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Article: AKIMOV KEEPS THE BOLSHOI `RUNNING.(Boris Akimov, artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet's)(Brief Article)(Interview)
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- Dance Magazine
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- August 1, 2001
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Boris Akimov is a very busy man. Since becoming the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director last October, he's been planning for the company's future while traveling like mad. In an age where huge Kremlin handouts are a distant memory, the two go hand in hand. Foreign currency is desperately needed these days to keep the Bolshoi (and its rival company in St. Petersburg, the Kirov) afloat. And Akimov plans to keep his company's heritage alive by taking it on the road.
Just after his appointment, he and his dancers toured to Poland. This May, while one group danced Don Quixote in Italy, another appeared back home in the Bolshoi Theater, and a third toured to London. ...