Vasilenko's Mirandolina (1949, Bolshoi Theatre; 1965, Navoy Theatre, Tashkent), Gayane (1957, Bolshoi Theatre), dances in Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride (1948, Bolshoi Theatre). He also wrote the libretto (together with Pavel Malyarevsky) for Shchedrin's The Little Humpbacked Horse (1960, Bolshoi Theatre) and choreographed dances in operas and concert numbers. In 1951-1953 he headed the ballet troupe of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater. He was awarded a Stalin Prize of the first degree (1947) - for the ballet "Flames of Paris." He was married to Claudia Armashevskoy. V. I. Vaynonen died on March 23, 1964. He was buried in Moscow at Novodevichy Cemetery. References External links American Ballet Theatre - Official web 1901 births 1964 deaths Russian choreographers Vasili Vainonen