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Backstage in Bolshoi
Misha Friedman
Published on 09/09/13
Bolshoi dancers are preparing for a regular performance of romantic Coppélia, but their eyes tell a different story. These photos were taken just a couple of weeks after the acid attack on the theater’s artistic director, Sergei Filin, and while on stage there was beauty and love, behind the curtains unspoken tension was brewing.