Bolshoi Ballet
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The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. In
Soloists of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Schiphol airport, 9 June 1960
Bolshoi Ballet troupe after the reopening gala of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2011
Anna Tikhomirova performing in Delhi
Yury Grigorovich
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Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich 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
…1911), Le Corsaire (1912) and La Bayadère (1917). The Soviet leadership's preference for uncomplicated moral themes in the arts was demonstrated in Yuri Grigorovich's appointment as director in 1964. Grigorovich held his position until 1995, at which point a series of directors, including Boris Akimov, Alexei…
Grigorovich in 1979
Presentation of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (9 October 2007)
Presentation of the Armenian Order of Honour with Serzh Sargsyan (October 23, 2011)
Presentation of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (29 December 2011)