The first American Bolshoi ballerina

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11 жыл бұрын

The first American woman accepted into the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet is making a rare trip home to Santa Monica, Calif., to appear in "The Nutcracker." CBS 2 News' Kristine Lazar reports on how Womack is trying to fulfill her mentor's dying wish.

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@Kimberly-wt1nu 5 жыл бұрын

what awful camera person thought he should record her torso while she is en pointe? 🤯

@user-vp7kg1bk3o 3 жыл бұрын

Джой! Очень рада, что Вы были с нами. Очень скучаем...

@welderella 5 жыл бұрын

Wow..... when I was growing up, Russia never would have allowed this..... getting older has its challenges, but being old enough to see things change, has been a gift.

@joco8290 11 ай бұрын

And now the political situation is back at mid 60s.

@AvalonMorley 10 жыл бұрын

So, did she actually quit the company? I read that she was unhappy with aspects of the direction of the company, including especially alleged pressure on female dancers to get male 'patrons' (ie. sugar daddies), to raise money and be able to essentially pay for the privilege of better roles. Pretty horrid, if true, and would be hugely disappointing after going through all she went through to get into and succeed at the academy. Whatever the case, I wish her all the best, and she has my admiration.

@samaralandau516 10 жыл бұрын

yep she did quit! too bad, shes amazing and after all her hard work

@AvalonMorley 10 жыл бұрын

ballet isamazing Thanks for the reply. It is a shame and disappointment, but she'll hopefully have an excellent career anyway, wherever she lands, and wherever she dances over the course of that career. I'm eager to see how she proceeds.

@samaralandau516 10 жыл бұрын

AvalonMorley yes! it said on her website she has now become a principal dancer with the Kremlin Ballet in Moscow, Russia!

@worldofjess7862 9 жыл бұрын

Hi! Joy left the Bolshoi after they tried to extort money from her. I don't know the whole story...details and all, but there are articles all over the web about it. They did something terribly unethical to her and so she left. And yes, she's now a principal at Kremlin! So it wasn't her choice to leave Bolshoi. Russians will be Russians...

@iamellie1175 9 жыл бұрын

+AvalonMorley There was/is loads of corruption in the company and they are very discriminative towards americans hence her being the first American. They told her to pay 10,000 dollars for the smallest of roles, so she left