Book "Le Crépuscule d'un Dieu" – Michel Canesi – Plon
"Le Crépuscule d'un Dieu" is the deeply moving account of Rudolf Nureyev's final years, told by Michel Canesi, his doctor and close friend. Thirty years on, he lifts the veil on a sincere and profound friendship with the "lord of the dance", who died of AIDS.
Beyond the Soviet defector and the flamboyant dancer, an intimate Nureyev is revealed here — funny, sarcastic, proud and gentle. Readers rediscover his greatest ballets, his choreographies, and the most celebrated names in French dance: Sylvie Guillem, Manuel Legris, Laurent Hilaire.
A book no biography could ever replace.
Mademoiselle Danse loves: this intimate and unseen Nureyev — the one only true friendship could reveal.