Search results
Māris Rūdolfs Liepa (27 July 1936 – 26 March 1989) was a Soviet Latvian ballet dancer who was born in Riga and died in Moscow. He graduated from Riga Choreography School where he was taught by Valentin Blinov (Russian: Валентин Блинов). He performed in Moscow for the first time in 1950.
Mar 28, 1989 · Maris Liepa, a star of the Bolshoi Ballet whose virile dramatic portrayals made him especially popular in the West, died Saturday in Moscow. He was 52 years old.
Mar 29, 1989 · Maris Liepa, the handsome, virile star of the Bolshoi Ballet known particularly for his performance as Marcus Crassus, the Roman despot in “Spartacus,” is dead of a heart attack. His son, Andris,...
People also ask
Where did Liepa go to school?
Where did Liepa perform?
What happened to Liepa?
Why did Liepa join the Bolshoi Theatre?
Baletdejotāja karjeru Māris Liepa sāka 1955. gadā Operas un baleta teātrī Rīgā. Pēc tam strādāja Staņislavska un Nemiroviča-Dančenko vārdā nosauktajā Maskavas Muzikālajā teātrī (1956—1960). 1960. gadā kļuva par Maskavas Lielā teātra solistu.
Liepa had leading roles in many classical and modern ballets, but he is best known for Spartacus, in which he originally danced the title role in the ballet choreographed by Leonid Yakobson. In 1964, Yuri Grigorovich became the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet.
Liepa’s name is one that, in the ballet world, must be written in capital letters – a name that epitomizes the legendary golden age of the Bolshoi Ballet and its dizzying ascent to the summit of artistic achievement. Liepa conquered the world’s leading theatres and won hearts wherever he went.
Maris-Rudolf Eduardovich Liepa (born July 27, 1936, Riga, Latvia—died March 25, 1989, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet ballet dancer who performed with the Bolshoi Ballet for more than 20 years.
