Olga Smirnova Debuts in Raymonda

By Janet Ward, 15 February 2016

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“Smirnova’s debut is a performance that will be long remembered”

Reviewed at Bolshoi Theatre: New Stage, Moscow on 14 February 2016

Raymonda (Yuri Grigorovich)

Bolshoi Ballet

Olga Smirnova, Dancer

Denis Rodkin, Dancer

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***11

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Chantal Nguyen, 4th July

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Janet Ward

A former research scientist and policy analyst, Janet Ward is a writer/editor. For the past 50 years, she has been attending ballet performances, with a particular focus on Russian companies, which she has travelled far and wide to see. She is currently working on a book about the Bolshoi Ballet.

Olga Smirnova Debuts in Raymonda at the Bolshoi Ballet