Bolshoi confidential

The Secrets of Russian Ballet from the Tsarist Regime to the Present Day On a freezing January night in 2013, a hooded man threw acid in the face of the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director. The crime scandalized the world, and the episode resonated both within Russia's political infrastructure and at the heart of the history of the Bolshoi Theatre, the crown jewel of the tsars and a symbol of Soviet power in the 20th century, with its invaluable artistic legacy. With access to government archives and exclusive sources, Simon Morrison guides us through the history of ballet, traces the political ties that unite the institution to different Russian regimes, and details the importance of the Bolshoi to the art of ballet, in Russia and worldwide, in a sweeping and definitive account.