Nureyev Video Collection Notably Spare

No ballet dancer before Rudolf Nureyev--who died Wednesday at 54--was filmed as extensively in performance, but major gaps remain in his video catalogue. For instance, his National Ballet of Canada “Sleeping Beauty” (he danced Florimund) won an Emmy but it now languishes in PBS vaults.

Nureyev danced “Petrushka” twice for TV--once with the Paris Opera Ballet, once with the Joffrey--but those performances have never been marketed on home-video in this country. Nor has his Hollywood- style “Cinderella” for the Paris Opera Ballet, in which he danced the producer: a contemporary surrogate for the Fairy Godmother in the original tale.

Below is an assortment of Nureyev dance videotapes. Not included are his non-dancing films (remember “Exposed”?) and such video projects as the Paris Opera Ballet “Nutcracker,” which he choreographed but did not perform.

Full-length Ballets: “Don Quixote,” Nureyev’s production for the Australian Ballet, also features Lucette Aldous and Robert Helpmann. Kultur.

“Giselle,” Nureyev’s production for the Bavarian State Opera Ballet, also features Lynn Seymour. Kultur.

“Romeo and Juliet,” Kenneth MacMillan’s version for the Royal Ballet, also features Margot Fonteyn. Kultur.

“Romeo and Juliet,” Nureyev’s production for the La Scala Opera Ballet, also features Carla Fracci and Fonteyn (as Lady Capulet). Kultur.

“Swan Lake,” Nureyev’s production for the Vienna State Opera Ballet, also features Fonteyn. Home Vision.

Compilations or Documentaries: “Bold Steps: National Ballet of Canada” includes Nureyev rehearsing “The Sleeping Beauty.” Home Vision.

“An Evening With the Royal Ballet” with Fonteyn and Nureyev in the “Corsaire” pas de deux and “Les Sylphides.” Kultur.

“Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership,” documentary. Kultur.

“Margot Fonteyn,” documentary. Home Vision.

“I Am a Dancer,” includes “Field Figures” (Tetley) and “Marguerite and Armand” (Ashton), along with excerpts from “La Sylphide” and “The Sleeping Beauty.” HBO.

“Rudolf Nureyev,” documentary. Home Vision.