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An entire era has come to an end,
Saint Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, where he started his career, posted online
He was criticised for authoritarianism and was even called a dictator – but to lead a team, one has to be rigid,
Akimov saidYuri Grigorovich, one of the key figures in the world of ballet in the second half of the 20th century, has died,
the Bolshoi said on social media
It is an era without which much would not have happened. It is a greatness that cannot be overcome. It was a life that will be remembered... Genius,
Russian-Georgian ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze wrote on social mediaOur servile, and later semi-servile life, gave rise to many a little Stalin. The mortar of Soviet society was fear... And there were plenty of reasons for fear at the Bolshoi.”
She wrote scathingly of him in her autobiography
To every role he brought a psychological and emotional nuance,
wrote the Leningrad ballet critic Igor Stupnikov_04_(cropped).jpg)
Yuri Grigorovich is considered to be the greatest living choreographer in the world of ballet today.”
Grigorovich assessed his own position in a potted biographyI married my first wife for her intelligence, and my second wife for her beauty.”
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He was able to see in artists what we ourselves did not notice,
Bolshoi principal dancer Denis Rodkin told the state-run TASS news agency