I had an amazing 10 years working at the Bolshoi, because the best choreographers in the world could come to stage, to create even original ballets.” “It really felt like I was part of the world.
Russian Bolshoi Ballet’s former prima ballerina Olga Smirnova rehearses in a studio at the Dutch National Opera.įor a decade, Smirnova was one of the faces of the company as a prima ballerina, renowned for her slender physique, almond-shaped eyes and swan-like neck with looks described by a British daily as “the perfect instrument of her art form” evoking a “stunning perfection.” “Now the Bolshoi is also isolated from the world. The 30-year-old prima ballerina said she feared for the future of dancers, choreographers and artists still left at the Bolshoi, as Russia became increasingly isolated globally because of its decision to attack its neighbor. “For the Bolshoi 20 years is nothing, but for a dancer it’s their whole life,” Smirnova told AFP in an interview just ahead of a rehearsal for veteran Dutch choreographer Hans van Manen’s ballet “Frank Bridge Variations”. Smirnova, who made headlines when she left the Bolshoi, added: “I had to follow my conscience.” “History changes, but the Bolshoi stays,” Smirnova told AFP as she rehearsed in Amsterdam, where she joined the Dutch National Ballet in March. Russian superstar ballerina Olga Smirnova quit the Bolshoi Ballet over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but says the famed dance company will outlive the vagaries of war.
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