1. Oleg Mikhailovich Vinogradov is a Russian former dancer, choreographer and ballet director.
19 Facts About Oleg Vinogradov
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Oleg Vinogradov graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet under Alexander Ivanovich Pushkin and went on to become a choreographer, working with some of the Soviet Union's most important ballet companies, including the Kirov Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet.
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Oleg Vinogradov was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983.
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Oleg Vinogradov was born in Leningrad on 1 August 1937.
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Between 1958 and 1965, Oleg Vinogradov was a character dancer with a company in Novosibirsk.
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Oleg Vinogradov later began choreographing short ballet scenes for operas.
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Oleg Vinogradov staged several ballets as an assistant ballet master to Pyotr Gusev, including Prokofiev's Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet in 1964 and 1965 respectively.
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Oleg Vinogradov received a position with the Kirov as a choreographer and in 1973 he became the artistic director and chief choreographer of the Maly Theatre Ballet.
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When Oleg Vinogradov became artistic director of the Kirov Ballet in 1977, he fired over half the dancers at the company, and hired younger dancers.
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Oleg Vinogradov said he tried to "return to Petipa's original conception, and to remove the numerous superfluous elements and distortions that have crept in".
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Oleg Vinogradov worked on this ballet with Soviet historian Yuri Slonimsky who, according to Vinogradov, had access to Petipa's original scores which he says made it possible to "rectify many mistakes".
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Under Mikhail Gorbachev's relaxed policies, Oleg Vinogradov could make independent decisions about the company's repertoire.
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Oleg Vinogradov toured with only 39 dancers in 1987, performing excerpts rather than full-length ballets.
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Oleg Vinogradov helped bring authorized productions of Balanchine's ballets to Russia for the first time.
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Oleg Vinogradov became the first Soviet ballet master to invite Maurice Bejart and Roland Petit to stage works for the Kirov.
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The Gorbachov era policy of glasnost made it possible for Oleg Vinogradov to retain his position as artistic director of the Kirov Ballet in Russia, and spend four months per year in the United States to serve as director of UBA.
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In 1998 Oleg Vinogradov became director of the Universal Ballet in Seoul, as well as the Kirov Ballet School in Washington DC, and he has staged some productions such as La Fille mal gardee for the Stanislavsky Ballet.
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Oleg Vinogradov left Seoul Ballet in 2008 to join the Mikhailovsky Ballet as an associate choreographer.
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Oleg Vinogradov has been a guest teacher and choreographer at the International Youth Ballet Festival, in conjunction with Classical Dance Alliance, run by ballet pedagogue, Janet L Springer.