| Большой театр | the Bolshoi (ГАБТ: Premier dancers of such rank have never left the Bolshoi," wrote Tatiana Kuznetsova, the ballet critic of the daily Kommersant. "Yes, they could run abroad. But that happened in Soviet times. In modern Russia, the artists only come to the Bolshoi. • Osipova's dance tutor, Marina Kondratyeva, told Russia's Izvestia daily newspaper: "These guys really want to dance, and the Bolshoi doesn't give them enough performance opportunities." • The Bolshoi, one of Russia's most prestigious theatres, said the incident occurred during a set change in Sadko, an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.  cnn.com) |
