Bolshoi, under the exacting eye of Makhar Vaziev
With his Big Brother method of supervision, there is anticipation the ballet director will change the traditional company
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SOON after becoming the ballet director at the Bolshoi Theatre, Makhar Vaziev installed a large flat-screen television next to his desk that allows him to monitor the rehearsal rooms and the two main stages - the screen divided into nine squares.
On a recent afternoon, as the company prepared to leave for a 10-day run at Lincoln Center that begins on Thursday, he watched as Elvina Ibraimova rehearsed onscreen, then called the studio to tweak a variation.
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