Attitudes.(About Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev) From: Dance Magazine | Date: August 1, 2003| Author: Barnes, Clive | COPYRIGHT 2003 Dance Magazine, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Rudolf Nureyev, dancer extraordinary, director unexpected with influence unfathomable, has been dead these ten years now. He died of AIDS at the age of 54 on January 6, 1993. I remember it very clearly. I heard of Nureyev's death-it was not unexpected-on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, when I got a message that my newspaper needed me immediately. I instinctively knew what it was. I called, and, fighting back sentimental tears that Rudolf himself would have mocked ("making more mone...