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The White Crow is a 2018 biographical drama film written by David Hare and directed by Ralph Fiennes. It chronicles the life and dance career of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, played by Oleg Ivenko. [2] It is inspired by the book Rudolf Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanagh.
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In the movie, even before the defection, officers from Russia’s state security service, the KGB, follow Nureyev around Paris and repeatedly warn him against staying out late, as well as spending time with Clara Saint — the 21-year-old daughter of a wealthy Chilean artist — and other French creatives. As Kavanaugh writes in her book, Nureyev was in ...
In the movie, Nureyev makes the decision to defect at the Le Bourget airport in Paris, after KGB officers tell him he is being sent back to Moscow to perform at a Kremlin gala. Nureyev was convinced he was being punished for his unruliness in Paris, and that, once he was back on Soviet soil, he would never be allowed back out. The film shows how Cl...
In the movie portrayal, Nureyev comes across as occasionally insensitive and rude. By some accounts, he was far worse. Kavanagh writes that he once threw a ballet dancer on the floor and stormed off, frustrated he could not perform a shoulder lift. “He never apologized for being himself. I think he was a little boy trapped in a man’s body,” Ivenko ...
White Crow showcases Nureyev’s distinct talent, his grand stage presence and his ability to jump higher and leap farther than other male dancers. And his impact on the art form was in fact ”immense,” says Rojo. He “transformed the perception” of what a male classical ballet dancer can do, helping to make the male role in ballet more equal with the ...
Mar 18, 2019 · Star of the Tatar State Opera and Ballet in Kazan, Oleg Ivenko tells David Jenkins about how he took on the role of the notorious Rudolf Nureyev in 'The White Crow' directed by Ralph Fiennes.
Apr 26, 2019 · When the Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev came to Paris to tour with the Kirov ballet company in 1961, he was “like a wild animal out of a cage,” says Oleg Ivenko, the 26-year-old Ukrainian...
Apr 25, 2019 · The new film, titled "The White Crow," is based on the true story of ballet master Rudolf Nureyev who became one of the first high-profile Russians to defect from the Soviet Union.
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Oct 18, 2018 · The White Crow. The Oscar-nominated actor goes behind the camera for his new film, starring real-life ballet dancer Oleg Ivenko. Oleg Ivenko, who plays Nureyev, takes a moment between takes...
Apr 28, 2019 · “You are dreaming,” Ralph Fiennes said in Russian to Maksimilian Grigoriyev, playing the 8-year-old Rudolf Nureyev. “Dreaming of places far away.”
