Rudolph Nureyev (1938-1993)

The young Nureyev in all his glory. (NSFW)

Closer.

that's one big dick

How did that kielbasa fit in his ballerina tights?

He had an intense affair with Dame Margo.

He had an intense affair with premier danseur Erik Bruhn. He said Brugh was the love of his life.

In the '70s, hundreds (if not thousands) of men in NYC fucked his unbelievable ass at the Continental Baths. I was one of them.

He had sex in a phone booth with Robert Kennedy.

gorgeous men.

r8, was that before or after RFK was shot?

His biographies are very tedious and merely point out the fact that he was EXTREMELY self-absorbed. Brilliant dancer, though--all the technique Barishnikov wishes he had.

Had an affair with Tab Hunter.

Rent Ken Russell's VALENTINO or catch it the next time it's on TCM-- Nice shots of Rudolph, his cock and ass in his love scene with Michelle Phillips. He also did a Playboy pictorial.

"Had an affair with Tab Hunter."

Who didn't? Tab's legs were in the air more often than Nureyev's ever were in his entire career.

any pics of his "hot ass"?

Rudy showed his soles to Jesus even more often than Tab, R14.

The biography I read called "Dancer" was pretty revealing. Rudy was remarkable. He had standards. If it had a pulse, he'd fuck it. The denouement was very sad.

I was 12 years old when my mother brought me to see him dance with Dame Margot Fonteyn. It seemed as if he could fly! I have never seen anything to compare it with, in my life!

Julie Kavanagh's 800 page biography of Nureyev is the best one yet.

Whose book had the RFK-Nureyev story? It was so long ago that I don't recall, but it was a real shocker at the time.

So, R7, what was it like?

I read somewhere that he smelled pretty bad. True?

He got sweaty while running from David Ehrenstein at the Continental Baths.

Rudy used to like to order a Large Coke from the cute waiters at Fiorello's, but he would exaggerate his accent and ask for "a BIG COCK."

Gore Vidal, who naturally knew Rudi - hosted him when he was visibly ailing - mentioned Rudi's apparently flirtatious relationship with RFK in his memoir 'Palimpsest.'

Erik Bruhn was a fine, good looking, man.

The Diane Solway biography is fascinating. I'm not much interested in ballet, but his story--which is all about drive and ambition--is very compelling. He reminded me of Maria Callas insofar as they were both fairly ornery characters who were obsessive about perfecting their art.

RFK and Nureyev, I'd pay to see that. When did that story come to light?

Stood next to, and then watched him gain entrance to Studio 54 back in 1979. Was one of several high school kids on a Theater Tour, so of course we didn't get in.

He did not age well.

I meet him a few times and drove him around SF for a whole days as a favor to Armin Bali. He wanted to see Buena Vista park and out by the windmills near the Ocean in Golden Gate Park.

His ass saw more traffic than the Eastern Shuttle.

[quote]Whose book had the RFK-Nureyev story? It was so long ago that I don't recall, but it was a real shocker at the time.

I read it in a Kennedy bio called, "RFK" by C. David Heyman.

R17 "Dancer" is not a biography. It is a NOVEL based on Nureyev's life.

Not a place to look for factual info.

BUMP for Rudy Nureyev.

There used to be rumors of him and Mick Jagger. How many guys do we think he fucked?

I about lost it when I saw Rudy's cock swinging between his legs in that love scene with Michelle Phillips from Valentino. And that ass!!!

Counting the baths, R36, several thousand.

I would have found him highly resistable. His lips were gross.

"He did not age well."

You ass, he died of AIDS early on in the epidemic when there were no medical cocktails to take. You wouldn't have looked too good dying then, either.

Any ideas on what Rudi and RFK supposedly did together?

FUCK YOU R40, he did not look before AIDS. He looked ok in his early twenties and that's it. Try drugs and hard living as the reason, not AIDS.

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Resurrecting a three and a half year old thread for any rudy gossip. Horse-hung, great ass. Did he really do Bobby Kennedy?

The biography by Diane Solway.

He looks like James Franco on that cover, R45.

Gorgeous man!!

The only artistic experience that I missed out on that I really regret was seeing him and Dame Margot dance. In 1973, I was in high school and was on a trip to France with my French teacher and a group of students. He and she were dancing Swan Lake in the garden of the Louvre with recorded music rather than I live orchestra. It was one of those summertime offerings meant largely for tourists, I guess. It was just a few nights after Bastille Day. They were both, especially she, past their prime as dancers, but it would still have been worth it.

The night before I had been suddenly struck with tourist illness while we were out at a nice restaurant--I would say food poisoning, but no one else got it. After embarrassing myself on the streets of Paris and being taken back to our hotel by another student, I was still ill the next morning. So I missed the group tour of the Louvre itself, a part of the missed experience. Before they left for the tour, the teacher had asked me if I wanted a ticket to the ballet since they were going to purchase them when they got to the Louvre. I said no because I was sure I wouldn't feel any better by that evening. As luck would have it, I felt fine by the late afternoon.

Then again, a few years later I saw Valentino and was astounded at the body.

Are you HIV+ R7? If you are I hope you are on meds.

I encountered him in the St. Mark's around 1980. Encountered, but didn't have sex. Wouldn't have wanted to.

I would not have either R50, I guess most of the men who had bareback/raw sex with him are no longer alive. Rest in peace.

Rudolf and Dame Margot

Sorry, I screwed up...that is not the photo I meant to copy.

R48, Amen.

Wish I had been around to see those two dance.

R44, I cannot believe he did RFK. Just can't!

Rudy and Tab. Who was the bottom?

Can't imagine bottoming for hundreds or thousands. What a waste of a great cock.

In a biography of Dominick Dunne, Dunne talks about going to a party at Alan Carr's. Nureyev was there. At the end of the party everyone did drugs and fucked Nureyev. It was called the "Mattress Party" and Nureyev was the mattress.

Some clueless people on this thread. People did not get HIV from topping someone with HIV. With very few exceptions, it was only people who bottomed that got the disease.

Died 25 years ago today.

Jeremiah Tower was dubbed "The Last Magnificent". NAY NAY: It was Nureyev. What a man, what a life...what a talent. Just Stunning....

beautiful....

[quote] all the technique Barishnikov wishes he had.

R11, comparing artists (or athletes) of different generations is usually unfair, but I'l have to disagree with you on this. Baryshnikov was much cleaner technically, as well as more flexible, with a better line and better feet. He also changed what was expected from men (4 turns were the new 2, which were no longer good enough).

Did this make him a better dancer than Nureyev? From one perspective, yes. However ... I was lucky to have seen them both (although Nureyev a bit past his prime in 1969) and he was FEROCIOUS onstage. The impact of his stage presence went beyond technique. He was like a wild animal. Spectacular. You felt he'd invaded your personal space and ravaged you.

Baryshnikov was a superb dancer: clean, precise, elegant in spite of his height, as well as explosive in the air and in his turns. Absolutely something to aspire to be if you were a young dance student. You couldn't aspire to be Nureyev -- he was unique.

R61 kaftan!

An old boyfriend in Chicago told me he used to stay with Maria Tallchief when he was in town and practically leap on the sidewalks while walking -said it was a sight to behold

he also said he used to line up guys at the baths and suck one cock after another-he was insatiable

Cillian Murphy should portray him on screen.

i was a super (extra) in the royal ballet and we were told to stay clear of rudy as he danced like a wild tiger and one could get hit in the head....

he kept a blonde young muscle boy in his dressing room who fucked him as often as possible.

rudi was fuking georgous , but dame margo fonteyn was awesome. so nice .....the real deal. she adored rudy , for a while.

one night i tricked with a boy in the ballet who went on to be head of the thing , but his roomie was the hot one. saw him once in LA and he took me to chris isherwoods house, once owned by greta garbo in santa monica, .....

chris and don bacardy were sweet. ....... i fell in love with the house......they were an odd pair tho, don and chris........i can say no more.

R67, you should write an autobiography!

A fellow in my building lived in NYC and was a hoo-doo in the ballet scene in the day. Don't know the date or even the year, but this fellow is very social and hosts many dinner parties. Anyway, he invited Rudy to a dinner and Rudy wanted to know who he could fuck and the fellow told him he wasn't gonna pimp for him. Not much of a story, but it shows that some people stood up to the common line.

[quote] [R8], was that before or after RFK was shot?

During!

Fugly overrated whore, great only in his contribution to the aids

I'd read your book, R67. Who was the boy and the hot roomie? Dowell?

Ugly with a big dick, but with a smegma catcher.

A brilliant man and fantastic lover. I should've married him.

Towards the end of his career, Nureyev had so many injuries and such godawful feet that he'd sometimes ride a bicycle from his dressing room to the stage. Walking that far was agony, but he'd still perform. Not as well as he did when younger, that's one reason his technique went to hell.

And if you want to talk about Nureyev vs. Baryshnikov, they had very different styles but the same teacher. They were both taught by a Mr. Pushkin at the Kirov ballet school, Baryshnikov some years after Nureyev defected. He acted as a father figure to two boys away from home, and brought out their strengths to make them both huge stars with very different styles. And I don't think they ever became friends in the west, but they refrained from any embarrassing show of rivalry. Baryshnikov was much better technically, both in the details and at difficult stunts, but Nureyev had more star quality! No other ballet dancer ever had his feral, dangerous presence, maybe Nijinky did but nobody else.

Incidentally, found a pic of the two of them with Gwen Verdon. Are we quite sure Barychnikov is straight?

Baryshnikov was a Blond Adonis and women threw themselves at him. He had an affair with the ballerina who was his costar in The Turning Point and supposedly left her for Jessica Lange. (I think, I just know he dumped someone for Jessica).

Some of you are so cultured!

Rudolf Noureev et Erik Bruhn

There was something homophobic in the way NY tossed over Rudy for Mikhail, who after all, was just as big and queenie a slut.

Nureyev was truly beautiful. He got very screwed up by how much people raved over him and his beauty and talent--it really went to his head.

Baryshnikov, while not quite as good looking, channeled all that praise into his work somehow--he didn't behave as self-destructively as Nureyev did.

He was a true prima ballerina asshol-uta.

in one of gore vidal's bios, it mentions a big gay party he was at and nuryev was there....

someone yelled 'rudy is in the upstairs guest room and wants all that want to fuk him now' ..... there was a stampede and a line of boys and men to leave their loads in the hot dancer....

rudy lived!

"There was something homophobic in the way NY tossed over Rudy for Mikhail, who after all, was just as big and queenie a slut. "

Baryshnikov settled in NYC, I believe Nureyev's official home base was London and the Royal Ballet.

And yeah, Baryshnikov was also a huge slut but seems to have been more stable and work-oriented overall. Or maybe he just got lucky, being straight or mostly straight at a time when that was really convenient.

Baryshnikov made The Turning Point with Shirley MacLaine which was a critical and popular movie in the 80s---almost got Best Picture ---and this immediately sent him to into the stratosphere. People forgot about Nureyev, especially after his very bad performance in that forgettable movie.

R76 Gelsey Kirkland, one of the greatest ballerinas of all time but batshit crazy. She wrote several rambling autobiographies where she complained at length about Baryshnikov's poor performance in bed.

R29, but you're alive and he's not.

Eric Bruhn was his one true love but he still was a slut?

[quote] rudy lived!

Not for long.

He sure had a big wiener. Sigh.

Here, Nureyev and Baryshnikov trying to smile at Nancy Reagan.

he had some of the biggest and hottest cocks up his ass in the whole fukin world.

that is a live well lived.

R67 Are you Harold King of the London City Ballet, Harold?

If so, I admire you.

Mamulya, face it, I was the slut of all time!