Russian ballerina Anastasia Volochkova alleged that ballerinas were used as pleasure escorts for members of the Bolshoi governing board and other powerful figures on managements orders. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Source: AP
THE world famous Bolshoi Ballet is a 'giant brothel' that pimped out its female dancers to wealthy benefactors, a former star said.
Former Bolshoi soloist Anastasia Volochkova, who was controversially sacked by the company in 2003 for being fat, made the accusations against the scandal-mired Moscow-based Bolshoi Ballet company in a Russian television talk show and repeated them in a radio interview.
"It mainly happened with the corps du ballet but also with the soloists. Unfortunately, the Bolshoi general director has turned the Bolshoi theatre into a giant brothel," Volochkova, 37, claimed.
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"Ten years ago when I was dancing at the theatre, I repeatedly received such propositions to share the beds of oligarchs.
"The girls were forced to go along to grand dinners and given advance warning that afterwards they would be expected to go to bed and have sex.
Anastasia Volochkova, pictured with Ilia Kuznetsov in a ballet performance of 'Giselle' in Saint-Petersburg, was sacked for being too fat for the Bolshoi Ballet. AFP PHOTO/ALEXANDER BELENKY
"When the girls asked: 'What happens if we refuse?', they were told that they would not go on tour or even perform at the Bolshoi theatre. Can you imagine?"
Bolshoi theatre general director Anatoly Iksanov said Volochkova's allegations were "dirt and ravings".
The sleazy claims came as the theatre is battling an unprecedented scandal with one of its top dancers, Pavel Dmitrichenko, who is facing trial for ordering a devastating acid attack on the ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin.
More than 300 staff at the theatre last week signed an open letter to President Vladimir Putin saying that they believed Dmitrichenko was not capable of ordering such a crime and suggesting he had been pressured into making a confession.
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