{"product_id":"rudolf-nureyev-the-life","title":"Rudolf Nureyev: The Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR FILM BY RALPH FIENNES, \u003ci\u003eTHE WHITE CROW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A gripping account of an extraordinary life''  \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBorn on a train in Stalin''s Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet''s first pop icon. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement - both on and off stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNureyev''s achievements and conquests became legendary: he rose out of Tatar peasant poverty to become the Kirov''s thrilling maverick star; slept with his beloved mentor''s wife; defected to the West in 1961; sparked Rudimania across the globe; established the most rhapsodic partnership in dance history with the middle-aged Margot Fonteyn; reinvented male technique; gatecrashed modern dance; moulded new stars; and staged Russia''s unknown ballet masterpieces in the West. He and his life were simply astonishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Magnificent, a triumph. Captures every facet of this extraordinary man'' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The definitive study of a man who, in his combination of aesthetic grace and psychological grime, can truly be called a sacred monster'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Undoubtedly the definitive biography'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319283982718,"sku":"NW9780241986905","price":14.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241986905.jpg?v=1778687613","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/rudolf-nureyev-the-life","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}