The eminent former principal dancer of the Bolshoi Theater Nikolay Tsiskaridze has taken the offer of the RF Culture Ministry to head the Vaganova Russian Ballet Academy.
“As soon as Nikolay’s work with the Bolshoi Theater was over, at once he started getting post offers. In particular, he liked the idea of the ministry to head the ballet company of the famous Mariinsky Theater. Nikolay met Maestro Gergiev, but, unfortunately, it did not work out. There was an offer to head the Kremlin ballet troupe, but he did not find it interesting. As for the offer to head the Vaganova Academy, it turned to be congruent with Nikolay's desire to share his really priceless experience with young students”, - a source familiar with the course of negotiations reports.
Author: Vera Ivanova