Vladimir Vasiliev

Known for ActingBorn 1940-04-18 (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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Little Humpbacked Horse

Tango: Our Dance

Spartacus

Fouetté

Gigolo and Gigolette

The Nutcracker

Anyuta

Галина Уланова. Земная жизнь богини

A Life for Ballet

Romeo and Juliet

Ballet in the First Person

About Ballet

50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater

Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova

Memories of Nijinsky

Nutcracker

Trapezium

The Little Humpbacked Horse