Background
Grigorovich was born into a family connected with the Imperial Russian Ballet.
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Grigorovich was born into a family connected with the Imperial Russian Ballet.
He graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School in 1946 and danced as a soloist of the Kirov Ballet until 1962.
His staging of Sergey Prokofiev"s The Stone Flower (1957) and of The Legend of Love (1961) brought him acclaim as a choreographer. In 1964 he moved to the Bolshoi Theatre, where he would work as an artistic director until 1995. His most famous productions at the Bolshoi were The Nutcracker (1966), Spartacus (1967), and Ivan the Terrible (1975).
He controversially reworked Swan Lake to produce a happy end for the story in 1984.
In 1995, he was accused of having allowed the theatre to plunge into stagnation and after many a squabble was ousted from office. Thereupon he choreographed for various Russian companies before settling in Krasnodar, where he set up his own company.
Grigorovich has been heading the juries of numerous international competitions in classical ballet. 1957 - Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
1957 - Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 1957 - Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" 1959 - Order of the science and art of Egypt 1966 - People"s Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 1969 - Award of Sergei Diaghilev of the Paris Academy of Dance 1970 - Jubilee medal "Foreign Valiant Labour. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" 1970 - Lenin Prize 1973 - People"s Artist of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1976 - Order of Lenin 1977 - Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, 1st class (Bulgaria) 1977 - Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics State Prize 1977 - Medal "100 years of Bulgaria"s Liberation from Ottoman slavery" 1980 - Honorary Citizen of Varna 1981 - Order of the October Revolution 1981 - People"s Artist of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic 1983 - State Prize of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic 1985 - Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics State Prize - for the creation of artistic and athletic programs of the XII World Youth and Student Festival in Luzhniki, Moscow 1986 - Hero of Socialist Labour 1986 - Order of Lenin 1987 - Order of the People"s Republic of Bulgaria, 1st class 1995 - Honoured Artist of Kazakhstan 1996 - People"s Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan 1997 - Vaslav Nijinsky Medal (Ministry of Culture of Poland) 2001 - Order of the Arts" Amber Cross ", the highest award of the Russian Academy of Arts and musical performance 2002 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class - for outstanding contribution to the development of choreographic art 2002 - "Badge poshani" (Honor), the highest award of the mayor of Kiev 2002 - Badge of "370 years of Yakutia in Russia" 2002 - Fyodor Volkov award for his contribution to the theatrical art of the Russian Federation 2003 - National Theatre Prize Golden Mask in nomination "Foreign the honour and dignity" 2003 - Badge of "civic virtue" of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) 2003 - Medal of the "Hero of Labour of Kuban" (Krasnodar region) 2004 - Order of Merit (Ukraine), third class 2004 - Medal of the National Opera of Ukraine to the 100th anniversary of Serge Lifar 2004 - Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts "for his personal contribution to the development of art" 2005 - The highest theatrical award of Saint St. Petersburg "Gold soffit" 2005 - Order of Dostyk 2006 - Award "Russian National Olympus" in nomination "Manitoba epoch", medal "Foreign the honor and valor" 2006 - Ludvig Nobel Prize 2007 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class - for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic and international choreographic art, many years of creative activity 2007 - Order of Francisc Skorina 2008 - Ovation 2009 - Medal of Honour (Armenia) 2011 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st class.
