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als Dirigent mit dem Wiener Residenzorchester im Rosenkavaliersaal des Palais Auersperg mit Werken von Haydn, Mozart und Tschaikowsky. Das Konzert erschien auf CD. Die Stadt Wien benannte ihm zu Ehren die Rudolf-NurejewPromenade in Kaisermühlen, die von Bürgermeister Michael Häupl am 22. September 1999 eröffnet wurde. Seit Nurejews Tod fanden in Wien viele Gedächtnisveranstaltungen für ihn statt (Ausstellungen, Aufführungen, Bücher). Die Wiener bewahren ihm voll Zuneigung und Bewunderung ein ehrendes Andenken.
CONCLUSION Born to Tartar parents in Soviet Russia, brought up in both cultures, Rudolf Nureyev had a universal vision from early childhood. He was obsessed with dance. He had an unquenchable thirst for learning. Passion was his drive, passion for dance, passion for life. He constantly wanted to expand his knowledge of every form of dance: modern, contemporary, baroque, but he was also a connoisseur of theater, music, fine arts and litterature. Dance was everything, his work, his love, his childhood dream, his pain. Once asked about his private life, he said: „I have danced everything: all my joys, sadness, pain, happiness, everything. Why would the public want to know the details?” He was a true missionary of the dance and remained faithful to his Russian schooling spending over three decades instilling it in Western dancers. Margot Fonteyn inscribed these words on a book about Pavlova she offered Nureyev: „Only you and she have loved ballet above everything else.” Mikhail Baryshnikov said: „He had the charisma and simplicity of a man of the earth and the untouchable arrogance of the gods."
RUDOLF NUREJEW PROBT MIT MANUEL LEGRIS, PARISER OPER RUDOLF NUREYEV REHEARSES WITH MANUEL LEGRIS, PARIS OPERA
Nureyev’s legacy is immense and his soul can rest in peace in the realm of shadows, remember his words: „I will remain alive as long as my ballets will be danced.” Hélène Ciolkovitch
MANUEL LEGRIS Gerade eben als Ballettdirektor an die Pariser Oper berufen, gab Nurejew dem jungen Tänzer Manuel Legris eine seiner ersten Solorollen als einer von Raymondas Freunden, den sogenannten „Ber-Ber“ (Bernard und Béranger), und ernannte Manuel Legris 1986 in New York während der Balletttournee der Pariser Oper mit „Raymonda” zum Danseur Étoile. Das war das einzige Mal, dass ein Tänzer außerhalb der Pariser Oper den „Étoile“-Status erhielt. Manuel Legris wurde zu einem internationalen Star, trat in der ganzen Welt auf und war ein häufiger Gast an der Wiener Staatsoper. 18
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Hélène Ciolkovitch is a dance historian with a French and Russian background, living in Paris. She is a member of the European Association of Dance Historians and works as a free-lance conference interpreter. From 1965 onwards, she watched Nureyev dance throughout Europe and followed his career worldwide. As Secretary General (1997-2007) of Le Cercle des Amis de Rudolf Noureev in Paris, she was responsible for the Association's magazine and also organized numerous events, seminars, photo exhibitions, film screenings, publications etc. related to Nureyev's career. She has also contributed to several books on Nureyev and has participated in symposia in France, Russia, Monaco and Switzerland. Ms. Ciolkovitch has written for dance magazines in France, Germany and Russia and has acted as a consultant for a number of Russian documentary films. Recently she took part in a French TV program on Nureyev. Since 2005 she has been undertaking research in Russia for a forthcoming artistic biography about the dancer.