Nureyev

[ noo-rey-ef, -ev; Russian noo-ryey-yif ]

noun

1. Rudolf (Ha·me·to·vich) [kh, uh-, mye, -t, uh, -vyich], 1938–93, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; Austrian citizen 1982.

Nureyev

/ njʊˈreɪ-; ˈnjʊərɪɛf /

noun

1. NureyevRudolf19381993MAustrianRussianDANCE: ballet dancer Rudolf. 1938–93, Austrian ballet dancer, born in the Soviet Union: he lived in England (1961–83) and France (1983–89). He became an Austrian citizen in 1982

Example Sentences

He was born Feb. 9, 1985, in Leningrad and was a graduate of the distinguished Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, whose notable male alumni also include Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev.

From Los Angeles Times

As a ballet student, she was selected to dance in Rudolf Nureyev's production of Sleeping Beauty in 1975 with the London Festival Ballet.

From BBC

“With David, what you see is what you get,” said the former ballerina Sylvie Guillem, who spent almost a month in Melbourne earlier this year, coaching Rudolf Nureyev’s “Don Quixote.”

From New York Times

Nureyev then made a dash towards two French police and declared that he wished to remain in the West.

From BBC

Lynn Seymour, a ballerina from Wainwright, Alberta, who pushed back against stuffiness in ballet and who partnered with Nureyev, Baryshnikov and others, has died at 83.

From New York Times