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5 unusual facts about Bolshoi Ballet


Azul, Buenos Aires Province

The Teatro Español, founded in the city in 1897, is among the most important of the central pampas area, and in 1992, hosted the Bolshoi Ballet.

Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Since opening its doors in January 1992 with three sold-out performances of Cats, the Phillips Center has hosted performers as diverse as Tony Bennett, Itzhak Perlman, Riverdance, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Ray Charles, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alison Krauss, Stomp, Yo-Yo Ma, David Sedaris, Bolshoi Ballet, Wynton Marsalis, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Capitol Steps.

Frank Bencriscutto

In 1969, the conductor led the University of Minnesota Wind Orchestra on a landmark 7-week, 10-city, 27-concert cultural exchange tour in the Soviet Union while Bolshoi Ballet toured the United States.

Jim Peterson

Peterson first came to public attention in 1974 when he helped ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov defect from the Soviet Union during a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet in Toronto.

Joy Womack

She is the first American to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s main training program, and the first American woman to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet.


Flames of Paris

The original production and choreography was reconstructed in 2008 by Alexei Ratmansky for the Bolshoi Ballet and is available on DVD with Ivan Vasiliev and Natalia Osipova (Bel Air Classiques).

Moscow Ballet

The Bolshoi Ballet, based in Moscow in Russia has often been referred to generically as "The Moscow Ballet"

Nadia Nerina

She was one of the first western dancers to appear with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow during the Cold War.

Youth America Grand Prix

YAGP also presented a number of dancers’ last appearance in New York, including Paris Opera Ballet’s Etoile dancer Manuel Legris, Bolshoi Ballet’s Nikolai Tsiskaridze and The Royal Ballet’s Darcey Bussell.


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Ariel López Padilla

His dedication and perseverance through several years led him to take courses and workshops about dance, participating in countries like Mexico (practically the whole Mexican republic), Cuba, France, Germany, United States and the extinct URSS, where he had the privilege auditioned for the Bolshoi Ballet in the capital, Moscow.

Ekaterina Krysanova

The same year, she became a member of Bolshoi Ballet and was promoted to the soloist by 2009 under a direction of Svetlana Adyrkhaeva and as a result played in the Bavarian State Opera.

Ekaterina Maximova

When the Bolshoi Ballet toured to the United States for the first time in 1959, Maximova also performed as a guest artist with the Metropolitan Opera in leading roles in The Stone Flower and other ballets.

Yuri Vladimirov

He became a member of Bolshoi Ballet soon after, and was married to Nina Sorokina who was also a dancer.