Vladimir Vasiliev

Birthday: 1940-04-18
Birthplace: Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1988-07-14 Tango: Our Dance Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía"
1987-09-28 The Nutcracker The Nutcracker Prince
1986-10-15 Fouetté Andrey Novikov
1982-04-07 Anyuta
1981-09-01 50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater
1981-05-01 Fantasy on the Love's Theme
1980-01-08 Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova Nutcracker the Prince
1980-01-01 Gigolo and Gigolette
1978-01-01 Nutcracker Nutcracker the Prince
1977-01-01 Spartacus Spartacus
1962-10-06 The Little Humpbacked Horse Ivan