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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 22, 2019 · Capturing the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s...
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Early on in Ralph Fiennes’s biopic of ballet legend Rudolf Nureyev, the title is explained. “White crow” is Russian slang for a person who is “unusual” and not like the others.
Ralph Fiennes directs this incredible true story. A brilliant Russian ballet dancer escapes to the West in the Cold War leading to a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB. More info.
Jan 23, 2021 · The White Crow. This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer. In 1961, young Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev arrives in Paris to perform with the Kirov Ballet.
