Rudolf Nureyev The Life / Julie Kavanagh

Ballet's first pop icon, Rudolf Nureyev revolutionised an old art form, bringing a new young audience to opera houses, and sparking Rudimania across the globe. From his birth on a train in Siberia at the height of Stalin's Terrors, Nureyev's life was extraordinary. His career was decided at the age of 7 and nine years later, leaving his Tatar peasant family behind him, he realised his dream of studying at the Kirov's school.