US ballerina says Bolshoi demanded cas h for solos

2013/11/13 09:57:13 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Russia & #039;s legendary Bolshoi ballet was rocked by a new scandal on Wednesday after an American ballerina accused the theatre of warning her she could only dance solos on stage in exchange for a $10,000 payment. Texan Joy Womack, 19, a young dancer who was hired last year after graduating from Bolshoi & #039;s dancing school, said in an interview with Izvestia daily that she dreamt of solo roles in productions only to be told how much that would cost. She said she had asked artistic director Sergei Filin to review her dancing, but he allegedly refused and told her that he did not need to. The Bolshoi has been tainted by scandal ever since Filin had acid thrown on his face in January by an attacker that cornered him near his home.
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