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For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.

Rudolf Nureyev

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Rudolf Nureyev
Age: 54 †
Born: 1938
Born: March 17
Died: 1993
Died: January 6
Actor
Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
Choreographer
Conductor
Dancer
Film Actor
Film Director
Erhüü
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev
Movement
Wasn
Enough
Mind
Intensity
Purity
Expression
Needed

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