Behind the iron curtain, Russian dancers meant business. In this spectacular piece, Yuri Soloviev leaps almost to his own head heightLast week we saw Alla Sizova dancing in Le Corsaire in 1958. Here's Yuri Soloviev, also of the Kirov Ballet, in the same work six years later. In Soviet ballet the male dancer was an unambiguously virile figure, distinguished by his noble carriage and his command of powerful leaps and o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AM on October 20, 2011