The (other) American at the Bolshoi, 16-year-old Julian MacKay, has been winning medals at the international ballet competitions at Sochi and Istanbul. Of course there are lots of ballet competitions and lots of medals, even if these particular competitions are important ones, but what is incredible is that he was representing the Bolshoi Academy at Sochi. An American in Paris doesn't surprise anyone nowadays, but an American in Moscow - especially at the very Russian and prestigious Bolshoi - is still a rarity, and to represent the Academy, a first!
The Bolshoi always selects their top students to go and represent them. Sochi is held every two years and I really wanted to be a part of this Russian Competition before I graduate next Spring,
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