Watch the trailer for Bolshoi Babylon, which follows a year in the life of the famed Russian institution. The 2013-14 season the film covers is, however, no ordinary year: the Bolshoi's ballet director Sergei Filin was recovering after an acid attack, and dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko was arrested for the crime, with the suggestion it had been organised after Filin failed to cast Dmitrichenko's girlfriend in a key role. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PM on November 9, 2015