Vladimir Vasiliev

Vladimir Vasiliev

Born: April 18, 1940
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.

Movies for Vladimir Vasiliev...

Tango: Our Dance
Title: Tango: Our Dance
Character: Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía"
Released: July 14, 1988
Type: Movie
Documentary filmed in Buenos Aires that shows the importance of tango for Argentines, with dance scenes, voiceovers and interviews with professionals but also with other anonymous characters who find their form of expression in this music. The film was shot at a time of tango revival around the world.
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Fouetté
Title: Fouetté
Character: Andrey Novikov
Released: October 15, 1986
Type: Movie
Prima-ballerina Elena Knyazeva prepares for her performance on the anniversary jubilee for the theater Swan Lake on the eve of her fiftieth birthday and simultaneously participates in the production of the innovative ballet Master and Margarita. Suddenly, the choreographer gives the role of a young ballerina, with whom he begins an affair. Overcoming jealousy and desperation, Knyazeva begins to work with the student over the image of Margarita
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Anyuta
Title: Anyuta
Released: April 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Film-ballet
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Gigolo and Gigolette
Title: Gigolo and Gigolette
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Stella and Sid, seaside dancers, perform a dangerous circus act. After a conversation with an old entertainer, Stella is afraid to jump, requiring a decision.
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Spartacus
Title: Spartacus
Character: Spartacus
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A 1975 recording of the Bolshoi Ballet's performance of Yuri Grigorovich's production of "Spartacus".