Соглашусь, Нуреев -лучший танцор всех времен и народов и нет ему равных! Это космос, это легенда, непревзойденное мастерство! Вечная память❤❤

You can see and feel his weakness, still such a graceful dancer, I just love him.

Величайший танцовщик!Так любить танец!Рудольф в танце-это произведение искусств!Это космос!И когда смотрят его выступление и говорят о болезни....Что-то люди не понимают!Он просто износился физически,такое количество спектаклей никому не по силам ,только ему-Рудольфу Нурееву!Танец-это его жизнь!Он был пророк для себя:в 8лет сказал,что будет танцевать лучше всех в мире,а на вопрос ,что ты будешь делать, когда не сможешь танцевать,сказал:умру.Вот и все.И не надо говорить о какой-то болезни.Нуреев -это танец,это не болезнь!

Rudolph always presents his partner beautifully, matching her style; she’s quick& very petite, but he’s there, keeping her safe & dancing beautifully. He always watches & aides his partners, ballerinas appreciate that their partner is protecting them too, not going thru motions until their solo time.

150センチとは思えない、おおきな動き。森下洋子さん、ヌレエフさんという素晴らしいダンサーとパドドゥ踊れたなんて、なんとすごいことでしょう。貴重な映像ありがとうございました❤

すごいパフォーマンスだ。鳥肌がたった..演劇を見てるかのようなふたりのドラマティックな世界は一時も目が離せない。ヌレエフは全盛期の鋭さがないかもしれないがそんなことはどうでもよくなってしまうほど有無を言わせない圧倒的な存在感は健在。最近海外で活躍している日本人ダンサーが増えているとはいえ、森下さんほど強烈な印象を残す華麗で説得力のあるバレリーナはいない気がする。

Loved watching him whip those movements around ..he WAS the master ...Even at this stage ,feeling the affects of his illness. And having it starting to show in his face,. There was still one else like him. He had those "commanding" looks,. And stage presence....

He was sick and dying. Not that he was less talented, he was weak from his illness. We should be grateful and admire the effort he made for giving us the pleasure, once again, to see him dancing. Nureyev, the greatest. We will always remember you No es que era menos talentoso. Estaba enfermo y muriendo. Debemos admirar y agradecer el esfuerzo que hizo por darnos, una vez más, el placer de verlo bailar. Nureyev, el más grande. Siempre te recordaremos

На Нуреева можно смотреть бесконечно!

What a lovely performance!, many thanks for sharing this jewel!

愛らしい少女にしか見えない（そこがまたすごい）のに、鉄のバランスと美しいポジション！！森下洋子様、まさに宝ですね！！

Nureyev invited Yoko Morishita to take the role of a fairy cupid in his Don Quixote on Broadway which ran for about a month in 1983. Yoko made her appearances a few times as a guest dancer. I saw Nureyev on the stage. He was full of vigor and all smiles. There was not an ounce of rumour about his health in 1983. He came back to Broadway a few times more after that. His Don Quixote on Broadway was a great success. Nureyev died on January 6, 1993. R.I.P. Rudolf Nureyev.

With hindsight, we should be glad we are seeing this.

I have never seen any footage of Rudolf Nureyev dancing with Yoki Morishita before, so beautiful. Thank you for posting this.

Nureyev was brilliant, in any age, in any state. I would pay just to watch him lift his hands in a port de bras.

Yoko Morishita is such an elegant dancer !

20 años han pasado desde que se nos fue el, posiblemente, mejor bailarín de todos los tiempos.

People are comparing young Nureyev with an older version. Both are great. He knows much more when older - and it shows He is ALWAYS great. y

Thanks so much for posting this. I've never seen any footage of them together. What a treat. It's always amazing to come upon new video of him. . . . . . . especially with Fonteyn. But anyone will do! Thanks for your diligent work. Keep posting!!!!!!!

Rudy ❤ the greatest male ballet dancer in the history, legendary

Прекрасная партнёрша, японская балерина. Она ему нравится. Это заметно. Красиво танцует она, красивая балерина. Она маленькая, лёгкая, он поднимает её как пушинку. Карло Фрачи ему не нравилась, он был холоден к Фрачи, не видно было любви на сцене. А с Марго Фонтейн были любовь и страсть. Yoko тоже нравится ему, он так нежен с ней.

ほんと森下さん素晴らしい。日本のバレリーナの源流ですね。

IN 1979 I WAS IN LONDON ,AND SAW MANY PERFS OF THE NUREYEV FESTIVAL,AND HE WAS ALREADY PAINFUL TO WATCH

Yoko Morishita is beautiful. Decent, and perfect in technique.

They make these very difficult movements look natural and easy!

今は亡きヌレエフのサポートの素晴らしさ、若き日の森下さんは素晴らしいです。　　しづか

Nureyev is splendid and Morishita makes a simply lovely partner for him. How nice that he enjoyed dancing with her so late in the game. Since when is it a crime for a dancer to grow older? Fonteyn was stronger at 53 than she was at 23. I know because I saw her and Nureyev live in their prime. The basic integrity, full turn out and beauty of line are all still there in him. Why are people so afraid of age. And if you love him, you wouldn't even be speaking of his illness. Think of the courage it took for him to keep dancing when he was ill. Have some respect.

EL MEJOR BAILARÌN DE TODOS LOS TIMPOS NO HABRA OTRO IGUAL, RESPETANDO IGUA A SU COMPATRIOTA Mijaíl Barýshnikov (MISHA)

New to me. This one is difficult to watch. Rest in Peace, dear Rudy. 💔

This version is hard for me to watch. Age had a part in this but by this time, Rudy was ill and started treatment not too long after this was filmed. If you want to see a truly SUPERB version of The Sleeping Beauty PDD, check out the performance with Lynn Seymour. It's breaks my heart in the best ways each and every time. :D I love you, Rudy. Always.

@pediatrapaola I think that's unfair to say. Footage of him doing Don Quixote from the 1970's with Lucette Aldous shows element of brilliance, as a dancer and as a choreographer, and so does The Sleeping Beauty with Veronica Tennant, There will never be another dancer like him. He had the passion and determination like no other, as well as a raw, amazing talent.

Sowonderful❤YokoMorishitaismyfavoriteballerina❤

Боже мой какая замечательная балерина!Неповторимый Нуреев ее еле ловит,она вычкальзывает из его рук😯🤩💖💖💖💖💖🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

A lot of foolish comments being made on here and mostly by people who have no profile picture of their own face on display. What's all that about, eh? Unlike Mr Nureyev, they are clearly too afraid to step out in public and to show their face to the world while making their negative crticisms about an art they have little or no experience of performing in public at this level of excellence. Rudolf Nureyev himself set the standard in the beginning for others to follow afterwards, so it counts for nothing for jumped-up self-styled 'experts' to come along much later and to state 'how it should be'.

for me that saw him years before is so painful watching this

For anyone interested to see this variation and costuming, this is now the staple design in Toronto since the 70s.

When he was 45yrs old...

Very good enjoyed very much

Everything I have read about RN states he was diagnosed in 1984, but the doctor who treated him (and made the diagnosis) estimated that Nureyev contracted aids as early as 1979. So even if he didn't know it yet in 1983, his body did. And it shows - sad. It was in 1979 that the medical profession started to recognize an unusual anti-immune disease, which seemed only to affect homosexuals. So if Nureyev's doctor is correct about when Rudolf contracted, what was to become known as Aids, then Nureyev WAS one of the first to be infected! He also had copious sex with multiple (anonymous) partners. That he lived as long as he did is an indication of how strong his Will Power was. Even when he was extremely ill, he continued to travel for performance engagements - if not to dance, then to conduct orchestras, or to choreograph ballets. I have clicked on this video many times, but couldn't watch. This is the first time I've been able to watch the whole clip. Truly sad... Even so, thank you for posting this bit of history

it was 1984, 21~23 Sep. Thanks for posting this.

El desgaste fisico de Rudolf era tan notorio que obvio ya mucha gente sabia que estaba enfermo de algo, pero todavia aguanto diez años mas el hombre ¡¡¡¡

This was a treat!

Morishitawas an outstanding dancer and good chemistry with Nureeiev. Japanase has great dancers as Tetsuya Kurakawa

Stunning beautiful until the end!

Yuko Morishita is simply luminous.

❤❤❤❤❤

Rudy looks very ragged & on the edge of collapsing. This performance looked like it took every effort he had. Thank you, Rudy.

I find his intelligence on how to change some movement to accommodate age intriguing, he didnt know how to live without it as many dancers dont!

This Is a wonderfull meister classe in P d D .just look it is so good . ofcouse I understand all of you that have never been in professional ballet . but this Is a lot better then we see to day. I was very lucky to be at Covent Garden London on that same stage. and I got him to come to Wiesbaden for one of his very last time he dance. It was raining and cold not one left as we all understand that it was to say thank you and. he was fabuleux. Edward Arckless

Exquisite dancer but the tutu could be more flattering 😮❤

hermoso bailan!!

was not my intention being unfair ,but alas here is painful to watch being the ghost of the man he was.

I find the pdd incredibly moving, his partnering is actually exemplary in this clip. Morishita really sparkles here, reminiscent of the Dame herself...Saw him in SB a few years prior to this (1981, Coliseum in London) Yes, his dancing was sadly diminished...bit of a shocker, really...

@pediatrapaola Yes, this was in 1983, his later age so he wasn't brilliant as before. I was shocked when I saw his first entrance in act 2...

He was diagnosed that year with the virus.

According to Wikipedia, he "tested positive for HIV in 1984, but for several years he simply denied that anything was wrong with his health. Nureyev began a marked decline only in the summer of 1991 and entered the final phase of the disease in the spring of 1992." In other words, this performance was a year before he found out he was HIV-positive. And yes, he's definitely not at his best: in the solo that starts at 6:17 he looks like he's forcing himself through the steps. :-(

nureyev fooled people for long time ,imo he was good in russia and in his early period in west ,so so until late 70's awful later.

森下洋子さん、本当に美しい😮

che differenza di espressione e partecipazione con i balletti con margot manca l attrazione si vede e si sente nel cuore

Sadly, Rudi danced another 10 years after this and it got way, way worse (especially when AIDS impacted his body). He really should have retired in the late 70s and left his legacy intact. He had already danced far more frequently than any other male ballet dancer, had been incredibly hard on his body and had nothing to prove... but he loved the glamor, the stage and the money.

@pediatrapaola Basically he looks like he hasn't taken class for a year, and only took part time classes the years before.

Yoko Morishita is the same erea of Elyzabetta Terabust : no word when Terabust is dead , principal Star of Roland Petit and the partner of Patrice Bart at Scala de Milan .

Why keep showing them just from the waist up?

Rudolf was furious with his partner, and let it know once the show was over. She had the technique, but no sense of her role and was smiling mechanically, as if frozen. Dancing is also about expressing, communicating emotion, which is what Rudolf has always done on stage. But here, with a robot, nothing was working. They had rehearsed for a long time, and in the end, nothing happened... Hence his closed expression and his way of leaving the stage, after greeting the audience. Mariska Khametovich Noureïev

He was a MAN.

I saw him with the Paris Opera in the early 90's or thereabouts and he should not have been dancing. Or done a character role only. Ballet and a reckless life took a terrible toll on his body and his health.

sad that he was so I'll hear xx

videos salein sin volumen que pena son encantadores

É ALGO INEXPLICAVEL A PERFEIÇÃO DE NUREYEV ! YOKO MORISHITA E EXCELENTE , GOTSYO MAIS FO QUE MARGOT FONTAIN

l read somewhere that probabily took infection in 81 more or less but don't know whn was realized being aids

It is not aired, not sure why..

This is from sleeping beauty right?

l was a great fan of the young rudy ,and is contribution to maledancing is priceless ,but here is awful,sorry but is the true.

I don`t think he was sick then... AIDS was only discovered around that time. Of course I could be wrong but I don`t think he was one of the first people to be infected and he did die 10 years after this performance. I saw him dance that same year with the Paris Opera Ballet in Raymonda and he was awful...he even insulted the audience at the end of his solo by doing very rude gestures because they booed him.

ヌレエフがポジションが入っていなくて・・ペトルーシュカと比較すると　舞台に上るべきではないかな　森下洋子さんがとてもレッスンされているのがわかるので　リフトの許可を出した森下洋子さんのスタッフに驚きました　洋子さんの技術は本当に素晴らしい　日本の宝だと思います

Painful... He should have stopped dancing Beauty before hitting the wrong side of 40. Maybe better that the variation wasn't aired. I was never sure why he danced classical roles so long pas his prime... Did he made an effort for his fans or couldn't he cope with the idea of leaving the stage for good? Stunning costumes.

身長差が丁度良い、だからヌレエフさんも洋子さんと踊りたがったのだと思う。バレリーナの身長が高いと男性も困ることが多いからね。

They dance like they had an argument before coming onstage. They're suppose to be in love, so this falls flat for me, despite each dancers grateness.

Liga torello Liga torello

he kinda looks sad.....

@koeniginreina rudy was a good dancer untill end of 60's west did him famous but surely not a better dancer ,in his first 40's saw him many times ,and alas he was already a very bad dancer,but people seemed not seeing this,he was rudy ,and they loved him despite his awful dancing.but anyway he deserves respect for his contribution in general to ballet development in west.surely never was the best ,this should be out of discussion.

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Здесь ему 45 и он ещё не осознает, что смертельно болен.

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Unfortunately he was not really good in this performance, his technical skill were ablittle weak, he seemed tired.

really bad ,i undrestand he was sick ,but....

Nureyev var ikke ligefrem indspireret af den japanske partner.

Boy, ARROGANT exit at the end!! He literally walks in front of her while pushing her upstage and behind him. Just to be in front of her for the applause. Horrible!! The dancer always showcases his ballerina as he escorts her offstage!! He knows better! And she is such a tiny thing! I wonder if she smacked him in the wings!!

Rudolf Nureyev, a normally breath-taking dancer, isn't impressive in here. he looks like a rookie that didn't practice enough before the show. is this his worst performance?

Lolita torello

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