Vladimir Vasiliev
Birthday
1940/04/18 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Also know as
Vladimir Viktorovitch Vassiliev, Владимир Викторович Васильев, Владимир Васильев
Biography
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.
Acting
(1988) Tango: Our Dance
as Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía"
(1980) Gigolo and Gigolette
as ---
(1986) Fouetté
as Andrey Novikov
(1982) Anyuta
as ---
(1977) Spartacus
as Spartacus
(1987) The Nutcracker
as The Nutcracker Prince
(1962) The Little Humpbacked Horse
as Ivan
(1981) Fantasy on the Love's Theme
as ---
(1978) Nutcracker
as Nutcracker the Prince
(1981) 50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater
as ---
(1980) Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova
as Nutcracker the Prince