VANOUSH KHANAMIRYAN DIES AT 84

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 5, 2011 – 21:18 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Vanoush Khanamiryan, People’s Artist of Armenia,
died at 84 in the evening of October 5.

In early August, the legend of Armenian dance was taken to a hospital
with severe heart problems.

Vanoush Khanamiryan (born November 5, 1927), was an Armenian ballet,
traditional and folkloric dance choreographer. He first started as a
ballet dancer and for many years had been as a solo dancer at State
Dance Ensemble. In later years, he was appointed as its artistic
director and the head of the Union of Art of Dance Workers of Armenia.