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Article: Big. (trademark problems of the Bolshoi Ballet)(Kickoff)(Editorial)
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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For generations, the Bolshoi Ballet's broad, aggressive style reflected certain truths about Russia under the Soviet system. When the Soviet Union fell in 1991, Russians took stock of their shattered assets, including two of their ballet companies--the elegant Kirov and the gutsy Bolshoi. While the Kirov survives today, the Bolshoi seems in more desperate straits: it is without money, its great theater is in dangerous disrepair, and many of its dancers have fled to the West seeking job security. And its artistic heritage is being looted: The Bolshoi name is being used inaccurately abroad and. it is claimed, illegally.
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