Yury Grigorovich
Russian dancer and choreographer (1927—2025)
- Born
- 2 January 1927, Saint Petersburg
- Died
- 19 May 2025, aged 98
- Birth name
- Юрий Николаевич Григорович
Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich (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".
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