Weighty intrigues at the Bolshoi Ballet From: International Herald Tribune | Date: September 26, 2003| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Eleanor Randolph
International Herald Tribune
09-26-2003
When the Bolshoi Theater fired a Russian ballerina because she was not quite anorexic, the storm that followed felt very familiar. Ballet in Russia can never be confined to pink satin shoes and sugarplums. Underneath, it has always been a rough business, its turmoil part of the reason that dance remains one of Russia's national obsessions.Speculation about what happens in the dark, nefarious back rooms of Moscow's famous theater only highlights whatever unfolds on stage before the Bolshoi's enraptured following. This time, the question ...

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