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Nureyev

"I'd felt the threat mounting. "I was like a bird inside a netbeing drawn tighter and...

"I'd felt the threat mounting. "I was like a bird inside a net
being drawn tighter and tighter. "I knew this was a crisis,
for a bird must fly."

Full Transcript

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"I'd felt the threat mounting.
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"I was like a bird inside a net being drawn tighter and tighter.
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"I knew this was a crisis, for a bird must fly."
Duration
13 seconds
Views
441
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:16
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Piece of Magic Entertainment,Little Compton Films,Rattling Stick

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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 ...
So, I decide right there and then that I'm not going back. - Nureyev 00:04
So, I decide right there and then that I'm not going ba...
"I saw Clara arrive. I cried out to her that I had taken my decision. - Nureyev 00:28
"I saw Clara arrive. I cried out to her that I had take...
She came back behind me and said, "Pierre, here, it's done." - Nureyev 00:04
She came back behind me and said, "Pierre, here, it...
"Everything seemed to become blurred. I felt the urge to run, - Nureyev 00:25
"Everything seemed to become blurred. I felt the urge t...
"And then in the longest, most breath-taking leap - Nureyev 00:26
"And then in the longest, most breath-taking leap
"The inspectors explained that according to the rules, - Nureyev 00:44
"The inspectors explained that according to the rules,
This is France, the streets of Paris, - Nureyev 00:17
This is France, the streets of Paris,
I also read too, that after you'd defected, - Nureyev 00:15
I also read too, that after you'd defected,
It's not them, no, no, no. I think it was really, I don't know... - Nureyev 00:05
It's not them, no, no, no. I think it was really, I don...
I think Communist Party or group somewhere. - Nureyev 00:05
I think Communist Party or group somewhere.
They were throwing tear-gas bombs and broken glass on stage. - Nureyev 00:05
They were throwing tear-gas bombs and broken glass on stage.
It was an incredible hullabaloo in Paris. - Nureyev 00:04
It was an incredible hullabaloo in Paris.
And how did you manage to concentrate while that was happening? - Nureyev 00:04
And how did you manage to concentrate while that was happeni...
I was the last girl on the left side in the Polonaise, - Nureyev 00:20
I was the last girl on the left side in the Polonaise,
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in outer space, - Nureyev 00:31
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in outer space,
"Shortly after the unpleasantness at the theater, - Nureyev 00:25
"Shortly after the unpleasantness at the theater,
"When I actually saw the pictures he'd taken, - Nureyev 00:08
"When I actually saw the pictures he'd taken,
Erik Bruhn was the dancer of the day. - Nureyev 00:29
Erik Bruhn was the dancer of the day.
He had seen me dance in Russia. - Nureyev 00:30
He had seen me dance in Russia.
Nureyev immediately took a plane to Copenhagen - Nureyev 00:32
Nureyev immediately took a plane to Copenhagen