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Vladimir Vasiliev

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Vladimir Viktorovich Vasiliev (Russian: Владимир Викторович Васильев; born 18 April 1940) is a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. 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. He received the People's Artist of the USSR (1973). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Vasiliev is the 68th most popular dancer (down from 64th in 2019), the 1,514th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,426th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Vladimir Vasiliev ranks 68 out of 116. Before him are Adam Darius, Olga Preobrajenska, John Cranko, Yvette Chauviré, Vakhtang Chabukiani, and Tamara Khanum. After him are Lydia Lopokova, Maria Tallchief, Vera Karalli, Marie Rambert, Alvin Ailey, and Sylvie Guillem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Vladimir Vasiliev ranks 317. Before him are Grigory Kriss, Anzor Kavazashvili, William Cohen, Vincenzo Cerami, Hanako, Princess Hitachi, and Gheorghe Gruia. After him are Helma Sanders-Brahms, Zhuang Zedong, Danilo Astori, Apolo Nsibambi, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, and Anita Bryant.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Vasiliev ranks 1,514 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich (1873), Alexander Serov (1820), Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), Nikolai Slichenko (1934), Vitaly Churkin (1952), and Aleksandr Mostovoi (1968). After him are Larin Paraske (1832), Lev Atamanov (1905), Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932), Veikko Huhtanen (1919), Nikolai Roslavets (1881), and Gavriil Kachalin (1911).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Vladimir Vasiliev ranks 14. Before him are Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), Yury Grigorovich (1927), Léonide Massine (1896), and Olga Preobrajenska (1871). After him are Lydia Lopokova (1892), Vera Karalli (1889), Olga Spessivtseva (1895), Avdotia Istomina (1799), Diana Vishneva (1976), and Polina Semionova (1984).

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