Simon (Soliko) Virsaladze (Georgian: სოლომონ(სოლიკო) ვირსალაძე) (Tbilisi, 24 Jan. 1909, d Tbilisi, 9 Feb. 1989) was a Georgian and one of the Soviet Union's leading designers of ballet, film and opera. He also noted as collaborator with founders of Georgian National Ballet theater Iliko Sukhishvili and Nino Ramishvili of creation classic Georgian costumes. He was chief designer of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow from 1964 until his death. He collaborated with Vaghtang Chabukiani on many productions in Tbilisi and Kirov, but he was best known internationally as Yuri Grigorovich's designer, having collaborated on all of his major ballets.
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