Aired Monday March 25, 11:00pm - 12:30amon BBC Four HD

Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom

Name: 11:00pm - Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom
Start: 2019-03-25T22:00:00Z
End: 2019-03-25T23:30:00Z
Location: BBC Four HD

Dance, espionage and passion come together in this powerful and exciting docudrama that tells the extraordinary story of how Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West in 1961 and became a living legend. Spectacular dance performance is provided by Bolshoi Ballet star Artem Ovcharenko in the role of Nureyev.

Cast and crew

Richard SmithDirector
Artem OvcharenkoRudolph Nureyev
Svetlana SmirnovaClara Saint
Artem YakovlevYuri Soloviev
Yuri UtkinVitaly Strizhevsky
Denis AlievPierre Lacotte
Vladimir ChernychovKonstantin Sergeyev

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