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The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the
Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, literally "Big Theater", p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈatər) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and ope ...
in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. In the early 20th century, it came to international prominence as Moscow became the capital of Soviet Russia. The Bolshoi has been recognised as one of the foremost ballet companies in the world. It has a branch at the Bolshoi Ballet Theater School in Joinville, Brazil.


History

The earliest iteration of the Bolshoi Ballet can be found in the creation of a dance school for a Moscow orphanage in 1773. In 1776, dancers from the school were employed by Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Urusov and English theatrical entrepreneur
Michael Maddox Michael Maddox (1747–1822; Russian: Михаил Егорович Маддокс, ''Mikhail Yegorovich Maddox'', also spelled '' Medoks'', ''Maddocks'', ''Mattocks'') was an English entrepreneur and theatre manager active in Imperial Russia. ...
to form part of their new theatre company. Originally performing in privately owned venues, they later acquired the Petrovsky Theatre, which, as a result of fires and erratic redevelopment, would later be rebuilt as today's Bolshoi Theatre. While some guest dancers come and go from other prestigious ballet companies, such as Mariinsky and
American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. Through 2019, it had an annual ei ...
, most company dancers are graduates of the academy. In 1989
Michael Shannon
was the first American ballet dancer to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and join the Bolshoi Ballet company. Despite staging many famous ballets, it struggled to compete with the reputation of the Imperial Russian Ballet, today's
Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet (russian: Балет Мариинского театра) is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russ ...
of St. Petersburg. It was not until the appointment of Alexander Gorsky as Ballet Master in 1900 that the company began to develop its own unique identity, with acclaimed productions of new or restaged ballets including '' Don Quixote'' (1900), '' Coppélia'' (1901), ''
Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...
'' (1901), '' La fille mal gardée'' (1903), ''
Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, ...
'' (1911), '' Le Corsaire'' (1912) and '' La Bayadère'' (1917). The Soviet leadership's preference for uncomplicated moral themes in the arts was demonstrated in Yuri Grigorovich's appointment as director i
1964
Grigorovich held his position until 1995, at which point a series of directors, including Boris Akimov, Alexei Ratmansky, Yuri Burlaka and
Sergei Filin Sergei Yurevitch Filin (russian: Серге́й Ю́рьевич Фи́лин; born 27 October 1970) is a Russian ballet dancer and the former artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater from 2011 through 2016. He is currently the Director of the ...
, brought more modern dance performance ideas to the company.


Repertoire

* ''A Hero of Our Time'', Yuri Possokhov * ''A Legend of Love'', Yuri Grigorovich * ''Anna Karenina'', John Neumeier * ''Anyuta'', Vladimir Vasiliev * '' Apollo'',
George Balanchine George Balanchine (; Various sources: * * * * born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; ka, გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე; January 22, 1904 (O. S. January 9) – April 30, 1983) was ...
* '' Carmen Suite'', Alberto Alonso * '' Coppélia'',
Marius Petipa Marius Ivanovich Petipa (russian: Мариус Иванович Петипа), born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818), was a French ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters an ...
and Enrico Cecchetti; Revived by
Sergei Vikharev Sergei Vikharev (Russian: Сергей Геннадьевич Вихарев) (15 February 1962 – 2 June 2017) was a Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and historian. Biography Sergei Vikharev was born in Saint Petersburg and trained at the ...
* '' Don Quixote'', Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky; Revived by Alexei Fadeyechev * '' Études'', Harald Lander * ''Forgotten Land'' * ''Frank Bridge Variations'', Hans van Manen * ''
Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, ...
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Jean Coralli Jean Coralli (15 January 1779 – 1 May 1854) was a French ballet dancer and choreographer, best known for collaborating with Jules Perrot in creating ''Giselle'' (1841), the quintessential Romantic ballet of the nineteenth century. Early life ...
and
Jules Perrot Jules-Joseph Perrot (18 August 1810 – 29 August 1892) was a dancer and choreographer who later became Ballet Master of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia. He created some of the most famous ballets of the 19th century including ...
; Version of Yuri Grigorovich * ''Ivan the Terrible'', Yuri Grigorovich * '' Jewels'', George Balanchine * ''
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; Version of Johan Kobborg * '' Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux camelias)'', John Neumeier * '' Le Corsaire'', Marius Petipa; Version of Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka * ''Nureyev'' * '' The Nutcracker'', Yuri Grigorovich * ''Ondine'', Vyacheslav Samodurov * '' Onegin, John Cranko * ''
Raymonda ''Raymonda'' (russian: Раймонда) is a ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis, choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Alexander Glazunov, his Opus 57. It was first presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsky ...
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Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...
', Marius Petipa; Version of Yuri Grigorovich * ''Symphony of Psalms'',
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The Bright Stream ''The Limpid Stream'' (russian: Светлый ручей, also translated as ''The Bright Stream'') is a ballet in 3 acts, 4 scenes, composed by Dmitri Shostakovich on the libretto by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov, with choreography by Fy ...
, Alexei Ratmansky * ''
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Notable staff


Dancers

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Galina Ulanova Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (russian: Галина Сергеевна Уланова, ; 21 March 1998) was a Russian ballet dancer. She is frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Biography Ulanova was born ...
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Marina Semyonova Marina Timofeyevna Semyonova (russian: Марина Тимофеевна Семёнова, – 9 June 2010) was the first Soviet-trained prima ballerina. She was born in Saint-Petersburg. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1975. ...
* Olga Lepeshinskaya *
Mikhail Mordkin __NOTOC__ Mikhail Mordkin (russian: Михаил Михайлович Мордкин; December 9, 1880, Moscow, Russian Empire - July 15, 1944, New York) graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet School in 1899, and in the same year was appointed ballet ...
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Vasily Tikhomirov Vasiliy Dmitriyevich Tikhomirov (1876–1956) was a dancer (from 1895) and a choreographer (from 1913) with the Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow, Russia. His most distinguished production was ''The Red Poppy'' (1927), with his wife Yekaterina Geltzer i ...
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Yekaterina Geltzer Yekaterina Vasilyevna Geltzer (November 2, 1876 – December 12, 1962) was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet who danced in the theatre from 1898 to 1935. She was the daughter of the famous Russian dancer Vasily Geltzer. She worked with Mari ...
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Asaf Messerer Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer (Russian: Асаф Михайлович Мессерер, November 19, 1903 - March 7, 1992) was a highly influential Soviet ballet dancer and ballet teacher. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. From 1919 until 1921 he tra ...
* Maya Plisetskaya *
Pyotr Gusev Pyotr Andreyevich Gusev (russian: Пётр Андреевич Гусев) was a ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. He was born on 29 December, 1904 in St. Petersburg. He studied at the St. Petersburg School of Choreography under . He was a ...
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Aleksey Yermolayev Aleksey Nikolayevich Yermolayev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Ермола́ев; 12 December 1975) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. He played an important role in the development of Russian ba ...
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Nikolai Fadeyechev Nikolai Borisovich Fadeyechev (russian: Николай Борисович Фадеечев, 27 January 1933 – 23 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer and teacher. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. Biography Fad ...
* Maris Liepa *
Ekaterina Maximova Ekaterina Sergeevna Maximova (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Максимова; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009) was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. Sh ...
* Vladimir Vasiliev * Natalia Bessmertnova *
Ludmila Semenyaka Ludmila Semenyaka (russian: Людмила Семеняка, born 16 January 1952) is a Soviet ballerina, born in Leningrad. She studied at the Vaganova School as a pupil of . She joined the Kirov Ballet in 1970 and later the Bolshoi Ballet in 1972 ...
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Nadezhda Pavlova Nadezhda Vasilyevna Pavlova (russian: Надежда Васильевна Павлова; born 15 May 1956) is a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer. People's Artist of the USSR (1984). Life and artistic output Nadia Pavlova liked to dance from an ...
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Joy Womack Joy Annabelle Womack (born April 20, 1994) is an American ballet dancer. She is the first American woman to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s main training program with a red diploma, and the second American woman to sign a contract w ...
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Svetlana Adyrkhaeva Svetlana Dzantemirovna Adyrkhaeva (born May 12, 1938) (russian: Светлана Дзантемировна Адырхаева) is an Ossetian and Soviet ballerina. People's Artist of the USSR (1984). Biography Adyrkhaeva was born on May 12, 1938 ...
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Nina Timofeeva Nina Vladimirovna Timofeeva (russian: Нина Владимировна Тимофеева; 11 June 1935 – 3 November 2014) was a Soviet ballet dancer. Biography Timofeeva was born in Leningrad and graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russia ...
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Irek Mukhamedov Irek Dzhavdatovich Mukhamedov OBE (russian: Ирек Джавдатович Мухамедов: tt-Cyrl, Ирек Җәүдәт улы Мөхәммәтев; born 8 March 1960), is a Soviet-born British ballet dancer of Tatar origin who has danced ...
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Alexander Godunov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
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Nina Ananiashvili Nina Ananiashvili (born: ''Nino Ananiashvili'', ka, ნინო ანანიაშვილი; born March 19, 1963) is a Georgian ballerina and artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia. She has been described by the '' Daily Teleg ...
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Dmitry Belogolovtsev Dmitry Vladimirovich Belogolovtsev (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Белоголовцев) (born 26 November 1973) is a Russian ballet dancer, and former principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. Born in Lviv, then part of the U ...
* Natalia Osipova *
Svetlana Lunkina Svetlana Aleksandrovna Lunkina (russian: Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Лу́нькина; born 29 July 1979) is a Russian-Canadian ballerina who is a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. Biography Lunkina was ...
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Dmitry Gudanov Dmitry Konstantinovich Gudanov (russian: Дмитрий Константинович Гуданов) is a People's Artist of Russia and principal dancer of Bolshoi Ballet. He retired from the Bolshoi in July 2017. Early life and awards Gudanov w ...
* Anna Antonicheva


Directors

* Alexander Gorsky *
Vasily Tikhomirov Vasiliy Dmitriyevich Tikhomirov (1876–1956) was a dancer (from 1895) and a choreographer (from 1913) with the Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow, Russia. His most distinguished production was ''The Red Poppy'' (1927), with his wife Yekaterina Geltzer i ...
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Vladimir Urin Vladimir Georgievich Urin (russian: Владимир Георгиевич Урин) is a People's Artists of Russia; a Musical Theatre of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko director (1995–2013), then Bolshoi Theatre director. Biography Urin b ...


Conductors

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Yuri Fayer Yuri Fyodorovich Fayer (also seen as Faier) (3 August 1971), was a Soviet conductor specializing in ballet. He was the chief ballet conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre from 1923 to 1963. Fayer's range extended from the classical repertoire (he conduc ...
*Algis Shuraitis


Choreographers

* Rostislav Zakharov * Leonid Lavrovsky *
Fyodor Lopukhov Fyodor Vasilievich Lopukhov (Occasionally Fedor, Russian: Фёдор Васи́льевич Лопухо́в; 20 October 1886, Saint Petersburg – 28 January 1973, Leningrad) was a choreographer in Soviet Russia. Training and dance career Lopuk ...
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Yury Grigorovich Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich (russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Григоро́вич; born 2 January 1927 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian dancer and choreographerDimitri Shostakovich * Aram Khachaturian


Company structure

Today the Bolshoi Ballet remains one of the world's foremost ballet companies, in addition to being one of the largest, with approximately 220 dancers. The word "bolshoi" means "big" or "grand" in Russian. The company operates on a hierarchical system, similar to those used by other leading European ballet companies, with senior dancers ranked as principals, and descending in order of importance through lead soloist, first soloist, soloist and finally, corps de ballet. Due to its size, the company operates two troupes of corps de ballet. In 2000, the Bolshoi Ballet opened its first Ballet Academy outside Russia, in Joinville, Brazil.


Performance style

The performance style of the Bolshoi Ballet is typically identified as being colourful and bold, combining technique and athleticism with expressiveness and dramatic intensity. This style is commonly attributed to Alexander Gorsky. Historically there has been a fierce rivalry with the St. Petersburg Heritage Ballet Company, the Mariinsky. Both have developed very different performing styles: the Bolshoi has a more colourful and bold approach, whereas the Mariinsky is associated with more pure and refined classicism.


Dancers


Principal dancers

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Maria Alexandrova Maria Aleksandrovna Alexandrova (russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Алекса́ндрова; born 20 July 1978) is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, People’s Artist of Russia. Biography Alexandrova was born ...
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Maria Allash Maria Yevgenevna Allash (Russian: Мария Евгеньевна Аллаш) (born 9 March 1976) is a Russian ballet dancer, and principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet since 1994. Born in Moscow, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Social ...
(working under contract) *
Nina Kaptsova Nina Aleksandrovna Kaptsova (russian: Нина Александровна Капцова; born 16 October 1978) is a Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet. Biography Kaptsova was born on 16 October 1978 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. She was ...
(working under contract) *Alena Kovaleva *
Ekaterina Krysanova Ekaterina Valerievna Krysanova (russian: Екатерина Валерьевна Крысанова) is a Russian principal dancer of Bolshoi Ballet. Biography Krysanova was born in Moscow, Russia in 1985. Her mother took her to ballet lessons ...
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Anna Nikulina Anna Nikulina (russian: link=no, Анна Никулина; born 23 March 1985) is a Russian ballet dancer who has been with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow since 2002, and a principal dancer in the company since 2015. Her first lead role was Odet ...
* Evgenia Obraztsova *
Yekaterina Shipulina Ekaterina Valentinovna Shipulina (russian: Екатерина Валентиновна Шипулина, born 14 November 1979) is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet and a People's Artist of Russia. Biography Shipulina was born to a ...
(working under contract) *
Anastasia Stashkevich Anastasia Stashkevich (russian: Анастасия Сташкевич; born 20 November 1984) is a Russian principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet. Anastasia Stashkevich was born in St. Petersburg, and studied at the Moscow Choreographic Acad ...
*Yulia Stepanova * Svetlana Zakharova Male * *Semyon Chudin *Egor Gerashchenko *
Vladislav Lantratov Vladislav Lantratov (russian: Владислав Валерьевич Лантратов; born 8 October 1988) is a Russian principal dancer in the Bolshoi Ballet. Early life Lantratov was born in Moscow, Russia to a family of ballet dancers. He ...
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Mikhail Lobukhin Mikhail Lobukhin (russian: Михаил Лобухин) is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2002 he graduated from Vaganova Ballet Academy with a bachelor's degree in arts and the same ...
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Vyacheslav Lopatin Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lopatin (russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Лопатин; born 4 May 1984) is a Russian principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet. Vyacheslav Lopatin was born in Voronezh, Russia, and studied at the Voronezh ...
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Artem Ovcharenko Artem Vyacheslavovich Ovcharenko (russian: Артём Вячеславович Овчаренко; born 31 December 1986) is a Russian classical ballet dancer. He is a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and a guest artist with the Hambu ...
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Ruslan Skvortsov Ruslan Vasilyevich Skvortsov (russian: Руслан Васильевич Скворцов; born 31 January 1980) is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. Biography Ruslan Skvortsov was born in Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, where he receiv ...
(working under contract) *Alexander Volchkov (working under contract)


Leading soloists

Female *Anastasia Goryacheva *
Kristina Kretova Kristina Aleksandrovna Kretova (russian: Кристина Александровна Кретова; born 28 January 1984) is a Russian soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet. Biography Kretova was born in Oryol, Russia. She was a graduate of the Moscow ...
*Olga Marchenkova *Eleonora Sevenard *Maria Vinogradova Male


First soloists

Female *Daria Khokhlova *Elizaveta Kokoreva *Anastasia Meskova *Eva Sergeyenkova *Margarita Shrayner *Anna Tikhomirova Male *Vitaly Biktimirov *Alexander Vodopetov *Denis Zakharov


Soloists

Female *Anastasia Chapkina *Anastasia Denisova *Yulia Grebenshchikova *Kristina Karasyova *Olga Kishnyova * *Elizaveta Kruteleva *Yulia Skvortsova * *Anastasia Vinokur *Angelina Vlashnets *Viktoria Yakusheva *Ksenia Zhiganshina Male *Karim Abdullin *Klim Efimov *Alexander Fadeyechev *Georgy Gusev *Egor Khromushin *Anton Savichev *Alexander Smoliyaninov


Corps de ballet

The Bolshoi Ballet operates two troupes of corps de ballet, with approximately 169 dancers in total.


Controversies

In 2013, ballerina
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claimed that female dancers were forced to sleep with wealthy patrons, saying: "It mainly happened with the corps du icballet but also with the soloists. ..I repeatedly received such propositions to share the beds of oligarchs." American dancer
Joy Womack Joy Annabelle Womack (born April 20, 1994) is an American ballet dancer. She is the first American woman to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s main training program with a red diploma, and the second American woman to sign a contract w ...
echoed this concern when she left the company after being told that, to secure solo roles, she must either pay $10,000 or "start a relationship with a sponsor." In January 2013, a
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attack on art director
Sergei Filin Sergei Yurevitch Filin (russian: Серге́й Ю́рьевич Фи́лин; born 27 October 1970) is a Russian ballet dancer and the former artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater from 2011 through 2016. He is currently the Director of the ...
once again steeped the company in scandal. Bolshoi dancer
Pavel Dmitrichenko Pavel Vitalyevich Dmitrichenko (russian: Па́вел Вита́льевич Дмитриче́нко; born 3 January 1984) is a Russian ballet dancer and formerly a principal dancer of the Bolshoi Theatre. Biography Dmitrichenko was born on 3 ...
was convicted of organizing the attack and was sentenced to six years in prison. Reasons for the attack include corruption within the company. In 2014, 25-year-old ballet dancer Olga Demina mysteriously went missing. In September 2020, Russian investigators announced that they believe Demina may have been killed in a blackmail plot by Malkhaz Dzhavoev, whom she was dating and was allegedly her "manager." In July 2017, the Bolshoi Theatre cancelled the premiere of a ballet about openly gay Soviet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. The Director General claimed that it was due to poor dancing quality; however, principal dancer
Maria Alexandrova Maria Aleksandrovna Alexandrova (russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Алекса́ндрова; born 20 July 1978) is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, People’s Artist of Russia. Biography Alexandrova was born ...
claimed it was the first sign of a 'new era' of censorship. It was the first time a show has been pulled in such a way since the collapse of the Soviet Union, sparking rumours about the motivation behind the move.


See also

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List of productions of Swan Lake derived from its 1895 revival This is a list of notable major productions of the ballet ''Swan Lake''. Throughout the long and complex performance history of ''Swan Lake'', the 1895 edition of Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, and Riccardo Drigo has served as the definitive version ...
* Moscow State Academy of Choreography, affiliate school


References


External links

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