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Title Bolshoi confidential [sound recording audiobook download] : secrets of the Russian ballet from the rule of the tsars to today / Simon Morrison.
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : HighBridge, 2016.
Description 1 online resource (1 audio file) : digital
Edition Unabridged.


Cast Read by Boehmer Paul.
Performer Paul Boehmer.
Summary On January 17, 2013, a hooded assailant hurled acid into the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, making international headlines. A lead soloist, enraged by institutional power struggles, later confessed to masterminding the crime. The scandal, though shocking, is not an anomaly in the turbulent and tormented yet magnificent history of the Bolshoi. Renowned music historian Simon Morrison reveals the ballet as a crucible of art and politics, beginning with the disreputable inception of the theater in 1776 and proceeding through the era of imperial rule, the chaos of revolution, the oppressive Soviet years, and the recent $680 million renovation project. Drawing on exclusive archival research, Morrison creates a richly detailed tableau of the centuries-long war between world-class art and life-threatening politics that has defined this storied institution. As Morrison makes clear, as Russia goes, so goes the Bolshoi Ballet.
System details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Format: OverDrive Listen.
Format: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook.
Requires OverDrive app 3.0 (Windows) / 1.0 (Mac) / 1.0 (Windows Mobile)
Subject Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet. -- History.
Ballet -- Russia -- History.
Ballet -- Soviet Union -- History.
Ballet companies -- Russia -- History.
Ballet companies -- Soviet Union -- History.
Ballet -- Political aspects -- Russia -- History.
Ballet -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union -- History.
Genre Audiobooks.
Add'l Names Paul, Boehmer.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9781681683133
168168313X
STANDARD # D072145F-AFA1-4FCF-8760-3DA172D7BF85 OverDrive
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