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Yury Grigorovich
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Russian dancer and choreographer
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Yury Grigorovich was a male choreographer, dancer, music educator, and ballet master born in Saint Petersburg on January 2, 1927. He held citizenship in the Soviet Union and Russia and worked primarily in ballet and choreography. His professional career began in 1946 and concluded in 2025. He was employed by the Mariinsky Theatre and received his education at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts and the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.
Grigorovich received several awards, including the USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, and Order of the October Revolution. He was married to Natalia Bessmertnova and spoke Russian. He died in Moscow on May 19, 2025, and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery. His name in his native language is Юрий Николаевич Григорович.
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Film & TV
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Known for
- Ballet in the First Person — Himself1987
- Ballet Master Yuri Grigorovich — Himself1987
- Memories of Nijinsky — Himself1980
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Ukraine
- Active from
- 1891-01-23
- Active to
- 1967-09-16
Discography
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1927-01-02 ) 2 January 1927, Leningrad , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 19 May 2025 (2025-05-19) (aged 98), Moscow, Russia
- Education
- Leningrad Choreographic School
- Occupations
- Ballet dancer choreographer ballet director pedagogue
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yury
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Natalia Bessmertnova
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
- Employer
- Mariinsky Theatre
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- choreography
- Image
- Yuri Grigorovich, Art Director of Bolshoi (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Yuri Grigorovich
- date of birth
- 1927-01-02
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
- P12674
- Balthasar of Werle
- date of death
- 2025-05-19
- name in native language
- Юрий Николаевич Григорович
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Григорович; 2 January 1927 – 19 May 2025) 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 from 1964 to 1995. His choreographies of The Stone Flower, Ivan the Terrible and Romeo and Juliet are said to have "redefined Soviet ballet".
Biography
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