Ralph Fiennes depicts Rudolf Nureyev's raw physicality and genius, which startled the world at the height of the Cold War, in his film of Nureyev's daring escape. In the 1950s, Nureyev rose to prominence as the most recognizable face of Russian ballet, a wild and gorgeous dancer constrained by the cultural constraints of Leningrad. To play cat and mouse with the KGB, he had a fling with Western artists and ideas.
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Ralph Fiennes depicts Rudolf Nureyev's raw physicality and genius, which startled the world at the height of the Cold War, in his film of Nureyev's daring escape. In the 1950s, Nureyev rose to prominence as the most recognizable face of Russian ballet, a wild and gorgeous dancer constrained by the cultural constraints of Leningrad. To play cat and mouse with the KGB, he had a fling with Western artists and ideas.
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