Vladimir Vasiliev
Actor
- Born
- April 18, 1940 (age 86) · 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.
Known for
Spartacus
January 1, 1977
Tango: Our Dance
July 14, 1988
Fouetté
October 15, 1986
The Nutcracker
September 28, 1987
Gigolo and Gigolette
January 1, 1980
Anyuta
January 1, 1982
The Little Humpbacked Horse
October 6, 1962
Katia & Volodia
September 20, 1989
Nutcracker
January 1, 1978
50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater
September 1, 1981
Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova
January 8, 1980
Memories of Nijinsky
August 2, 1980
Acting23
- 2021Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova. More Than Love as self
- 2020Галина Уланова. Земная жизнь богини as Self
- 2020Vasilyev and Maksimova. Dance of Fate as self
- 2012A Life for Ballet as Self
- 1995Prisoners of Terpsichore as self
- 1989Katia & Volodia as Self
- 1988Tango: Our Dance as Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía"
- 1987The Nutcracker as The Nutcracker Prince
- 1987Ballet in the First Person as Himself
- 1986