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BOLSHOI CONFIDENTIAL – secrets of the Russian ballet from the rule of the Tsars to today

By Simon Morrison RRP $34.99 paperback

In 2013, the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergey Filin, was blinded when a company dancer threw acid in his face. The spiteful barbarism of the attack made headlines throughout the world. The author of this book, Simon Morrison, uses it as the springboard for this 500-page tome that promises to be both a serious and salacious history. Morrison gained exclusive access to state archives and private sources to write this book, and it is thorough to the point of tedium. He begins with the company’s establishment as the Petrovsky Theatre in 1776 by Englishman Michael Maddox which burnt down in 1805. Following the Napoleon invasion, the theatre was rebuilt in 1825 in its now more familiar incarnation as a symbol of Russian identity. It was rebuilt again in…

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Dance Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, April/May 2017

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