est atteint de ces troubles de lire ce genre de commentaires parce que c’est justement pas un caprice. Cœur sur toi

[@daniellebourgade8701]

I saw him in Nice many years ago at this period and he signed me an autograph.

[@user-tx6bz1em2e]

Незаурядный талант. Какое красивое тело. Бог создал. Красавчик великолепный Танцор Мирового балета Мы вас любим Рудольф и будем помнить всегда

[@laraferraz6087]

He was a tireless professional. A workaholic, always trying for perfection.

[@Tolyan286]

Да пидр он

[@jimw.4161]

Rudy was a BRILLIANT dancer and had a larger than life personality (and ego) to go with it. Truly a BRILLIANT artist and it was my great pleasure to see him perform in Swan Lake.

[@TheCWMHALL]

He was very astute !

[@soniamouraomourao7420]

Nureyev marvelous the best ballet dancer 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@techniqueofillusions6695]

Wow!!! The last few seconds of interview just breathtaking .

[@anyhowe2702]

I believe he demonstrated a great sense of self, of his surroundings, his aura was huge, big, he expanded his essence to extreme surrounding, I would say easily 1000 feet and beyond, and in that Aura of Nureyev energy, there was peace, grounded eternal peace, claiming at all times continuum the God within projecting out. Inigualable, One of a kind, He was able to understand languages and express himself in these just like as he dance, with ease and comfort expresing beautiful images, ART, sensuality, intelligence, ascension. Complete, ethereal, and Whole. Gorgeous Nureyev.

[@user-kj8zm3qw9f]

Потрясающе сказано! Главное - он неповторим! И единственнен в своем роде!!! Завершенный эфирный и Целостный - вот такой он! Как это правильно сказано! Утверждающий на все время на континуум Бога! Браво!!!

[@dstuart2918]

Still so beautifully engaging.

[@user-en7mr3qd6e]

Плохо без перевода... Смотреть и слушать Нуреева - Счастье!

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

Даже без перевода слушаю просто его бархатный голос!❤❤❤жалко что нету перевода

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

У него даже голос - секси.и вообще звучит как музыка .бальзам на душу! ❤❤❤

[@poppyblue2509]

Yes,: "Are you happy here?" Some questions that some parents never ask...

[@zinam5795]

"Счастлив ли ты ,сын ?" Вот он ,Умный Рудик!!!

[@jennifers6435]

So beautiful..love the mark on his lip...adds some danger

[@Taiyou536]

he was bitten by a dog when he was a kid ☺

[@Rosa-sy4nx]

​@@Taiyou536no lo sabía

[@Taiyou536]

@@Rosa-sy4nx Lo leí en su biografía.

[@sandatoacsen9858]

Prima di qualsiasi altra scelta,... sei tu ! ❤️... cosi come sei... Perffetto, per me! 😍... secondo le mie emozioni ed anche la mia raggione! 😜 IL piu del piu... per me 😍

[@allurach1746]

“...when they are in doubt, they strangle you.” Very good.

[@RosaMaria-lz6xj]

Rudi era muito lindo

[@user-wn4rg5od7s]

착하고 아름답고 지성이 높은 남자입니다

[@laurafrenkeltarrio3020]

Gracias!!!!uno de los grandes bailarines del mundo y tuve el placer de verlo!

[@soniamouraomourao7420]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Nureyev

[@candy9986]

Three forkfuls of food in his mouth before she get her first question out ❤️

[@user-jr3yv6et7w]

Столько обаяния

[@rmp7400]

"Mother, you ask me many questions - you did not ask me if I am happy here. Ask me that question..." Wow.😳 How to solve a complex, difficult relationship in one minute! 🤔 The man could have qualified as a most worthy therapist had he been deprived of the world of Dance.👍🏼

[@Bloxdio_God]

He had the body of a welterweight boxer.

[@psychicoutlaw]

Geeze Mavis, let the man eat lol! He rose at 10am, practiced from 11 to 3, then had lunch & went back. Schedule an interview After his lunch. And asking him about his mother while he is eating and being interviewed, you can see his sorrow, then the tension when he mentions the KGB which had threatened his life, the life of dancers, friends and families he left behind. I keep reading what a narcissist he was when all those close to him and he himself belie this in interviews better than this one. He was amazingly gracious to her. I would have walked out.

[@mgkos]

Agree. Dense witch of an interviewer. “So Covent garden is homier” 🤦🏼‍♀️ “No, it’s just that the theatres in Russia hve the most exquisite crystal lamps, chandeliers & stunning design in Europe, silly cow”

[@rmp7400]

Agree that one can see pressure on him - however, his illness impacted him even more than the distress from the Secret Service... Yes, an intelligent, imaginative genius can be very charming - but a will of steel also does carry the promise that one had better not confront him with an opinion in conflict with his own....( Even Dame Margot, whom he loved and appreciated dearly, was not exempted from public servings of his flash temper.)

[@user-vt3tx9oc2b]

Он очень , очень грустен.

[@I_am_Dane_Youssef]

Fonteyn had no ego about herself. But Nureyev sure did.

[@GB-gq3we]

Ира Мустафина, ты д---??? Он танцевал 300 спектаклей в год! Ты это понимаешь? Ни один танцор балета не сделал за год столько спектаклей! А ещё каждодневные многочасовые тренировки! Его работа сравнима с тяжким трудом шахтёра! Артисты балета уходят на пенсию в 35 лет, ты это понимаешь??

[@nicolehourcade]

It is quite funny his answer!!!

[@anglenaughty1288]

A wonderful interview, but you should have stood up to greet him madam, you were not worthy

[@sandee3073]

I thought the same thing!

[@user-gl4uw8mi7p]

.... Дайте мужику поесть.

[@linaletsgo9466]

Расшифровываю подробно анализы крови. Детальный разбор. Расскажу почему конкретно в вашем случае повышен холестерин, как поднять ферритин (это запасы железа), как снизить гомоцистеин (чтобы тромбы не образовывались), но врачи ничего об этом не говорят. Все подробно разложу.

[@LuLu-fc1hl]

Troppo bello!Adoro quella cicatrice sul labbro...la trovo terribilmente sexy...chissà come se l' è procurata?😍😍😍

[@rose99910001]

When he was a child, a dog bit his upper lip.

[@isabeldiezlangre9411]

Dicen que fue una mordedura de perro pero lo que tiene es un labio leporino, es decir un labio que no se cerró el tejido en el seno materno. Le hace super atractivo. Una boca y sonrisa preciosa.❤❤❤

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

​@@rose99910001Руди ел хлеб а собака укусила хотела отобрать

[@brunavizia4820]

😍😍😍

[@Dima.Demidov]

БОГ.

[@linaletsgo9466]

Разбор анализов крови. Подробно.

[@viki56k88]

Нууу, скорее дьявол

[@hblsj84denyf]

❤❤❤❤

[@marissadower-morgan3313]

I really wonder if he ever saw his mother again?

[@r.r.c7692]

yes, before to die

[@marissadower-morgan3313]

@@r.r.c7692 I am so glad

[@pjretals8984]

He was permitted to return to the Soviet Union in 1987 when his mother was dying.

[@r.r.c7692]

Unfortunately she didnt recognize him. Andis sisters were very cold with him.

[@marissadower-morgan3313]

@@r.r.c7692 I can relate , I had to leave mu home and family to pursue my dreams

[@lissalives1]

I do understand why he defected, but he ruined his family’s name in Soviet Russia. It’s all so sad.

[@sm1135ster1]

Wow he doesn't want to be there, except for what appears to be delicious food. Lol

[@elleromanovafermanpevel2127]

SIEMPRE MAS QUE ADMIRACIÓN, APRECIO Y AMOR HACIA TI. TE ENAMORASTE NOS ENAMORAMOS, SOLO PASÓ. ESTOY LOCA ME VALE , YA FUI A DAR AL FRAY BERNARDINO. SOLO VEN POR MI, SOY TUYA ESTABA LOCA DE CELOS

[@neilbari324]

He is NOT Russian! He is Tatar

[@neilbari324]

@multisphere1 No. He grow up in Tatar family, in Tatar culture. Yes, he is multicultural as well as Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky or Alexander Dumas. But we can't say that Tolstoy or Dumas wasn't Russian or French!

[@mgkos]

Read history 🤦🏼‍♀️ Tatars infested Russia for 300 yrs. All of us who are Russian hve a mix of Slav, Tartar & Scandinavian. Look at our borders!

[@user-ph9lj4zq8t]

Почему не русский?Русский,просто по национальности татарин.Из России же он,этот великий артист балета,великий артист.Король сцены,недосягаемый по работоспосбности и по отношению к танцу,к творчеству.Танец-это и есть его жизнь!

[@theart8039]

He bit noel Coward..I think Noel rather liked it (Source The Noel Coward Diaries)

[@ludaleg]

LET HIM EAT AT FIRST, BEACH JURNALIST I am happy too where I am but miss my mommy

[@NeilR4960]

I wonder what he was eating

[@user-og3ei3ni6w]

Arnold Schwalzenegger = Rudolf Nureyev

[@dianethompson8564]

You are mixed up.No one compares to the Great Nureyev !!

[@Joni-eg1ke]

Yes i think, too) Nuriev=Schwalznegger with hot temperament and emotions...

[@FredParis2009]

Maître, le fait de parler la langue de William Shakespeare a fait que vous ne pensiez plus russe.

[@meralkeskin8511]

He isnot a russian😂. He is a Tatar turkic. Very much Tatar imirgated to Turkiye. They still destroying Ukraine. Crimian Tatar destroyed, Ahıska turk destroyed because Russia. Enough.

[@expo1706]

He was Tatar. Boy such a facially unappealing man. He looks like he was born with a cleft palate and of course then repaired.

[@gymnastix]

"Beauty," as the adage goes, "is in the eyes of the beholder." I think Rudolf Nureyev is still quite attractive in this film. Then too, perhaps you do not find people of Slavic heritage attractive generally. Many people considered the younger Rudolf Nureyev to have been very attractive. You should check out some films, photographs and video of Nureyev from the 1960s and early '70s, but especially from 1960-65. He is rumored to have had affairs with many men, including Mick Jagger. Of course this film was shot 20 years after Nureyev's defection to the West from the former Soviet Union. Perhaps the ravages of HIV had also begun taking their toll as well.

[@mithrilmoon1]

+ellamae Rudi was very beautiful. As for his lip scar - it was the result of a childhood injury. The scar enhances the beauty of his mouth. And those cheekbones! I can't understand why you see him as 'facially unappealing'. You must be one of the few people in the WORLD who don't see and appreciate Rudi's beauty.

[@fechitorrahimov2189]

+gymnastix Tatars aren't Slavic.

[@jennifers6435]

ellamae very handsome....a little flaw is so appealing

[@jdmcarandmotorcycle]

Yes Rudolph was Tatar national from Bashkortostan republic UFA city

[@felomena2538]

Для 40 летнего мужчины , плохо выглядит ....не умеренность - разрушает.

[@m.kononova]

Как говорил о нём В. Вульф в Серебряном шаре "с помятым немолодым лицом"

[@rainaina1505]

Ira mustafina все люди выглядят на свой возраст при любых вмешательствах

[@user-ww7jw2lf2l]

Был болен.

[@user-wt2wh6hc7y]

ЛИЦО ТАТАРСКОЕ..У НИХ ТАК ИЗ-ЗА СКУЛ

[@natalianikitina6196]

Интересный, привлекательный, как бы не выглядел ..

[@monikamichaelis-iw3to]

As he was aging and ill, he lost his looks.

[@AuntyShaPray]

Brilliant mind as well