Vladimir Vasiliev
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
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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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Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova
About ballet. Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova
Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova. More Than Love
