Publisher : Verlhac
Publication date : march 2008
Available in : Français
Comments :
"Rudolf Noureev: Les Images d’une Vie" emmène le lecteur au cœur du tourbillon Noureev, où se cotoient Yves Saint Laurent, la famille Kennedy, Grace Kelly, Alain Delon et Mireille Darc, la princesse Margaret, Margot Fonteyn, mais aussi Zizi Jeanmaire, Lee Radziwill, Erik Bruhn, Nastassja Kinsky, Mikhail Baryshnikov et une kyrielle de danseurs de stature internationale. (Mot de l'éditeur)

Publisher :
Publication date : October 2007
Available in : English
Comments :
Julie Kavanagh's book is now available in Britain and USA. This authorized biography contains new material which had not been available to other writers... Ballet's first pop icon, Rudolf Nureyev revolutionised an old art form, bringing a new young audience to opera houses, and sparking Rudimania across the globe. Read our full article
ISBN-10: 0375405135 Editeur : Pantheon Books (octobre 2007)
New York Times article

Publisher : Flammation
Publication date : january 2007
Available in : French
Comments :
A. Dollfus raconte le fabuleux destin de Rudolf Hametovitch Noureev, jeune Tatar issu d'une famille démunie de Sibérie et devenu un danseur planétaire et richissime, icône des médias, enfant chéri d'une jet-set mondiale et d'un public sous le charme.

Publisher : Cristina Franchi
Publication date : 2005
Available in : English
Comments :
This book celebrates the special place Rudolf Nureyev occupies in the history of The Royal Ballet with more than 120 photographs of his roles and productions. Royal Opera House Heritage Series

Publisher :
Publication date : 2004-08-23
Available in : French, English
Comments :
An intimate memoir of ballet's greatest hero written by Carolyn Soutar who was his stage manager in the 80's.

Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
Publication date : 2003
Available in : English
Comments :
Translated into some 20 languages to date, the book has proved popular with readers the world over. This is certainly due to McCann's talent as a writer, successfully describing Nureyev the angel and Nureyev the demon.

Publisher : Christian Brandstâtter, Österr
Publication date : 2003
Available in : German
Comments :
Dancers, musicians and artists from Vienna share with us their work memories with Rudolf Nureyev. Black and white pictures. Lots of rare pictures relating all his activities in Vienna. Published to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Rudolf Nureyev’s death .

Publisher :
Publication date : 2003
Available in : French
Comments :
Memories of many friends, artists and dancers on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Nureyev's death. A lot of rare pictures.

Publisher : Payot
Publication date : 2003
Available in : French
Comments :
Biographical, “People” style story, patchwork of telephone conversations, of information gleaned from here and there, as well as large extracts of Nureyev’s autobiography, and various books on Nureyev. Emphasis is placed on the spicy private life of the dancer.

Publisher : Teatro alla Scala
Publication date : 2002
Available in : italian
Comments :
Accounts from the Italian principal dancers, and the repertoire of the Nureyev’s collaboration with the Scala Opera House in Milan both as a dancer and choreographer. Published to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the dancer’s death.

Publisher : Farnsworth Art Museum
Publication date : 2002
Available in : English
Comments :
The painter, James Wyeth, accompanied Nureyev for almost a year so that he could study his model and capture him in watercolours and oil paintings: portraits, ballet positions on stage, and in rehearsals. The book is the catalogue for the exhibition of the painting canvases which took place in 2002 and 2003 in various towns in the United States.

Publisher : Grasset, Paris
Publication date : 1998
Available in : French
Comments :
Personal memories from the French choreographer who composed several ballets for Nureyev.

Publisher : The Russian Institute of History of the Arts
Publication date : 1998
Available in : Russian
Comments :
album of photographs retracing Nureyev’s career in Russia and in the West. Several rare photographs. In Russian an English.

Publisher : William Morrow and Company, Inc. New York
Publication date : 1998
Available in : English
Comments :
The most detailed and the most accurate biography that currently exists despite several factual omissions. Excellent piece of journalistic work.

Publisher : Volchebnaya Fleita, Agraf Mosk
Publication date : 1998
Available in : Russian
Comments :
First book on Nureyev written by A. Bland from interviews with the dancer. Photographs of the dancer’s beginnings in the West. Includes Nureyev's anecdotes concerning his childhood, his discovery of the world of dance at Ufa, his early beginnings in the theatre, his years spent studying at the Vaganova Institute in Leningrad, his initial successes at the Kirov, his arrival in Paris and his early life in the West. A precious and historical document, and the only one by Nureyev himself. Includes photos of the dancer’s beginnings in the West.

Publisher : Robert Hale, London
Publication date : 1997
Available in : English
Comments :
Comments: Account given by someone who worked for Nureyev as driver, cook, and secretary for a year towards the end of his life. Every page contains details of Nureyev’s thunderous fits of temper and his vulnerability.

Publisher : Simon & Schuster, New York
Publication date : 1995
Available in : English
Comments :
Interesting biographical story of the life and career of the dancer. Translated in German and Russian.

Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton, London
Publication date : 1994
Available in : English
Comments :
A great many factual errors (dates, places, and events). The author has emphasized the sensational aspect of the dancer’s life by drawing his sources mainly from the gossip and rumours that inevitably surround the stars. Peter Watson’s objective was without doubt a long way from any review of Nureyev’s skills.

Publisher : White Brothers (Pinters) Ltd,
Publication date : 1995
Available in : English
Comments :
NUREYEV CHRISTIE’S Thursday JANUARY 12 and Feb 13, 1995, NEW YORK, hardback and paperback NUREYEV CHRISTIE’S PART II LONDON Monday 20 NOVEMBER AND Tuesday 21 NOVEMBER 1995 Catalogues for the two auctions organized by Christie’s, in New York and in London in 1995. Superb colour catalogues that also contain some magnificent ballet photographs.

Publisher : Europa Verlag
Publication date : 1995
Available in : German
Comments :
Interesting biography of Rudolf Nureyev's life and work. Translated in English and Russian.

Publisher : Harvill, an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, London
Publication date : 1994
Available in : English
Comments :
Keith Money published numerous books about the Royal Ballet, Margot Fonteyn and Anna Pavlova. This book is a collection of unpublished photographs of the principal ballets that Fonteyn and Nureyev danced in the 1960’s.

Publisher : Gaillarde Perrs, Zutphen
Publication date : 1994
Available in : Dutch
Comments :
The Dutch choreographer, director of the National Ballet of Amsterdam, recalls his professional and personal ties with the dancer. Nureyev inspired Van Dantzig to choreograph a good half a dozen ballets which he created mainly in Holland, but also in Vienna and London.

Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton, London
Publication date : 1994
Available in : English
Comments :
Lots of erroneous information (dates, places and events). The author focus on the sensational aspects of the dancer's life by relating gossips and rumours which are so common in the life of artists. Therefore, this book doesn't give much information about Nureyev's artistic life.

Publisher : Sperling & Kupfer Editori, Milano
Publication date : 1993
Available in : Italian
Comments :
Comments: Account given by Luigi Pignotti, Nureyev’s masseur who accompanied him for very many years, and was his manager in Italy. Written in collaboration with Mario Pasi, author of numerous works on ballet in Italian. The book comprises an attempt to list all the performances given by Nureyev in the West; it is, unfortunately relatively incomplete.

Publisher : Phaidon Press Ltd
Publication date : 1993
Available in : English
Comments :
Magnificent album of black and white photographs devised and produced by Howard Brown.

Publisher : BALLET-DANSE, n°11, PARIS
Publication date : 1985
Available in : French
Comments :
Issue of “Avant-scène” entirely dedicated to Nureyev and Raymonda; the ballet he staged when he took over as director of the Paris Opera Ballet in 1983.

Publisher : Helen Obolensky Enterprises, Inc. Book, New York
Publication date : 1982
Available in : English
Comments :
Interesting biographical review by the English ballet critic, Clive Barnes, settled in New York. Photographs in colour, and black and white. AVAILABLE THROUGH - Barnes and Noble bookstores

Publisher : Orbis Publishing, London
Publication date : 1979
Available in : English
Comments :
Alexander Bland’s third book dedicated to Nureyev in which he recalls the legendary Fonteyn-Nureyev couple through all the roles they danced. Photographs in black and white.

Publisher : Ed. du Chêne, Paris
Publication date : 1977
Available in : French
Comments :
Recollections of the shooting of the Ken Russell film with colour photographs. Rare record.

Publisher : Studio Vista, London
Publication date : 1976
Available in : English
Comments :
Review of the dancer, accompanied by photographs in colour, and black and white, of all the roles performed by Nureyev. Repertoire of all Nureyev’s activities such as dancer and choreographer through to 1976.

Publisher : Dance Book Ltd, London
Publication date : 1976
Available in : English
Comments :
Very interesting album of black and white photographs.

Publisher : Julliard, Paris
Publication date : 1976
Available in : English
Comments :
Review of the dancer, accompanied by photographs in colour, and black and white, of all the roles performed by Nureyev. Repertoire of all Nureyev’s activities such as dancer and choreographer through to 1976.

Publisher : G.P. Putnam’s & sons, , New York
Publication date : 1975
Available in : English
Comments :
Excellent biography by the English ballet critic, John Percival, who follows the entire career of Nureyev in the West from his arrival in 1961. Repertoire of roles danced, ballet productions, and choreographies. hardback (also available in paperback, New York, 1977)

Publisher : Modernismo Publications New York
Publication date : 1975
Available in : English
Comments :
Unusual book about the filming of “Jeune Homme et la Mort” by Roland Petit that Nureyev made with Zizi Jeanmaire in December 1966. Photographs of the rehearsal and the film.

Publisher : Dance Horizons Spotlight Serie
Publication date : 1975
Available in : English
Comments :
Leaflet of the main roles performed by Rudolf Nureyev in United States.

Publisher : Ed Plume, Paris
Publication date : 1993
Available in : French
Comments :
Mario Bois, husband of the principal dancer Claire Motte, and holder of the copyrights for Nureyev’s works, reveals his memories.

Publisher : Le Cercle des Amis de Rudolf Noureev
Publication date : 1998
Available in : French
Comments :
All the performances given by Nureyev in Paris.

Publisher : Editoriale Pantheon, Roma
Publication date : 1995
Available in : Italian
Comments :
Vittoria Ottolenghi, a ballet critic, producer of televised programmes in Italy, reminisces on a thirty year friendship with Nureyev.

Publisher : Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milano
Publication date : 1994
Available in : italian
Comments :
Superb album of black and white photographs taken by the greatest ballet photographers of the 1960’s, retracing the birth of ballet inspired by the “Dame aux Camélias” by choreographer F. Ashton. During their lifetime, the Fonteyn-Nureyev couple were the only dancers to perform this ballet.

Publisher : Editions La Martinière, Paris
Publication date : Janvier 2003
Available in : French
Comments :
Accounts from the principal dancers at the Paris Opera who worked with Nureyev; repertoire of all the dancer and choreographer’s activities from 1961 to 1992. Published to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the dancer’s death

Publisher : Key Haven - CRUSAID
Publication date : 1994
Available in : English
Comments :
Comments: Put together for the occasion of the gala, this book comprises numerous, splendid photographs of the whole of Nureyev’s career with accounts given by many performers and friends.

Publisher : Tundra Books
Publication date : 1999
Available in : English
Comments :
Brief but accurate and glowing biography by a female dancer and friend of Nureyev from the National Ballet of Canada. Wonderful photographs.

Publisher : Pushkinsky Fond
Publication date : 1995
Available in : English, Russian
Comments :
Friends and dancers from Leningrad recall the young Nureyev. The rarity of the black and white photographs cancels out their poor reproductive quality. The book has also been translated into English; strong Russian influences. originally in Russian

Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Publication date : October 2003
Available in : Italian
Comments :
Published to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Rudolf Nureyev's death, this photo book-cum-memoir celebrates the achievements and personality of one of the 20th century's greatest dancers. A good choice for fans already familiar with the outlines of Nureyev's life, this book provides a more intimate view of the dancer.

Publisher : Ed. William Blake & co, Bordeaux
Publication date : 2003
Available in : French
Comments :
Account from Charles Jude, a friend of the dancer, illustrated by numerous photographs from private collections. Published to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the dancer’s death.

Publisher : Rembrandt Verlag
Publication date : 1967
Available in : German
Comments :
Do not be deceived by this pocket-sized, rare and precious book. Klaus Geitel, eminent German ballet critic, describes the dancer at the height of his glory. Rare black and white photographs.

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Available in : English
Comments :

Publisher : Danad Publishing Co New York
Publication date : 1973
Available in : English
Comments :
Small fascicule retracing the career of the dancer with lots of black and white photographs.

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