Lyudmila Vlasova

Lyudmila Iosifovna Vlasova (Russian: Людми́ла Ио́сифовна Вла́сова; born March 2, 1942 in Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet ballet dancer,^[1] soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre^[2] (1961-1982), actress. At the present time - the choreographer of dance on ice.

Biography

Lyudmila Vlasova has been leading ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre, where in 1971, at the movies, Naughty Limericks and Keystone, which acted as an actress, she met with Alexander Godunov. Soon they began to meet and Lyudmila went to him from a wealthy husband. They were one of the most beautiful couples 70's Bolshoi Theatre.

Their names were related notices foreign tours and productions at the domestic scenes: Swan Lake, Spartacus, Ivan the Terrible, Anna Karenina, The Rite of Spring, Love for Love, Romeo and Juliet.

August 19, 1979 in Metropolitan Opera tour was the last performance of Romeo and Juliet. The couple returned to the New York hotel Mayflower, and the next day in the New York Post there was a picture of Alexander Godunov, and under it a little note: After Baryshnikov, Nureyev and Makarova another star of Soviet ballet remained in the West." A few days later Godunov asked the US authorities with a request for political asylum. After news of his absence, the Soviet authorities sent Lyudmila Vlasova, from a single company, on a plane to Moscow. However, the aircraft was detained by US authorities just before take-off, and the US State Department asked to provide evidence that the Vlasov returned to the Soviet Union voluntarily.^[3] Following this incident to the leaders of the USSR and the USA were involved Leonid Brezhnev and Jimmy Carter. In the end, after 3 days the aircraft with Vlasova was allowed to fly to the Soviet Union.^[4] After returning to Moscow, Leonid Vlasov continued to dance at the Bolshoi Theater all their games. After 2 years, Vlasov and Godunov officially dissolved through the embassy.^[5]

After the ballet career Lyudmila Vlasova became a sought-after choreographer in ice dancing. In this capacity, she worked (-ex) with skaters such as:

• Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh,^[6]
• Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov,
• Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio,
• Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali,
• Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov,
• Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte.

Family

• Her first husband - Stanislav Vlasov, ballet^[7]
• The second - Alexander Godunov.
• Third (since 1981) - singer Yury Statnik (1947). The soloist (since 1976) of the Bolshoi Theatre, Honored Artist of the Moldavian SSR (1976)

References

External links

• Lyudmila Vlasova on IMDb