#russian ballet
In the 1960s, Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, who is widely considered the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation, was described as a “wild animal out of a cage” and “one of the most electrifying male dancers of all time.” Nureyev displayed masterful and unsurpassed control over his body in every move; to watch him dance is to see poetry and music in motion. More than any other dancer, he transformed the role of men in ballet, and reinterpreted it,…