Vilen Galstyan (Armenian: Վիլեն Գալստյան, (Vilen Sargsyan) 12 February 1941 – 4 June 2021)[1] was an Armenian ballet dancer and actor who was popular in the former U.S.S.R. and especially in Armenia.

[2] He trained at Yerevan Choreographic School, before he began performing with Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Theater.

[3] He appeared in over 60 films during his 40-year career,[citation needed] including in The Color of Pomegranates, after he was spotted by director Sergei Parajanov during a performance of Giselle.

[2] After studying at the balletmaster department of Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, he started staging ballets worldwide.

In 2000, he started the balletmaster department at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography.