Yuri Vladimirov

Yuri Vladimirov (Russian: Юрий Кузьмич Владимиров; born January 1, 1942) is a Russian former Bolshoi Ballet dancer and a recipient of the following awards: Honoured Artist of RSFSR (1970), People's Artist of the USSR (1975) and Order of Honour (1976).

In 1962 he graduated from the Moscow State Choreographic Academy where Aleksey Yermolayev was his teacher.

[2] Currently he teaches such young ballet students as Dmitry Gudanov and Sergei Dorensky, among others.

In 1972, he appeared in a version of Anna Karenina to music by Rodion Shchedrin, and three years later played the role of Ivan the Terrible in a ballet of the same name.

The same year, he became a recipient of the People's Artist of the USSR award and next year was seen playing a role of Benedick in a play called Love for Love after which he was awarded with the Order of Honour.