Biography of actor Godunov

Soviet and American dancer, ballet dancer, actor. Alexander Godunov was born on November 28 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Sakhalin Region in a family of engineers. Father-Boris Illarionovich Godunov-Vodukov, engineer-builder. Mother is Lidia Nikolaevna Godunova in the girlishness of Studentsova, a jeelorous engineer. The elder brother, Oleg Borisovich Godunov G., his parents met in the besieged Leningrad, in which his mother remained at the end of the Leningrad Institute of Railway Engineers, and his father restored the building and communications destroyed by bombing.

After the war, the parents were sent to work on Sakhalin, they settled in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Parents divorced when he was 3 years old. Further, together with his brother, he was sent to Riga, where they lived with his uncle. Later, the mother, who entered the Baltic Railway, also moved to them. In Riga, they lived in a communal apartment in the city center - on the corner of Staba and Terbatas streets.

In the year, he entered the Riga Choreographic School. He was very small in childhood, when the students were built in the classroom near the ballet machine, Alexander stood the last, even the future American ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov overthrow it. In the year he graduated from the school in the class of teachers of Yuris Capralis and Arthur of the training.

Throughout his life, Godunov maintained friendly relations with Yuris Capralis. After graduating from the school, Godunov received a distribution to the Latvian Opera and Ballet Theater, although he had an invitation from Igor Moiseev to the state choreographic ensemble “Classic Ballet” “Young Ballet”. He was taken to the cor deucadium and Godunov went to see the Minister of Culture of the Latvian SSR Vladimir Ilyich Kaupuzh with a request to let him go to Moscow, but he did not achieve permission, so he left for the capital arbitrarily.

In years, he danced in the “Young Ballet”, where he met the elite of the Soviet ballet. In the classes of Asaph Messerer and Alexander Rudenko, he polished the technique that allowed both classical pas de de de-de, and the works of modern choreographers. With the “Young Ballet”, Godunov traveled the whole world, but dreamed of dancing at the Bolshoi Theater. Soon was an invitation from the chief choreographer of the theater Yuri Grigorovich.

Aleksey Ermolaev, a great dancer and actor, became a teacher of the Bolshoi Theater after a competitive exam in the year. In the year he took part in the All -Union Competition of Ballet Artists and received the first prize. His loud debut took place in Lake Swan. He came to large at a time when three groups openly openly at a time - Grigorovich, Plisetskaya and Vasiliev. The invitation of Maya Plisetskaya to become her partner brought to him the anger of the main choreographer.

Therefore, Godunov danced very little. Spartak danced only five times, Ivan the Terrible - nine, shepherd in the Spring Spring - two. Hose in Carmen about forty times, Vronsky in Anna Karenina - more than thirty, Claudio in “Love for Love” - over twenty. His last premiere was Tibald in Romeo and Juliet. Staging A. Gorsky, Pa-de-Trua; - “Swan Lake”, P.

Gorsky, A. Messerer - Prince; - “Swan Lake”, P. Staging Yu. Grigorovich - Prince; - “Anna Karenina”, R. Setanovka M. Chopin - young man; -“Horse Humpbacked”, C. Pa-de Trua “Ocean and Pearls”. Mingus - basil; - “Carmen -Suite”, J. Bizet - R. Choreography A. Alonso - Hose; - “Ozari”, A. Choreography N. Ryzhenko and I. Smirnov-Golovanov-beloved 1st performer; - “Giselle”, A.

Adan - Albert; - “The death of a rose”, the city of choreography by Yu. Grigorovich - Spartak; - “Love for love”, T. Choreography by V. Boccal - Claudio 1st Contractor; - “Ivan the Terrible”, S. Grigorovich - Tsar Ivan; - “Spring Spring”, I. Kasatkina and Vl. Vasilyova - shepherd; - “Paganini”, S. Choreography of L. Lavrovsky - Paganini; - “Bayadere”, L. Grigorovich - Tibald 1st performer.

Laureate Golden Medal of the Moscow International Competition of Ballet Artists in the year. Laureate of the Vaclav Nizhinsky Prize Paris. In parallel, he starred in the cinema. In the year he played a major role in the music film "June 31".

His hero is the court musician Lemison. Alexander Godunov in the film "June 31" for about 5 years of work in the Bolshoi Theater, Alexander Godunov, was a disorder. Since, while other premieres spent a lot of time on tour, Godunov danced a lot on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, its repertoire became extremely diverse. The escape of Alexander Godunov from the USSR on August 23, during the Bolshoi Theater tour in New York, Summer Godunov turned to the American authorities with a request to provide political asylum.

After the news of his absence, the Soviet authorities sent Godunov - Lyudmila Vlasov, the only one from the troupe, by plane to Moscow. However, the aircraft was detained by the American authorities right before take -off, and the US State Department demanded evidence that Vlasova was returning to the USSR voluntarily.Based on these events in the year, the film “Flight” was released in the USSR, the plot of which was based on real events, but adjusted instead of ballet actors in it was shown by athletes, including another text, often cited.

In this difficult period for Godunov, he lived for several days in the house of friends Joseph Brodsky. During the year, Godunov unsuccessfully tried to achieve his wife’s return. This pair has become known as Romeo and Juliet of the Cold War. In the year, their divorce was issued. Godunov was admitted to the troupe of the American Ballet Theater, where he acted as Prime Minister Principal Dancer.

In the year, the contract with the theater was not extended due to disagreements with the head of the troupe Mikhail Baryshnikov. For some time he performed with his own troupe. In the year he left the ballet and continued the film career, begun in the USSR. Starting from the year, he periodically took the lessons of acting and speech at the Julian School of Arts and the studio of the legendary Stella Adler.

After leaving the ballet, he maintained physical shape, engaged in David Larich, under the leadership of Tatyana Ryabushinskaya, at the David Ballet Academy, he also periodically conducted ballet master classes. He starred as a bandit of Karl in the film "Strong Nut". Alexander Godunov in the film "Strong Oreshka" shortly before his death played a major role - an extravagant chimician of Lotar Lotar, who dreams of enslaving the world - in the action movie "Zone".

Alexander Godunov in the film "Zone" in April Godunov for the first time since his departure in the United States visited Riga, where he met with his family - mother, brother, nephews. The death of Alexander Godunov on May 18, Godunov was found dead in his apartment in the condominium complex Shorham Tauers in Western Hollywood. The nurse found him, who was sent there the dancer's friends, worried about the lack of phone calls from him.

According to doctors, death was caused by hepatitis complications due to chronic alcoholism. In a statement published shortly after his death, the personal publicist Godunov Evelyn Sriver said: “He did not have AIDS, he did not commit suicide. This time was one of the happiest periods of his life. ” Godunov’s dust was scattered on May 22 of the Pacific Ocean, his memorial is in Los Angeles.

The epitaph on Kenotaf says: "His Future Remained in the Past" "His future remains in the past." At the same time, Lyudmila Vlasova expressed doubt about the nature of the death of the dancer. The circumstances of death seemed suspicious to her, as well as the procedure for Godunov’s funeral: the body of the deceased was cremated without autopsy, and the ashes were scattered over the ocean.

The epitaph says on it: "You are always with us." Growth by Alexander Godunov: centimeters. Personal life of Alexander Godunov: First wife - Lyudmila Iosifovna Vlasova Nerophered Markova; Born 2 years old, Soviet and Russian ballerina, actress, choreographer, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater in years. By Godunov, Vlasov left her first husband - Stanislav Vlasov. We got married in the year and were together until Godunov fleeed in the United States.

In the year they were officially divorced through the embassy. They were together from the beginning of the x to the death of Godunov in the year. When quoting and using materials, a link to Stuki-Druki-Druki pits. When quoting and using Hyperlink Hyperlink Hyperlink on the Internet or Stuki-Druki.