Titan of Russian ballet Yuri Grigorovich dies at 98
- Yuri Grigorovich, a leading Russian ballet choreographer, died aged 98 as announced by the Bolshoi Theatre on Tuesday.
- Born in 1927 in the city now known as St. Petersburg to parents involved in ballet, Yuri Grigorovich had a career lasting eight decades and served as the Bolshoi Theatre's chief choreographer from 1964 until 1995.
- He staged classics like The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and The Stone Flower, choreographed the 1980 Moscow Olympics opening, and presided over the French Benois de la Danse competitions.
- Bolshoi principal Denis Rodkin noted that Grigorovich enabled dancers to fully express themselves and remain present in every moment on stage, while Nikolai Tsiskaridze described Grigorovich’s era as essential to many important developments in ballet.
- Grigorovich left the Bolshoi Ballet in 1995 amid accusations of artistic decline but made a notable return in 2008, cementing his reputation as a powerful influence in the ballet world.
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Author of big, swollen machines such as Spartacus, Yvan the Terrible or L-Age d-or, emblematic works of Soviet culture, conveying an ideology, a heavy style like an iron curtain, the Tutu Brezhnev dominated the Bolshoi Ballet in autocrat for thirty years. Born in Leningrad in 1927, Yuri Grigorovich disappeared at the age of 98, after having lived under totalitarian regimes during which he was remarkably well flourished. The great artisan of glac…
Russian Ballet Supremo Yuri Grigorovich Dies at 98
Russian ballet maestro Yuri Grigorovich, considered one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, has died at the age of 98, the Bolshoi Theatre said on Monday. Grigorovich, artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow from 1964–1995, was famed for productions of Spartacus, Ivan the Terrible, Romeo and Juliet, and many other ballets. He was especially celebrated for his focus on the male dancer, for whom he made roles requiring ex…
“The death of Yuri Grigorovich marks the end of an era for world ballet, and for me, it represents the departure of a figure who, directly or indirectly, played a key role in my development as an artist,” says American Ballet dancer Herman Cornejo, from New York, after the news of the death of the Russian choreographer, this Monday, at age 98. Like him, dozens of artists in the world said goodbye with memories, anecdotes and words of homage to t…
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