Yuri Grigorovich obituary

Choreographer and artistic director of the Bolshoi who was a major influence on the development of ballet in the Soviet UnionYuri Grigorovich, who has died aged 98, was one of the most important choreographers of the Soviet era. As chief choreographer and artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet company for some 30 years, he was a major influence on the development of ballet in the Soviet Union and to an even greater extent on its perception in the outside world.Grigorovich’s first choreogr