The National Ballet Theatre of Odessa, Ukraine is located within the prestigious Opera Theater, where the greatest divas of Classical ballet, from Anna Pavlova to Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya, performed. Since 2009, Yuri Vasyuchenko, a principal dancer and exclusive soloist for Bolshoy Theatre has served as the ballet manager of the National Ballet Theatre of Odessa, Ukraine. The company is recognized as one of the most prestigious institutions of classical ballet in Ukraine. It boasts an extremely varied repertoire, carrying the honor to preserve the precious heritage of the great classical ballets.