Vladimir Vasiliev
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Memories of Nijinsky
Himself
1980
Film
Gigolo and Gigolette
1980
Film
Trapezium
Clown
1970
Ballet in the First Person
Himself
1987
Anyuta
1982
About Ballet
1982
Film
The Little Humpbacked Horse
Ivan
1962
The Little Humpbacked Horse
Film
Spartacus
Spartacus
1977
Film
A Life for Ballet
Self
2012
Film
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker Prince
1987
Film
Fouetté
Andrey Novikov
1986
Film
Tango: Our Dance
Autor e intérprete de "Fragmentos de una biografía"
1988
Галина Уланова. Земная жизнь богини
Self
2020
Film
Katia & Volodia
Self
1989
Film
Nutcracker
Nutcracker the Prince
1978
Film
Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova
Nutcracker the Prince
1980
Film
50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater
1981