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
Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer choreography. So, when I came out in my pretty white tights, there was a big roar of laughter... Later I met some guys in the hallway of my school who were making rude comments ... 'You're that dancer guy' would turn into being thrown down the stairs." Belgian actor, Jean-Claude Van Damme is a former ballet dancer who later became an action and martial arts star. Male ballet dancers are often looked down on because of the idea that ballet is feminine. There are a couple different ways male ballet dancers go about combating this idea. Male ballet dancers take