As the conflict in Ukraine intensifies, Russia's dance corps are under scrutiny. But ballet has long been the "secret weapon" in Russia's diplomatic arsenal When the independent Russian TV station Dozhd, or TV Rain, was forced off air by the government earlier this month, its final act was to cut to footage of the ballet Swan Lake. "That was epic trolling," says cultural historian Simon Morrison, author of the book B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM on March 17, 2022