Moscow Ballet
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Dance Style |
Ballet
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Founder/Artistic director |
Vyacheslav Gordeyev |
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Active |
1979 - Present |
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City |
Moscow |
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Region |
Moskva |
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Country |
Russia |
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Company Detail |
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Moscow Ballet, an American touring ballet company that first performed in 1993. The name is a trademark of the Massachusetts-based SMI, Inc. A "Moscow Ballet", founded in 1979, gained publicity in 1987 when a dancer, Andrei Ustinov, defected during the company’s first U.S. tour. Its artistic director is Vyacheslav Gordeyev, previously of the Bolshoi Ballet. Its 1987 tour was seen by an estimated 150,000 people. |
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Related Topics |
origin of Ballet
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