About Igor Moiseyev
Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (Russian: Игорь Александрович Моисеев; 21 January [O.S. 8 January] 1906 – 2 November 2007) was a Soviet and Russian ballet master, dancer, choreographer and pedagogue. Moiseyev was widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of character dance, a dance style similar to folk dance but with more professionalism and theatrics. On the day of his centenary, Moiseyev became the first Russian to receive Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class — the highest civilian decoration of the Russian Federation. Among about 200 dances he created for his company, some humorously represented the game of football and guerrilla warfare. In 2001, he was awarded the UNESCO Mozart Medal for outstanding contribution to world music culture.
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