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Valery Panov USSR – Israeli Ballet Dancer Orig. Autograph on his Photo, 1974, in Russian and French - Valery Panov USSR – Israeli Ballet Dancer Orig. Autograph on his Photo, 1974, in Russian and French Size: 28 x 21.8 cm. (11 x 8.5 inches) Some wear, damping stain to upper left corner; light foxing stains With text in English and Hebrew on reverse side – A tribute for Valery Panov from Batsheva Dance Company Valery Panov (born 12 March 1938) is a Soviet-born Israeli dancer and choreographer Valery Matveevich Panov (Panov's original name was Schulman) (Russian: Валерий Матвеевич Панов; born 12 March 1938) is an Israeli dancer and choreographer. Born and raised in the Soviet Union, he trained in Leningrad and performed with the Kirov from 1964 to 1972. He and his second wife Galina, who was a ballerina at the Kirov, came to international attention in 1972 when they applied for exit visas to emigrate to Israel, which they were given in 1974. Panov worked with the Berlin Opera Ballet, as well as companies in other western European and North American countries, during the late 1970s and 1980s. He formed the Ashdod Art Centre in 1993, and five years later founded the Panov Ballet Theatre, also in Ashdod. The Batsheva Dance Company (Hebrew: Valery Panov USSR – Israeli Ballet Dancer Orig. Autograph on his Photo, 1974, in Russian and French Size: 28 x 21.8 cm. (11 x 8.5 inches) Some wear, damping stain to upper left corner; light foxing stains With text in English and Hebrew on reverse side – A tribute for Valery Panov from Batsheva Dance Company Valery Panov (born 12 March 1938) is a Soviet-born Israeli dancer and choreographer Valery Matveevich Panov (Panov's original name was Schulman) (Russian: Валерий Матвеевич Панов; born 12 March 1938) is an Israeli dancer and choreographer. Born and raised in the Soviet Union, he trained in Leningrad and performed with the Kirov from 1964 to 1972. He and his second wife Galina, who was a ballerina at the Kirov, came to international attention in 1972 when they applied for exit visas to emigrate to Israel, which they were given in 1974. Panov worked with the Berlin Opera Ballet, as well as companies in other western European and North American countries, during the late 1970s and 1980s. He formed the Ashdod Art Centre in 1993, and five years later founded the Panov Ballet Theatre, also in Ashdod. The Batsheva Dance Company (Hebrew: להקת בת שבע) is a renowned dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] It was founded by Martha Graham and Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild in 1964.