#bolshoi ballet
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko OSP 1990 “Samba”
music: la cucaracha.
“And the costumes - good, aren’t they? They come from the costume department of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.”
Your guesses on which principal dancer the Antichrist is gonna get rid of now that tissi is one? I pray to god it’s not Lobukhin cause otherwise I’m gonna be tempted to post things those petty tyrants could sue me for
Let’s think logically: Zakharova and Shipulina are safe for obvious reasons, same with Smirnova. They won’t dare get rid of Krysanova bc then the community of balletomanes in Moscow might start a riot lol. Nikulina and Stashkevich should be safe bc them becoming principals was sort of the antichrists doing if my memory serves me right. Obraztsova… could be but I doubt it. Stepanova — I wish, but won’t happen probably.
Lantratov is untouchable bc he’s the only one who currently deserves to be a male principal, let’s keep it real. Rodkin has become too big a name, so not him. Belyakov — Zakharova won’t allow it. Ovcharenko is an asset to the management for certain reasons, so not him either. Savin just recently got promoted (relatively), so I doubt that it would be him. Chudin — ehhh maybe but I doubt it; he’s one of, like, the three dancers who can execute the 5th position lol. That leaves us with Lopatin and Lobukhin. The Antichrist hates talent bc he has none, so my guess is, he might target Lobukhin the same way he did with Nina, Maria Alexandrova and Ruslan.
Women, Solo
I Prize: not awardedII Prize: Malika Yelchibaeva (Kazakhstan)
II Prize: Anastasia Smirnova (Russia)
III Prize: Yujin Kim (Republic of Korea)
III Prize: Ekaterina Varlamova (Russia)
Women, Duet
I Prize: Maria Iliushkina (Russia)II Prize: Elena Svinko (Russia)
II Prize: Amanda Gomez (Brazil)
III Prize: Camilla Ismagilova (Russia)
III Prize: Liriy Wakabayashi (Japan)
Men, Solo
I Prize: Dmitry Smilevsky (Russia)II Prize: Dmitry Vyskubenko (Russia)
III Prize: Maxim Izmestyev (Russia)
Men, Duet
I Prize: Wagner De Carvalho (Brazil)II Prize: Subedei Dangyt (Russia)
III Prize: Nikita Korneyev (Russia)
III Prize: Kubanych Shamakeev (Kyrgyzstan)
I’m so happy for Maria and Dmitry, first prize and gold medal is so amazing! I’m kind of surprised that Anastasia Smirnova didn’t get first prize, but she was still beautiful. I thought Nikita should have gotten second prize instead of third, but oh well. I’m also pissed that Shiori Fukuda and Oleg Karatsev didn’t get any sort of medal, diploma, or certificate. I thought they were so good!!!
Ugh Kovaleva and Gerashchenko are principals now…gross.
Ballerina Olga Smirnova, 30, has condemned Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and left Russia. Smirnova had been the Bolshoi Ballet’s prima ballerina since 2016. She will begin dancing with the Dutch National Ballet immediately.
“I never thought I would be ashamed of Russia. I have always been proud of talented Russian people, of our cultural and artistic achievements. But now I feel a line has been drawn that separates the before and the after.”
Smirnova had been scheduled to dance the lead role in Swan Lake on Saturday at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. The performance is now cancelled.