Does The Bolshoi Ballet’s New Artistic Director Have The Hardest Job In Dance? (If He Does, He Can Handle It)

“There is an implacable confidence about [Makhar] Vaziev – and it is warranted. No artistic director could have been better prepared to take on the treacherous politics of the Bolshoi: Vaziev has made a long career out of steering some of the most complex, unruly ballet companies in the world, from the Mariinsky Ballet to Milan’s La Scala.”