Nureyev

[+ friendofsheila]

I read somewhere that Rudolph Nureyev liked collecting statues or pictures of men's butts.  Does anyone else remember this too?

[Luv2play]

Well, I do too. What's so remarkable about that! Lol

[Whitman]

Nureyev was an avid collector of lots of things--paintings, sculpture, textiles, carpets and much more--including a large collection of portraits of male nudes. You can see some of these portraits in pictures (from the 1980s) of one of the rooms of his Paris apartment ...

 

[Luv2play]

It's interesting that his tastes ran to late 19th century renditions of the male nude as opposed to classical Greek or Roman art. Like his taste in furniture was of a similar or a bit later period. 

I remember Architectural Digest did a piece on his home on the Greek isles. Similar eccentric tastes there except I recall lots of dark tiles.

Edited January 23, 2022 by Luv2play

[+ friendofsheila]

On 1/23/2022 at 6:45 AM, Whitman said:

Nureyev was an avid collector of lots of things--paintings, sculpture, textiles, carpets and much more--including a large collection of portraits of male nudes. You can see some of these portraits in pictures (from the 1980s) of one of the rooms of his Paris apartment ...

 

Thank you, Whitman.  I can see where someone would think he collected butts after seeing this.

[+ WilliamM]

It could be said that Nureyev had an amazing butt himself.

[MscleLovr]

1 hour ago, WilliamM said:

It could be said that Nureyev had an amazing butt himself.

I have no opinion on your preference @WilliamM but Nureyev certainly had an impressive cock. I encountered him naked, twice in a sauna (once in London, once in Paris).

[+ WilliamM]

4 hours ago, MscleLovr said:

I have no opinion on your preference @WilliamM but Nureyev certainly had an impressive cock. I encountered him naked, twice in a sauna (once in London, once in Paris).

I never saw Nureyev naked, but saw him dance several times in long roles at Lincoln Center in New York. Circa 1970s 

Edited January 27, 2022 by WilliamM

[MscleLovr]

I only saw him dance a couple of times. (Baryshnikov was my favourite, “must-see” dancer)

I spoke to Nureyev in the sauna, just ’small talk’, but he seemed happy to engage. Strangely both times, he was sitting alone. He had a good body and was well-hung so I didn’t understand why he wasn’t approached more.

[+ Italiano]

18 hours ago, WilliamM said:

It could be said that Nureyev had an amazing butt himself.

He did, but I don't think I have ever seen a male classic dancer without an amazing butt

[+ Charlie]

 

6 hours ago, MscleLovr said:

I only saw him dance a couple of times. (Baryshnikov was my favourite, “must-see” dancer)

I spoke to Nureyev in the sauna, just ’small talk’, but he seemed happy to engage. Strangely both times, he was sitting alone. He had a good body and was well-hung so I didn’t understand why he wasn’t approached more.

I danced with Nureyev once, though not exactly "on stage": it was at a disco in London. He seemed to be alone there, too. Others obviously recognized him, but I think they were nervous about approaching him, whereas I had already started dancing with him before I realized who it was. He just smiled after we stopped, but he didn't speak.

[jeezifonly]

All male ballet butts are of extraordinary proportion and symmetry. No doubt Nureyev included. His choosing art featuring the male posterior at a point when he wasn’t seeing the real thing in class and rehearsal anymore seems normal. 

[+ bigjoey]

I’ve seen the portraits that Jamie Wyeth has done of Nureyev.  The nudes do show him largely endowed. The Kemper Art Museum in KC did a huge show of these portraits.  Amazing works.

There is a play based on the friendship of Wyeth and Nureyev that out of his sitting for the portraits.

https://mfastpete.org/exh/jamie-wyeths-portraits-rudolf-nureyev-images-dancer-brandywine-river-museum-art/

[Luv2play]

On 1/28/2022 at 11:26 AM, Charlie said:

 

I danced with Nureyev once, though not exactly "on stage": it was at a disco in London. He seemed to be alone there, too. Others obviously recognized him, but I think they were nervous about approaching him, whereas I had already started dancing with him before I realized who it was. He just smiled after we stopped, but he didn't speak.

How many people can say they danced with Nureyev? What were his moves like on the dance floor as opposed to the stage?

[Luv2play]

10 hours ago, jeezifonly said:

All male ballet butts are of extraordinary proportion and symmetry. No doubt Nureyev included. His choosing art featuring the male posterior at a point when he wasn’t seeing the real thing in class and rehearsal anymore seems normal. 

I've been to bed with two classically trained male ballet dancers and can attest to their firm muscular butts. 

Even as a bottom, I luv such butts.

[+ Charlie]

7 hours ago, Luv2play said:

How many people can say they danced with Nureyev? What were his moves like on the dance floor as opposed to the stage?

Let's just say that lots of people seemed to be watching us, but I don't know which one of us they were admiring 😁

[Luv2play]

1 hour ago, Charlie said:

Let's just say that lots of people seemed to be watching us, but I don't know which one of us they were admiring 😁

I would hazard a guess they were admiring Nureyev and envious of you.😁

[+ nycman]

1 hour ago, Luv2play said:

I would hazard a guess they were admiring Nureyev and envious of you.😁

Don’t be so sure. 

Towards the end, Nureyev was pretty tired and a well known habitué of the grungier corners of gay society. 

They may have been thinking…."who’s the cute kid dancing with the worn-out ballerina?"

Things are not always as they seem….especially in retrospect.

[Luv2play]

31 minutes ago, nycman said:

Don’t be so sure. 

Towards the end, Nureyev was pretty tired and a well known habitué of the grungier corners of gay society. 

They may have been thinking…."who’s the cute kid dancing with the worn-out ballerina?"

Things are not always as they seem….especially in retrospect.

When I responded to Charlie's post, I was thinking that the scene in a London disco happened sometime before Nureyev's decline towards the end of his life. 

[+ StLouisOct]

Attractive. https://images.app.goo.gl/N98QoryCGZQCncwt8

[+ WilliamM]

Nureyev toured with R and He's "The King and I."  Yul Brynner was  not a good singer either. He once sang on Broadway in "Lute Song" with Nancy Davis (Reagan) 

[+ friendofsheila]

On 1/27/2022 at 10:49 AM, MscleLovr said:

I have no opinion on your preference @WilliamM but Nureyev certainly had an impressive cock. I encountered him naked, twice in a sauna (once in London, once in Paris).

Lightning struck twice for you.