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
Kansas City Ballet in dance and theater for over 40 years as a performer, administrator, festival director, dance presenter, teacher and consultant. In 2018, the Kansas City-based Nonprofit Connect organization named Mr. Bentley its Nonprofit Professional of the Year. Devon Carney became KCB’s Artistic Director in 2013. A native of New Orleans, Mr. Carney was a long-time principal dancer and Ballet Master with the Boston Ballet. He also toured extensively throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Asia with ballet notables such as Rudolf Nureyev, Fernando Bujones, and Cynthia Gregory. Prior to coming to KCB, Mr. Carney served as the Associate Artistic Director