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Article: Grigorovich resigns at Bolshoi. (Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Yuri Grigorivich)
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- Dance Magazine
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- June 1, 1995
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MOSCOW - With the August 1991 coup and perestroika behind us, a showdown finally has taken place at the Bolshoi Theater, home of the Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera. Vladimir Kokonin, general director of the Bolshoi, who had publicly declared war on the "artistic directorate" last summer, seems to have been more or less victorious: on the eve of Yuri Grigorovich's thirtieth anniversary with the Bolshoi, Kokonin eliminated the posts of artistic director, chief choreographer, and ballet master - all held simultaneously by Grigorovich.
After the bitter public disputes between Kokonin and the "artistic directorate," a presidential decree confirmed Kokonin's position by ...