Bolshoi Stories

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. ☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ

A series of technique tips and advice for all ballet dancers to read! (Vaganova technique based)

Elise Straevon is a teenage ballet dancer that dreams of joining the Bolshoi.

20 year old Natalia Lebedeva has worked her entire life to become a ballerina, she graduated top of her class at a prestigious Russian ballet school, Vaganova academy, and currently dances as one of the youngest soloist in history of the Royal Opera House. After just a year in the 'corps de ballet', the soloist title was granted to her. Not only making her more determined to show that she's got what it takes, but that her mother could be proud of her. Zachary Williams, or for short Zach, is a classically trained danseur from the UK. After he finished his training at 18 he danced with the Bolshoi for 7 years. But it's time to go back to his home, and the company he believes he was always supposed to dance at, the Royal Opera House. The world of ballet is though. Underneath pink tutu's there's protruding ribs, the fastest feet carry the most bruises, the 12 hour days accompanied with no lunch. Nastasia has lived it, she knows this world like the back of her hand, she knows how to navigate it. She'll do anything to make it.

Evgenia Vólkova, una bailarina de ballet rusa en el Bólshoi de Moscú. Bailarina principal en "Swan Lake", se prepara para lo que podría ser su última presentación o tal vez no, pues será reclutada como una sparrow para cumplir su última misión en la compañía.

she was trained to kill before she learned to speak. Raised in the shadows of the Red Room, her name was never hers- only a weapon, a whisper, a warning. Now she's escaped but freedom doesn't mean peace. Not when your past weights as heavy as metal. or The plan was to kill the Black Widow, not to bringt her home on a random tuesday like a cat you found on the street. The Plan didn't work out. - All of the characters belong to Marvel. The Story is my own.

When Ann Parr is invited to join the ballet ensemble of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, she believes that all her dreams are about to come true. Her mind full of hopes and dreams she leaves behind her native New York to settle in Russia's capital. But soon her talent and own ambitions ensue in a vicious and bitter power struggle between Ann and the Bolshoi's lead dancer, Tatiana Kirov. Tatiana stops at nothing to ruin Ann's dreams of dancing the swan at the New Years performance of The Swan Lake. But then help comes from the most unexpected of sources: The Bolshoi's billionaire patron Alexander Rostov.

Welcome to a tale revealing an inspirational journey from beginnings of a mundane, dead-end existence to the political global hotspot of a country preparing for war against the US and it's allies and then on to a modern day quest for love, ultimately found in a most unlikely part of the world. Along the way are thoughts, observations and emotions mixed in with quizzical short stories, pop poetry, jottings, snip-bits, enthralling images and an underlying bent towards finding the lighter side of all things which pop up in the course of events. However, an undertone transcends the entire publication of never, ever give up. Enjoy the stimulation...