Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer) Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer) Vladimir Viktorovich Vasiliev (Russian: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Васи́льев), (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. Vladimir Vasiliev
Connor Walsh (ballet dancer) the first annual gold award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. He was promoted to soloist in March 2006 and principal dancer in September 2007. His repertoire includes Albrecht in "Giselle", the Prince in "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty", "The Nutcracker", Basilio in "Don Quixote", and Colas in Sir Frederick Ashton's "La fille mal gardée". Leading roles created for Walsh include Stanton Welch's ballet "Marie" (February 2009), Welch's new staging of "La Bayadère" (February 2010), and Jorma Elo's ballet "ONE/end/ONE" (May 2011). Connor Walsh (ballet dancer) Connor Walsh (born 1986) is an American ballet dancer who currently