Vladimir Vasiliev
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1940
- Place of birth
- Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
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.
Movies with Vladimir Vasiliev
- Spartacus 1977 · ★ 7.2
- Tango: Our Dance 1988 · ★ 7.8
- Fouetté 1986 · ★ 7.0
- The Nutcracker 1987 · ★ 6.0
- Gigolo and Gigolette 1980 · ★ 6.5
- Anyuta 1982 · ★ 4.0
- The Little Humpbacked Horse 1962 · ★ 10.0
- Katia & Volodia 1989 · ★ 7.0
- Nutcracker 1978
- 50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater 1981
- Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova 1980
- Memories of Nijinsky 1980
- Ballet in the First Person 1987
- About Ballet 1982
- A Life for Ballet 2012
- Trapezium 1970
- Галина Уланова. Земная жизнь богини 2020
- Duet 1973
- About ballet. Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova 1986
- Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova. More Than Love 2021
- Vasilyev and Maksimova. Dance of Fate 2020
- Prisoners of Terpsichore 1995