Russian ballet
American ballerina lobs a $10,000 accusation at the Bolshoi Company
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.
Geo quiz, geo answer, and global hit
For today’s Geo Quiz we wanted to know where ‘The Nutcracker’ ? the ballet ? was first performed in 1892. It’s a center of commerce and culture that, for much of the 20th century, was called Leningrad. The answer to our quiz is St. Petersburg. Today you can find the ballet performed all around the […]