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I think it was the war,
really, that made her, because they had to travel around
the whole of Britain, trying to cheer up the troops. And people who had nothing else to do, there was so little to do during the war, that ballet somehow or other
got a foothold in England. So by the end of the war,
she was beloved of the English public. They really knew her,
they knew her on a personal level, they knew her,
that she'd visited their town. She had a very lyrical quality,
she had something about her. Robert Helpmann said about her, she had the ability
to make you want to cry
really, that made her, because they had to travel around
the whole of Britain, trying to cheer up the troops. And people who had nothing else to do, there was so little to do during the war, that ballet somehow or other
got a foothold in England. So by the end of the war,
she was beloved of the English public. They really knew her,
they knew her on a personal level, they knew her,
that she'd visited their town. She had a very lyrical quality,
she had something about her. Robert Helpmann said about her, she had the ability
to make you want to cry
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I think it was the war,
really, that made her,
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because they had to travel around
the whole of Britain,
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trying to cheer up the troops.
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And people who had nothing else to do,
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there was so little to do during the war,
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that ballet somehow or other
got a foothold in England.
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So by the end of the war,
she was beloved of the English public.
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They really knew her,
they knew her on a personal level,
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they knew her,
that she'd visited their town.
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She had a very lyrical quality,
she had something about her.
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Robert Helpmann said about her,
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she had the ability
to make you want to cry.
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Movie Summary
This striking and moving documentary from BAFTA nominated directors Jacqui and David Morris traces the extraordinary life of Rudolf Nureyev. From his birth in the 5th class carriage of a trans-Siberian train, to his dramatic leap ...
