Black Swan has nothing on the scandal-hit Russian ballet company and its long and bloody historyTwo months ago the Critics' Circle bestowed three of its annual dance awards on the Bolshoi ballet: for best foreign company; outstanding female dancer; and outstanding male dancer. Yet suddenly this scintillating company appears to have gone toxic. In the last month it has been mired in arguments over the failure to appoi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM on March 23, 2011