Lyudmila Vlasova
| Lyudmila Vlasova | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lyudmila Iosifovna Vlasova 2 March 1942 Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer, choreographer, actress |
| Spouse(s) |
Stanislav Vlasov (divorced) Alexander Godunov (divorced) Yury Statnik (m. 1981) |
Lyudmila Iosifovna Vlasova (Russian: Людми́ла Ио́сифовна Вла́сова; born March 2, 1942) is a Soviet ballet dancer.[1] She was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre[2] (1961–1982), an actress, and at the present time a choreographer of dance on ice.
Biography
Lyudmila Vlasova has been the 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.
The couple headlined foreign tours as well as the domestic productions of Swan Lake, Spartacus, Ivan the Terrible, Anna Karenina, The Rite of Spring, Love for Love, and Romeo and Juliet.
On August 19, 1979, after the last performance of their Romeo and Juliet tour in the Metropolitan Opera, Vlasova and Godunov returned to their New York hotel. The day after, however, the New York Post published a picture of Alexander Godunov with a headline: After Baryshnikov, Nureyev, and Makarova another star of Soviet ballet remained in the West." A few days later, Godunov contacted the US authorities with a request for political asylum.
After news of his request reached the Soviet authorities, Lyudmila Vlasova was asked to board a flight to Moscow alone. However, the aircraft was detained by U.S. authorities just before take-off as the State Department verified that the Vlasova was returning to the Soviet Union voluntarily.[3] This created an international incident, requiring the involvement of Leonid Brezhnev and Jimmy Carter, leaders of the USSR and the U.S., respectively. After 3 days of negotiation, Vlasova was allowed to fly back home.[4]
After returning to Moscow, Vlasova continued to dance at the Bolshoi Theater until her retirement. After 2 years, Vlasov and Godunov officially got divorced through the embassy.[5]
After Vlasova's ballet career, she became a sought-after choreographer in ice skating. In this capacity, she worked with prominent skaters such as:
Family
- Her first husband - Stanislav Vlasov, ballet[7]
- The second - Alexander Godunov, ballet.
- Third (since 1981) - singer Yury Statnik (1947). The soloist (since 1976) of the Bolshoi Theatre, Honored Artist of the Moldavian SSR (1976)
References
- ↑ "Трапеция. СССР, 1970". Первый канал. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ Фильм-опера «Каменный гость» (1967) в Мегаэнциклопедии Кирилла и Мефодия
- ↑ Александр Годунов. Побег в никуда (2005)
- ↑ Александр Годунов - ушедший по Млечному пути
- ↑ Людмила Власова: «Значит, и ты уснул»
- ↑ Трагедия любви и разлуки
- ↑ Людмила Власова: девчонка из бедного двора