Head of the Russian Imperial House. In popular culture Anastasia is one of the main characters in the ballet Ivan the Terrible by choreographer Yuri Grigorovich with music by Sergei Prokofiev, which premiered on 20 February 1975, at the Bolshoi Theatre, starring Yuri Vladimirov as Ivan IV and Natalia Bessmertnova as Anastasia. The ballet's plot includes the meeting and marriage of Anastasia and Ivan, her poisoning by boyars, and Ivan's fall into darkness and madness after the loss of Anastasia. The ballet has had several revivals. References |- 1530 births 1560 deaths House of Romanov Assassinated royalty Year of birth unknown Burials at Ascension Convent Wives of Ivan the Terrible Deaths by poisoning