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Hurry back to watch first video made by famous ballet dancer (7)

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I believe the answer is:

nureyev

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'famous ballet dancer' is the definition.
'nureyev' can be an answer for 'dancer' (Rudolf Nureyev). I'm not sure about the 'famous ballet' bit.

'hurry back to watch first video' is the wordplay.
'hurry' becomes 'run' (running is a kind of hurrying).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to watch' becomes 'eye' (eye can mean to watch or look at).
'first video' becomes 'v' (1st letter of 'video').
'run' in reverse letter order is 'nur'.
'nur'+'eye'+'v'='NUREYEV'

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(Other definitions for nureyev that I've seen before include "Acclaimed Russian ballet dancer" , "Rudolf -, Russ. dancer" , "Famous Russian ballet dancer" , "Fonteyn's dancing partner Rudolf" , "Rudolf -, Russian ballet dancer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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