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First Youtube videos of Goleizovsky’s ballet ‘Scriabiniana’ filmed in 1972...
If you can get past the ‘special effects’ — and it’s worth it — this is a rare document of the seven movements of Kasyan Goleizovsky’s ballet Scriabiniana (to the music of… Scriabin) It was filmed in...
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Rite of Spring at the Bolshoi: Béjart, Bausch, and Wayne McGregor’s new...
The Bolshoi Theatre has announced its 2012–2013 season and touring schedule. Milan’s Teatro alla Scala will kick off the season on September 6 with Robert Carsen’s acclaimed production of Don Giovanni...
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Great Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya dies at 86
Russian opera legend Galina Vishnevskaya has died today, December 11, at the age of 86. Vishnevskaya was born in St Petersberg (Leningrad) 25 October 1926, and cast out by her parents at six weeks. She...
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Cruelty at the Bolshoi: acid attacks and smear campaigns. Tsiskaridze responds.
Sergei Filin had been receiving intimidating phone calls for a while, and had had his tyres punctured and his email hacked, but the acid attack that has shocked the dance world is beyond all reasoning....
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Nikolai Tsiskaridze falls silent, afraid of dismissal from the Bolshoi
Bolshoi Theatre’s Nikolai Tsiskaridze, fearing dismissal from the company, refuses to communicate with the press without permission from the Bolshoi’s spokesman Katerina Novikova. Tsiskaridze was asked...
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Baryshnikov and Netrebko weigh in on the Bolshoi scandal: a non-stop ugly...
The tragic news made headlines around the globe, “Bolshoi director in acid attack”. It was horrifying; so shocking that it was hard to take in. It felt like the stuff of a Hollywood movie: the...
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David Hallberg returns to the Bolshoi: this attack won’t derail my career
In ten days’ time David Hallberg returns to the Bolshoi to dance Onegin with Svetlana Zakharova. He talked to PBS News Hour about dance, and his first appearance with the company after the various...
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Bolshoi soloist’s pretrial detention extended in acid attack case
Pavel Dmitrichenko, the Bolshoi dancer imprisoned on suspicion of instigating the acid attack against artistic director Sergei Filin, said he denied planning the assault during an audience in Moscow...
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The new Muscovite: David Hallberg dresses up for Vogue
David Hallberg returned to the Bolshoi for Onegin, and while there found time for a photoshoot for Vogue Russia. He talked to Anna Fedina for an article entitled “New Muscovite”.On returning to the...
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Ex-Bolshoi star Tsiskaridze returns to dance in The Nutcracker on New Year’s Eve
Former Bolshoi dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze, whose contract was terminated by the theatre at the beginning of the summer, will return for The Nutcracker, as it would give him “the chance to say goodbye...
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Bolshoi Theatre director on Filin, Ratmansky, Tsiskaridze, the opera, the...
The new head of the Bolshoi Theatre, Vladimir Urin, has outlined some of his intentions for the theatre’s future, after two months into the job. He talked about creating a group of house singers, about...
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You choose it out of Love! Dancing with the Khan-MacKay family
Nicholas and Julian MacKay outside the Bolshoi Theatre June 2013 Dancing, like acting and singing, often runs in the family. There are countless dancers whose parents danced: Zenaida Yanowsky (Royal...
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Carla Fracci, Claudio Coviello and the Prix Benois 2014
Ashley Bouder, Carla Fracci, Lucia Lacarra, Claudio Coviello and Vittoria ValerioFor more than twenty years the Benois Prize has been recognising talent with the most starry juries imaginable. The...
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Young American at the Bolshoi: Julian MacKay wins Sochi and Istanbul medals
The (other) American at the Bolshoi, 16-year-old Julian MacKay, has been winning medals at the international ballet competitions at Sochi and Istanbul. Of course there are lots of ballet competitions...
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Svetlana Zakharova captured by Vladimir Fridkes’ camera: Still Frame
At Moscow’s Multimedia Art Museum an exhibition of photographs by Russian photographer Vladimir Fridkes featuring Svetlana Zakharova has opened and will run until 8 March. The exhibition – called...
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The first Benois-Massine prize is awarded in Moscow
The annual Benois de la danse prize-giving ceremony, one of the dance world’s most prestigious awards, was held at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow at the end of May. The prix is awarded not only to...
View ArticleMakhar Vaziev leaves La Scala to head the Bolshoi Ballet Company
Makhar Vaziev will leave his position as head of the La Scala Ballet Company and take over at the Bolshoi Ballet on 18 March 2016. The Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, Vladimir Urin, had already...
View ArticleMaya Plisetskaya’s 90th birthday celebrated in concerts and exhibitions
20 November 2015 would have been Maya Plisetskaya’s 90th birthday. The great Russian ballerina, who died on 2 May this year, will be remembered in a series of events in Moscow and St Petersburg. On 18...
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‘Ousted’ ENO director gets top job at the Bolshoi
In an unprecedented move, it seems that ‘ousted’ English National Opera artistic director, John Berry, has been snapped up by the Bolshoi Theatre. It is extremely rare for non-Russians to hold...
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Svetlana Zakharova captured by Vladimir Fridkes’ camera: Still Frame
At Moscow’s Multimedia Art Museum an exhibition of photographs by Russian photographer Vladimir Fridkes featuring Svetlana Zakharova has opened and will run until 8 March. The exhibition – called...
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