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May 14, 2024 · Alexander Godunov was a Russian ballet dancer and actor who had a successful career with Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet before defecting to the United States during the company’s 1979 engagement in New York City.
Alexander Godunov was a dancer of handsome stature and blond good looks. He possessed a virtuoso technique and enjoyed a career of glamorous highlights in ballet and film; but his...
May 19, 1995 · Alexander Godunov, the lithe dancer with the long flaxen hair and a brooding manner who created an international stir when he defected from the Soviet Union in 1979, was found dead Thursday.
May 19, 2000 · The agile body of dancer Alexander Godunov, carefully sculpted from years of rigorous training, was his ticket to U.S. acclaim. Which made it all the more unbelievable when, on May 18, 1995, that...
May 18, 1995 · Alexander Godunov, the actor and acclaimed former Bolshoi Ballet dancer, died today in his West Hollywood home. Police say the death will be listed as being from natural causes. Godunov...
May 18, 1995 · Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов; November 28, 1949 – May 18, 1995) was a Russian-American ballet dancer and actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. In 1979, he defected to the United States.
Alexander Godunov was a Russian-American ballet dancer and actor who was the Bolshoi Ballet's premier danseur until he defected to the United States in 1979. After that, he served as the principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre until 1982. He had a fallout with the company’s director and was dismissed.
