The Bolshoi Ballet stumbles into London this week. The company has been a mess the past year. There’s been “talk of missing money; of a threadbare repertoire; of a headless organisation, because the new team of the conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky (artistic director) and Anatoly Iksanov (general director) had yet to get its act together.” The question is – is this a company that should be touring right now? The Independent (London)
Tag: 01.23.01
HAPPILY EVER AFTER?
In 1998, six male stars of London’s Royal Ballet left to start their own company. “The central question was whether it would genuinely be a new kind of company, a democratic, intensely creative Gang of Six. And so, what happened? Have the six friends lived happily ever after? No, of course they didn’t. Did the company become a star vehicle? Yes, of course it did. Are they all still friends? Have a guess.” The Telegraph (London)