Title supplied by cataloger. Bolshoi Ballet is part of the Bolshoi Theater, which also includes Russia's premier opera company. Bolshoi Ballet is one of the principal ballet companies of Russia and amongst the oldest and greatest ballet companies of the world, having begun as a dancing school for the Moscow Orphanage in 1773. Photograph caption dated August 24, 1987 reads, "Lusty Abderakhaman was performed by Aleksandr Vetrov, an impressive dancer with fine, strong legs and a theatrical sense to match their thrust."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 16 cm. on sheet 26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Vetrov, Aleksandr Bol'shoi? teatr SSSR.--Balet Raymonda (Choreographic work) Ballet companies--Russia Ballet dancers--Russia Ballet--California--Los Angeles Ballet dancing for men--Russia Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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