Vladimir Vasiliev
Born: 1940-04-18 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2020
2012
- A Life for Ballet as Self
1990
- Romeo and Juliet ... (Choreographer)
1988
- Tango: Our Dance as Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía"
1987
- The Nutcracker as The Nutcracker Prince
- Ballet in the First Person as Himself
1986
- Fouetté as Andrey Novikov
1982
1980
- Gigolo and Gigolette
- Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova as Nutcracker the Prince
- Memories of Nijinsky as Himself
1978
- Nutcracker as Nutcracker the Prince
1977
- Spartacus as Spartacus
1970
- Trapezium as Clown
1962
- The Little Humpbacked Horse as Ivan