Tag: Smirnova
Colleagues from Russia call ballerina Olga Smirnova a traitor now that she is in the Netherlands. ‘On the contrary. My country has betrayed us’
Olga Smirnova: ‘Only three dancers from the Bolshoi have sent me an encouraging message. The rest apparently don’t share my point of view.’Statue Renée de Groot She makes her entrance…
Bolshoi ballerina Smirnova chooses Dutch National Ballet in protest
Olga Smirnova, principal soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, arrived in Amsterdam on Monday, where she will immediately join the Dutch National Ballet. For Smirnova (30) it had become…