Who's pulling the strings in Russia's ballet revolution?

A 'banana millionaire', a pair of Bolshoi defectors, an avant-garde Spaniard and an all-powerful agent are the principals in this power struggleOn 15 December, during a nationwide TV broadcast entitled "Meet Mr Putin", the Russian prime minister addressed Valery Gergiev, general director of the Mariinsky theatre in St Petersburg. "You should stop enticing away the Bolshoi's dancers," Putin said with an icy smile. Knowing that the Mariinsky had done no such thing, Gergiev sidestepped. Putin's wor...

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