Vladimir Vasiliev

Born: 1940-04-18

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.


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Gigolo and Gigolette

as uncredited
Released: 1980-01-01

Stella and Sid, seaside dancers, perform a dangerous circus act. After a conversation with an...

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Anyuta

as uncredited
Released: 1982-04-07

Film-ballet

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Fouetté

as Andrey Novikov
Released: 1986-10-15

Prima-ballerina Elena Knyazeva prepares for her performance on the anniversary jubilee for the...

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Spartacus

as Spartacus
Released: 1977-01-01

A 1975 recording of the Bolshoi Ballet's performance of Yuri Grigorovich's production of...

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Tango: Our Dance

as Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía"
Released: 1988-07-14

Documentary filmed in Buenos Aires that shows the importance of tango for Argentines, with dance...

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