Vladimir Vasiliev
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Spartacus
as Spartacus 1977
Tango: Our Dance
as Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía" 1988
The Nutcracker
as The Nutcracker Prince 1987
Gigolo and Gigolette
1980
Fouetté
as Andrey Novikov 1986
Anyuta
1982
Anyuta
1982
The Little Humpbacked Horse
as Ivan 1962
Fantasy on the Love's Theme
1981
Nutcracker
as Nutcracker the Prince 1978
50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater
1981
Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova
as Nutcracker the Prince 1980