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 Dance as Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía"
- 1987 · The Nutcracker as The Nutcracker Prince
- 1986 · Fouetté as Andrey Novikov
- 1982 · Anyuta as
- 1981 · 50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater as
- 1981 · Fantasy on the Love's Theme as
- 1980 · Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova as Nutcracker the Prince
- 1980 · Gigolo and Gigolette as
- 1978 · Nutcracker as Nutcracker the Prince
- 1977 · Spartacus as Spartacus
- 1962 · The Little Humpbacked Horse as Ivan