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Vladimir Viktorovich Vasilev
Владимир Викторович Васильев
Birth at
18 April 1940
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One of the leading Russian dancers. In 1958 he joined the Bolshoi Theatre. The first performer of the Spartak part in the ballet of Aram Khachaturyan "Spartak". As a director, he staged ballets Macbeth (1980), Anutea (1986), Cinderella (1991) and others. Laureate of the Lenin Prize in 1970, State Prize of the USSR in 1977, State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1991. Since 1995 - Artistic Director and Director of the Bolshoi Theatre.