Oleg Vinogradov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Oleg Vinogradov

Russian choreographer and music educator

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1937

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Profession: screenwriter, ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer, music pedagogue

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Oleg Mikhailovich Vinogradov (Russian: ???? ?????????? ??????????) was a Soviet dancer, choreographer and ballet director.
He 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.
In the early 1970s he was artistic director and chief choreographer at the Maly Theatre Ballet, and became artistic director of the Kirov Ballet in 1977.
During this period, relations between the Soviet Union and the United States grew warmer, and the Kirov Ballet embarked on several US tours for the first time in decades.
Vinogradov became the first Soviet ballet master to invite Maurice Béjart and Roland Petit to stage works for the Kirov, and also helped to bring authorized productions of George Balanchine's ballets to Russia for the first time.
He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983.