Vakhtang Chabukiani (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vakhtang Chabukianiwas a Georgian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher highly regarded in his native country as well as abroad. He is considered to be one of the most influential male ballet dancers in history, and is noted for creating the majority of the choreography of the male variations which comprise the classical ballet repertory. This includes such famous ballets as Le Corsaire and La Bayadere.He is also noted for his and Vladimir Ponomaryov's 1941 revival of the ballet La Bayadere for the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet, which is still retained in the company's repertory (often referred to as the "Soviet version." This version of the ballet has served as the basis for nearly every production staged outside of Russia, including Rudolf Nureyev and Natalia Makarova's versions.