Joy Womack built herself a fairytale life in Russia’s notoriously tough world of classical dance after becoming the first American to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. | AFP
The film, starring Diane Kruger, tells the story of Womack’s life: from arrival in Moscow at the age of 15, not speaking a word of Russian, to a lead role in the Kremlin Ballet.
“I was building a future in Russia. I was trying to walk both lines being a ballerina from America, but also working in Russia. A native of St. Petersburg with a 26-year career, Jivoy left Russia with his Ukrainian wife as war broke out.They did not know what they would do, or where they would go, but he remains convinced it was the best decision.“I think now to work in the cultural space in Russia… it may be impossible.Now exiles in the United States, Womack and Jivoy know they are comparatively lucky because they were able to leave.“He was served papers.
The one-night-only performance will showcase choreography and recreate some of the repertoire that has wowed Moscow audiences. “The theater becomes your family. You work with these people, you dance with them, you get to know them very intimately, working in such close proximity. Your coaches are like your parents,” he said.
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