Is anyone aware of a new film about Rudolf Nureyev, titled "Nureyev?"

According to an article on the Canadian TV website, regarding the show "So You Think You Can Dance Canada," Nico Archambault, last December's winner, has recently been cast "as the iconic ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev in "Nureyev" - the upcoming dance drama about the dancer's legacy."

I googled Nico and discovered that he is a contemporary, hip-hop dancer; age 24, with multiple facial piercings and a mini-mohawk. Not exactly the type I would expect to portray Rudolf!

I don't know who I would like to see in a film about Nureyev - the ones I had previously thought of are either retired or too old now.

Who do you think could do justice in a portrayal of Rudolf?

This must be the film....

Sounds like a lot to cover in an hour.

A mock documentary? Is it supposed to be a comedy?

Thank you for the information. It sounds exhausting, perphaps interesting, but odd.

Sounds very camp.

I tend to agree with Amy. With regard to toeprints' question:



It's an even tougher casting job than Nijinsky, I think.

Thanks for telling us about the film, toeprints. It sounds as if it will air in Canada first, so I hope our Canadian readers tell us about it.

(Just curious, toeprints - which dancers from the past did you have in mind?)

dirac,

I could never envision just one person portraying Rudolf, but a combination of a few dancers. My amalgam would consist of Charles Jude, Farouk Ruzimatov, Konstantin Zalinsky, Patrick Armand, and Irek Mukhamedov. They all possess certain traits and abilities that remind me of Rudolf. Charles and Konstantin are the only two dancers, other than Rudolf (of course), who held my attention enough that I didn't notice the scenery.

I haven't been able to travel as much as before, so I am not sure who among the current dancers I would include in my mix.

Are you able to think of anyone? It really does seem to be an impossibility, doesn't it.

You couldn’t really hope for a perfect match, just one that is close enough. Maybe Nicolas Le Riche, whose performances I know only from video.

First a film about Fonteyn and now one about Nureyev, I find this very depressing.

I've seen Nico on TV and he is certainly talented but not a ballet-type at all in his dancing.
I did see a short clip on the news and it shows him dancing with NBoC's Greta Hodgkinson.
Not really sure what to make of it...

There has been a few articles in "Google News" about Nico learning ballet during the last few months! He claims that he doesn't have the knees for ballet (?). Oh well, perhaps this special will be a good idea after all and bring a younger audience into the world of ballet, and they will be curious about this phenomenon called "Nureyev."

The film will be on Canadian tv on December 1, 2009, at 9 P.M., on the Canadian Bravo channel. No report about the U.S. Bravo airing the film. I hope some of the Canadian members will give us a critique.

The Bravo site describes the film this way.


http://www.bravo.ca/SCHEDULE/Default.aspx?date=12-1-2009

Thank you for that info. I am curious about the film, although I still cannot fathom a non-ballet person portraying Rudi. I guess I really need to keep an open mind!