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Getty picturesRussian ballet choreographer, Yuri Grigorovich, died at the age of 98.
It was described as one of the largest choreographers in the 20th century, until 1964-1995, the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet was not led by the iron.
Production of Gregorovic’s stone flower, Ivan terribly and Romeo and Julieti re-determined Soviet ballet. Revived the male dance, he created parts for men who demanded exceptional power and crafts.
In 1927, he was born ten years after the Bolshevik Revolution, and his work was steep in the classic ballet traditions.
Uncle, Georgy Rozai, with the legendary Vaslav Nizhinsky, and Young Grigorovich continued to dance with Kirov ballet in Leningrad before returning to choreography.
In 1995, the disputes in Bolsho and the contracts on the agreements of the performers caused the shooting of dancers for the first time in the theater in 200 years. During a scheduled performance, a dancer was canceled to inform the audience and left a stunned silence.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Bolshoi met with instability. Gregorovic moved to Krasnodar to find a new ballet company. In 2008, he returned to Bolsho as a choreographer and ballet master.
Gregorovich received the titles of the Hero of the USSR and Socialist Occupation, including the upper Soviet and Russian differences. His wife, well-known ballerina Natalia Bessmernova, died in 2008.
His death came from the most famous employees of the same day, the dancer and dancer Yuri Vladimirov.
The head of Bolshoik and Mariinsky theaters Valery Gergiev, Izvestia newspaper said that Gregorovic said that Gregorovic is “a legendary person who continues to respect and admire for decades to come.”
