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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Bolshoi theatre tries to turn new leaf after year of scandal by Miriam Elder

Bolshoi leadership announce plans for new season and refuse to discuss shocks including acid attack on ballet directorFive top officials from the Bolshoi theatre sat dutifully in a row on Th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33PM

Friday, February 8, 2013

Bolshoi acid attack: police treating some theatre staff as suspects by Miriam Elder

Three weeks after attack on Sergei Filin, police turn focus on Bolshoi employees as star dancer tells of plot to blacken his nameFor nearly three weeks, the main action at the Bolshoi theatr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AM

Friday, January 25, 2013

Bolshoi acid attack: police question star ballet dancer by Miriam Elder

Nikolai Tsiskaridze questioned along with Bolshoi Theatre staff and relatives as Sergei Filin battles to regain sightA star dancer at the Bolshoi has been questioned by police over a brutal …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:56AM

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Protests against 'tsar' Vladimir Putin reach new operatic stage by Miriam Elder

Russian activists praise British director's take on troubled times with new production of Boris Godunov in president's home townRiot police on the stage of the Mariinsky, missiles rolling ac…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:38PM

Friday, October 28, 2011

Bolshoi gala: a night in true Russian style, minus Putin by Miriam Elder

Supermodels, politicans and ballerinas assemble to celebrate the reopening of the Moscow theatre's doorsRight from an opening extravaganza of workers in hard hats toiling away to the tune of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Tsar quality: Bolshoi theatre reopens after six-year overhaul by Miriam Elder

Medvedev and Putin to preside over gala opening of historic Russian theatre following work to restore pre-Soviet opulenceIt has been a renovation marred by endless delays and allegations of …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Bolshoi rocked by scandal and intrigue by Miriam Elder

As another talent departs, Russia's grand theatre stands accused of lacking vision – and moralsIt was once a byword for the finest in Russian culture – the "big" theatre, grand not just …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:52PM

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Bolshoi ballet director quits after erotic photos are published online by Miriam Elder

Gennady Yanin steps down after a link to a website with the photos is sent to thousands of email addressesThe director of the Bolshoi theatre's ballet troupe has stepped down after erotic ph…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46AM

Friday, February 4, 2011

Vladimir Putin's poster girl dances out of party by Miriam Elder

Anastasia Volochkova, erstwhile ballerina and nude model, accuses United Russia of tricking and insulting herAnastasia Volochkova, the statuesque ballerina recruited by Vladimir Putin's Unit…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08AM

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