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other countries in the world as well as in a Kirov Ballet (now
Mariinsky Ballet) tour in Paris, France. She was one of the Bolshoi stars who danced in the last program presented at the old Metropolitan Opera House on Thirty-ninth Street and Broadway on 8 May 1966. Maximova and Vasiliev started dancing abroad as guest stars in 1978. Fortunately, many of their performances have been preserved on film and prove a lasting testament to one of the greatest ballet partnerships in the history of dance. Among her other ballet partners were
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Beauty (Aurora), but extended her breathtaking artistic talent and technical virtuosity through her hard work and devotion to her art. This enabled her to widen her artistic range with playful Kitri (Don
Quixote), comic Eliza Doolittle (Galatea) and dramatic roles of Juliet, Phrigia (Spartacus), Anyuta (Chekov's story "Anna on the neck") Tatiana (Onegin) that tested her dramatic skills as an actress most completely.
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2014 In honor of
Maximova's 75th birthday the exhibition in Moscow Bakhrushev Theater Museum has recreated a dressing room of Maximova with her tutus, shoes, make-up mirror (which had belonged to the great theater actress Vera Komissarzhevskaya), bottles, combs, and other items she had to prepare for
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She was known to decline roles she felt unable to perform, which earned her the sobriquet "Madame No". She did this because she did not believe in herself and her skills. She always questioned herself if she was good enough to dance even better than before. She had a very few interviews in her entire
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2002 Annual Ballet festival in
Maximova's honor started in Chelyabinsk Ballet theater with the premier of Prokofiev's Cinderella choreographed by Vladimir Vasiliev. Maximova's student Tatiana Predeina danced Cinderella and the exhibition "E. Maximova and her students" was opened. Maximova's students
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After retiring from the
Bolshoi Theater as a prima ballerina in 1988, Maximova continued dancing the role of Anyuta at the Bolshoi through 1994 and in addition she had more opportunities to tour and to work for other Russian ballet troupes and ballet companies abroad as a guest star for following 10
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Maximova danced many duets with
Vladimir Vasiliev, who is regarded by some as one of the greatest male dancers of all time. They took part in numerous Bolshoi ballet tours in USA, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Argentine, Japan, and dozens of
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According to ballet professionals, Maximova possessed ideal ballet body lines, effortless jumps and spins and flawless technical clarity. She started as a lyrical ballerina dancing title roles in classical ballets
Giselle, Nutcracker (Marie), Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Maria), Cinderella and Sleeping
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Throughout her career she danced on the famous stages in the world such as Covent Garden (London), Grand Opera (Paris), La Scala (Milan), Metropolitan Opera (New York), Rome Opera (Rome), Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires) and performed with international ballet companies
Maurice Bejart's The 20th Century
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Maximova taught masterclasses throughout the world, served as a member of various committees and councils for creative arts in Russia and abroad and was invited to be a jury member at ballet competitions (the
Chairman of the jury in 5th International Ballet competition "Premia Rome", Italy and
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of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. She was a prima ballerina of the
Bolshoi Theatre for 30 years, a ballet pedagogue, winner of international ballet competitions, Laureate of many prestigious International and Russian awards, a professor in
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life and always stressed that she was a hardworking ballerina permanently trying to improve her skills. She could keep a very high level of performance and youthful dancing style through her 40-year career In 2003 she wrote her autobiography and named it "Madame No".
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Ballet (Belgium) (1977–1978), St. Carlo Theater (Italy) (1986, 1988–1989) Roland Petit's Ballet National de Marseille (France) (1987) English National Ballet (Great Britain) (1989), American Ballet Theatre (USA) (1990) National Ballet of Canada (1993) and others.
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While Vasiliev was the Bolshoi Theater director, he and Maximova took an active part in opening the first (outside Moscow) Bolshoi Theater ballet school in Joinville, Brazil in 2000. Both of them were awarded the highest Brazilian awards in 2004.
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Maximova graduated from GITIS (now The Russian Academy of Theater Arts) in 1980 with a diploma of ballet master and started teaching classical choreography and dance composition there in 1982 while she was still dancing in the Bolshoi Theater.
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was Maximova's instructor at the ballet school. Maximova graduated from Moscow ballet school in 1958 and joined Bolshoi Ballet the same year. She won first prize at the National Ballet competition in 1957 while still a ballet student.
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She appeared in a great number of Russian movies, video ballet productions, TV ballet and musical films as well as in international ones. Several TV ballet films were made for her by the movie director A. Belinsky
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She danced the title role in Cinderella in the Kremlin Ballet choreographed by her husband, Vladimir Vasiliev who also choreographed a great number of ballet compositions for her through her career.
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In 1990 she started coaching the leading soloists in ballet roles in the Kremlin Ballet (such as N. Balakhnicheva, T. Predeina, Z. Bogoroditskaya) and in 1996 with the Bolshoi Ballet (such as
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Arabesque ballet competition 1996–2008, Russia, and the juror of the ballet competitions in Jackson USA, Paris France, Lausanne Switzerland, Nagoya Japan, Seoul Korea and others).
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S. Lunkina, M. Ryzhkina and others from the Bolshoi Theater and N. Balakhnicheva and Z. Bogoroditskaya from the Kremlin Ballet took part in the festival in the following years.
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2019 The Bolshoi Theater organized the Ballet Gala Night in Commemoration of Maximova's 80th birthday. Best ballet excerpts were performed by the Bolshoi Ballet Stars.
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Maximova seriously injured her spine during a rehearsal in 1975 and some doctors did not believe that she would walk again, but she returned on the stage in 1976.
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Over the years, Maximova has received many of the most prestigious Soviet, Russian and foreign prizes, orders, medals and highest awards of the countries.
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ballet competition in Perm, Russia in 1990 and established their prize for "The best duet" there in 1992. She was a jury member at Arabesque through 2008.
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2008 The Bolshoi Theater celebrated Maximova's and Vladimir Vasiliev's "50 years on stage" with a five day festival of gala performances in their honor.
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descent. Her mother Tatiana Maximova (née Shpet) was a journalist and publishing house editor and her father Sergey Maximov was an engineer.
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She was admitted to Moscow Ballet School (now Moscow Ballet Academy) and the age of 10 and the same year as her future partner and husband
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years performing some classical ballets with new choreography and modern ballets that did not appear in the Bolshoi repertoire.
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Prize for the best actress in the leading role for TV film "Old tango" at International Festival "Zlata Praha", Czechoslovakia
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She also started dancing in Moscow Classical Ballet productions in 1980 where she performed the title role in Pierre Lacotte's
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1989 Gino Tani Prize for the Art of Dance (Premio Internazionale Gino Tani, Italy) for "The Best Duet" with Vladimir Vasiliev
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2009 The Gala performance in Maximova's honor was held to celebrate her 70th birthday on 1 February in the Kremlin Palace.
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In 1961, as a young ballerina Maximova starred along with Vladimir Vasiliev in the film for European and American viewers
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selected music by various composers, director B. Menegatti choreography V.Vasiliev) (St. Carlo Theater, Naples) (1989)*
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Her last ballet performance was at the gala dedicated to her 60th birthday on 1 February 1999 in the Bolshoi Theater.
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1990 Member of the Executive Committee of Counseil International De La Danse, UNESCO (International Dance Council)
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was the real sensation of that tour. Later Ulanova became Maximova's ballet coach in the Bolshoi for many years.
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1972 Marius Petipa Prize "The Best Duet of the World" with Vladimir Vasiliev from Paris Dance Academy, France
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1980 An asteroid that was discovered by Crimea Astrophysical Observatory was named MAXIMOVA in her honor.
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1994 Maximova Benefit performance for her 55th birthday was held in the Kremlin Palace. She performed in
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Maximova was born in Moscow on 1 February 1939 to a highly educated family. Her maternal grandfather was
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1999 The Gala in honor of her 60th birthday was held in the Bolshoi Theater. Maximova performed in the
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1993 Leonide Massine Prize for Art of Dance (Positano Premia la Danza Leonide Massine), Italy
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TV series, 2 episodes 1972-1973 Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF), France
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1969 Anna Pavlova Prize "The Best Dancer of the World" from Paris Dance Academy, France
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2014 The Bolshoi gala to celebrate Maximova's 75th birthday was held on February 21.
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1566:"The original Madame No: Ekaterina Maximova's 75th anniversary celebrated in Moscow"
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S. Prokofiev choreography Kasatkina/Vasilyov (with Moscow Classical Ballet) (1981)
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H. Berlioz, choreography M. Béjart (with Ballet of the 20th Century) (1977–1978)*
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1301:, documentary, director N. Tikhonov, Bolshoi Theater video studio, Russia, 2004
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List of selected appearances in TV film ballets, musical films and documentaries
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A. Petrov, choreography Kasatkina/Vasilyov (with Moscow Classical Ballet) (1981)
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S. Slonimsky, choreography Vasiliev (1971)* Aoela (revised choreography) (1976)*
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1959 1st prize and Gold medal VII International Youth Festival Vienna, Austria
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Leading ballet roles with other ballet companies (first interpreter in Russia*)
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Maximova was invited to work with famous contemporary choreographers including
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International ballet competition in Perm, Russia was dedicated to her memory.
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1591:"Review Dance; Ballet theater welcomes back a pair of longtime Bolshoi stars"
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documentary, director D. Delouche, Les Films du Prieure, Paris, France 1989
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1989 Member of International Academy of Creative Endeavors- Russian Section
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that was choreographed by Martha Clarke as her gift for Maximova's gala.
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G. Smakov. The Great Russian Dancers, p. 180-185 (N-Y., Knopt 1984)
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1992 -2009 Jury member for Russian Independent Theater Award "Triumph"
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1677:"Bolshoi Theater archive: Ekaterina Maximova: performances in Bolshoi"
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M. Constant, choreography R. Petit (with Ballet de Marseille) (1987)*
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401:(the first interpreter* and the first interpreter in the Bolshoi **)
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1964 1st prize 1st Varna International Ballet Competition, Bulgaria
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S. Prokofiev, choreography V.Vasiliev (with Kremlin Ballet) (1991)*
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external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into
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592:, A. Corelli, G. Torelli, V. Mozart, choreography Vasiliev (1978)*
1984:"Materials about E. Maximova in Bibliothèque nationale de France"
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Ballet competition and the Grand Prix were named after Maximova.
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1754:"E. Maximova: Biography and Repertoire in the Bolshoi Theater"
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She died of heart failure on 28 April 2009, at the age of 70.
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choreographed by Gerald Arpino as his gift for her birthday.
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for theater arts with Vladimir Vasiliev (Golden Duet) Russia
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925:, P. Tchaikovsky, choreography Grigorovich, Bolshoi Theater
497:, D. Shostakovich, A Glazunov, choreography Messerer (1963)*
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Maximova and Vasiliev were the founding organizers for the
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documentary, director V. Vasiliev, Russia-K, Russia, 2019
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Photos of the performance "The story of Romeo and Juliet"
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1509:"Ekaterina Maximova on Russian Academy of Arts web site"
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Maximova's first ballet as a Bolshoi ballet dancer was
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1227:, TV film, director F. Slidovker T/O Ekran, USSR 1973
955:, S. Prokofiev, choreography Vasiliev, Kremlin Ballet
522:, I. Stravinsky, choreography Fokine/Boyarsky (1964)**
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2004 Soul of Dance Award, Russian Magazine "Ballet"
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Ekaterina Maximova: When dancing becomes one's life
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857:1994 Second Order of Friendship of Peoples, Russia
547:, A. Khachaturian, choreography Grigorovich (1968)*
538:, P. Tchaikovsky, choreography Grigorovich (1966)**
1205:, director A. Belinsky, Lentelefilm, Russia, 1994
903:List of leading roles in full length ballet videos
386:(1982). Both performed in Spanish costumes in the
1170:documentary, MIRIS/NYC ARTS, Russia &USA 1995
790:Honorary Soviet, Russian and International awards
409:, S. Prokofiev, choreography Grigorovich (1959)**
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2192:Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
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1209:Documentaries and books about Ekaterina Maximova
770:for the leading role in TV film-ballet "Anyuta"
390:composed for the equivalent of Act II, scene 2.
599:, T. Khrennikov, choreography Briantzev (1980)*
265:Ballet achievements with other ballet companies
1081:, choreography M. Bejart, Central TV USSR 1979
324:Ballet pedagogical and professional activities
200:. Their ballet partnership started at school.
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399:Selected ballet roles in the Bolshoi Theater
1491:"Ekaterina Maximova Vladimir Vasiliev duet"
1425:"Ekaterina Maximova, Ballerina, Dies at 70"
1391:for almost 50 years. They had no children.
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1224:Duet: Ekaterina Maximova Vladimir Vasiliev
768:Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
763:1984 Premio SIMBA, Accademia SIMBA, Italy
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1778:"Varna International Ballet Competition"
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2100:Official Website for Ekaterina Maximova
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531:, L. Minkus, choreography Gorsky (1965)
416:, F. Chopin, choreography Fokine (1960)
367:Galatea, Old Tango, Anyuta, Chapliniana
2177:Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize
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203:Former ballerina of Mariinsky Ballet
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808:Order of the Red Banner of Labour
131:at the Bolshoi Theatre. (c. 1970)
2197:Recipients of the Order of Lenin
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1589:Kisselgoff, Anna (16 May 1990).
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1404:List of Russian ballet dancers
1321:Katya. A letter from the past,
828:Order of Friendship of Peoples
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1927:The Glory of the Bolshoi -DVD
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2157:Honored Artists of the RSFSR
1851:"UNESCO Pablo Picasso Medal"
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1128:Grand Pas in the White Night
1109:Soloist in Spanish dance in
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695:P. Tchaikovsky choreography
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468:The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
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2007:Lazzarini, Roberta (1995).
1469:Martin, John (5 May 1959).
1452:"Soviet Art - USSR Culture"
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1087:The World of Galina Ulanova
966:The USSR with an open heart
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796:Honored Artist of the RSFSR
236:The USSR with an Open Heart
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1903:"Bolshoi Ballet and Japan"
1544:for-ballet-lovers-only.com
1119:Fragments of one biography
938:Nathalie or Swiss Milkmaid
898:Film, television and books
682:J. Offenbach choreography
648:A. Gyrowetz, choreography
86:In this name that follows
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1956:The Great Russian Dancers
1293:, photo album (М., 1999)
1025:, musical film, USSR 1973
860:1995 Honorary Professor,
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635:L. Delibes, choreography
556:, C. Weber, choreography
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1954:Smakov, Gennady (1984).
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1152:The Glory of the Bolshoi
1052:Bolshoi Ballet and Japan
1047:, documentary, USSR 1974
867:1995 Academician of the
725:The Gardens of Villandry
493:Soloist in variation in
1706:arabesque.permonline.ru
1232:Bolshoi's young dancers
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