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Vladimir Vasiliev

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Movies: 13Series: 0Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1396866

IMDb ID: nm0890584

Known for: Acting

Born: April 18, 1940

Age: 86

Place of birth: Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1962 - 2012

Years active: 51

Wikidata: Q2533597

Also known as

Vladimir Viktorovitch Vassiliev • Владимир Викторович Васильев • Владимир Васильев

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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.