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Bolshoi Confidential : Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today
by Simon Morrison
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AuthorSimon Morrison
PublisherFourth Estate
SynopsisOn a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, dragging one of Russia`s most illustrious institutions into scandal.
In Bolshoi Confidential, renowned musicologist Simon Morrison shows how the attack, and its torrid aftermath, underscored the importance of the Bolshoi to the art of ballet, to Russia, and to the world.
With exclusive access to state archives and private sources, Morrison sweeps us through the history of the ballet, from its disreputable beginnings in 1776 to the recent
