The Jubilee of one of the leading ballet of Russia and the world Oleg Vinogradov, marking his 80th anniversary and 60th anniversary of creative activity, Petersburg notes the press-conference in Grand-hotel "Europe" and Gala-concert on November 16 in concert "Oktyabrsky".
The merits of the people's Artist of the USSR O.M. Vinogradov are marked by numerous prizes both in Russia and abroad.
He is a laureate of the State Prize of Russia and eight international awards, such as two awards of the Paris Academy of Dance, the Picasso Prize, the Lawrence Olivier Award, the UNESCO Award of 2017, the Order of "Chevalier of France" for achievements in the field of literature and art…
At the press conference journalists and critics celebrated the world-famous merits of choreographer, unanimously pointing out the necessity of resuming many of his ballets today absent in the repertoire of our ballet troupes.
In his speech Jubiljar expressed concern about the fate of the famous Russian classical ballet because of the excessive influence of Western unclassic tendencies.
In his opinion, the Russian Ballet School, founded Agrippinoj Vaganova, should be preserved, especially within the walls of the Leningrad Choreographic School-now the Academy of Russian Ballet, which bears her name.
Choreographer O.M. Vinogradov all his life was and remains today a loyal Knight of classical ballet-the most beautiful of the arts. These tasks are based on the foundation for the Preservation and development of classical ballet, the president of which he is.
/Marina Unksova, AIS/photo by Vladimir Zheltova/