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Yury Grigorovich

1927 - 2025

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Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Григорович; 2 January 1927 – 19 May 2025) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer, and pedagogue who dominated the Russian ballet for 30 years, especially as artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995. His choreographies of The Stone Flower, Ivan the Terrible and Romeo and Juliet are said to have "redefined Soviet ballet". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yury Grigorovich is the 39th most popular dancer (up from 76th in 2019), the 760th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,703rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Yury Grigorovich ranks 39 out of 116. Before him are Alexander Godunov, Agrippina Vaganova, La Goulue, Filippo Taglioni, Roland Petit, and Lev Ivanov. After him are Louise Rasmussen, Merce Cunningham, Hilde Holger, Ninette de Valois, Zizi Jeanmaire, and Léonide Massine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Yury Grigorovich ranks 135. Before him are Alan King, François Furet, Nguyễn Khánh, Vasile Milea, Al Martino, and Coretta Scott King. After him are Erich Probst, Albert Zafy, Zbigniew Cybulski, Roy Chiao, Vittorio Gregotti, and Júlio Duarte Langa. Among people deceased in 2025, Yury Grigorovich ranks 108. Before him are Yola Ramírez, Michelle Trachtenberg, Per Nørgård, Jean Marsh, Antonine Maillet, and Yves Boisset. After him are Hans van den Broek, Juan Ramón Verón, Frankétienne, Fred Newhouse, Vijay Rupani, and José Carlos.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yury Grigorovich ranks 760 out of 3,761. Before him are Tatiana Samoilova (1934), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), Ivan Vinogradov (1891), Boris Gromov (1943), and Talabuga (1300). After him are Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Vera Figner (1852), Erich von Drygalski (1865), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Ivan Susanin (1501), and Sergei Dovlatov (1941).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Yury Grigorovich ranks 11. Before him are Tamara Karsavina (1885), George Balanchine (1904), Galina Ulanova (1910), Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), and Lev Ivanov (1834). After him are Léonide Massine (1896), Olga Preobrajenska (1871), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Lydia Lopokova (1892), Vera Karalli (1889), and Olga Spessivtseva (1895).

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