Vladimir Vasiliev
April 18, 1940 (84 years old) in Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Vladimir Viktorovich Vasiliev (born April 18, 1940) is a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer from Moscow, Russia. He was a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and its director from 1995 to 2000. He was best known for his role of Spartacus and his powerful leaps and turns. Vladimir Vasiliev was named "God of the dance" and is regarded as a classical dancer on the same level as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. At the height of their careers, Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova were the golden couple of Russian ballet.
Known For
Credits
- 1988 ·Tango: Our Danceas Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía"
- 1987 ·The Nutcrackeras The Nutcracker Prince
- 1986 ·Fouettéas Andrey Novikov
- 1982 ·Anyutaas
- 1981 ·50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theateras
- 1981 ·Fantasy on the Love's Themeas
- 1980 ·Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanovaas Nutcracker the Prince
- 1980 ·Gigolo and Gigoletteas
- 1978 ·Nutcrackeras Nutcracker the Prince
- 1977 ·Spartacusas Spartacus
- 1962 ·The Little Humpbacked Horseas Ivan