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					A special card made in memory of 
					
					
					Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich  
					
					(Russian: Юрий 
					Николаевич Григорович; 
					2 January 1927 – 19 May 2025) was a Soviet and Russian 
					ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer, and pedagogue who 
					dominated the Russian ballet for 30 years, especially as 
					artistic director of the Bolshoi 
					Ballet from 
					1964 to 1995. His choreographies of The 
					Stone Flower, Ivan 
					the Terrible and Romeo 
					and Juliet are 
					said to have "redefined Soviet ballet". 
					On May 23 2025 the Bolshoi Theatre staged a 
					performance of the ballet "The Legend of Love" in memory of 
					the choreographer |