Ballet companies in Russia

Texas native Joy Womack (center) at a lesson at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in January 2012. Womack was the first American to graduate from the Moscow academy, and she joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company right after.

American ballerina lobs a $10,000 accusation at the Bolshoi Company

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Texas native Joy Womack was the first American to be accepted to the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. She graduated a year ago, and joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company, which was her childhood dream. A week ago, she quit, telling a Russian newspaper that a director told her to pay $10,000 for a solo.

Bolshoi Ballet director could lose eyesight after acid attack

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