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Thanks for the responses everyone but this leaves me with one question... Presumably - and let's take the Vaganova Academy as an example -- all those 10 year old girls and boys who enrol and get accepted into its ballet programme do so because they want to become professional dancers, ideally principals right? They must do to spend so many years at the limits of human physical accomplishment willingly so mustn't it be a really big disappointment if they manage to successfully graduate but not get professional ballet contracts with the Bolshoi/Mariinksy etc? (Since those who were not so good/talented/determined get weeded out by the course over the years or drop out?) Or am I missing something here? For example, PhDs have about only a 50% completion rate -- I know from personal experience as I was in the 50% that dropped out after some years! -- but if I had completed it (equivalent to graduating from the Vaganova in our example) I would have been even more disappointed if I then couldn't have gotten a job in academia. Or is the Vaganova not a good example as all their graduates get jobs in ballet? I'd love to read any books by any such ballet graduates who didn't get a role in a professional ballet company (if they wanted it).
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This cast list looks amazing! I would love to see Maria Khoreva for the first time and Shklyarov as well as the Primas in that list again (Alexandrova, Krysanova, Osipova, Tikhomirova)! I am unsure whether to get stall seats or grand circle. Any suggestions? Is going to the stage door possible at the Coliseum after the Gala? I usually go for Stalls but never have Grand Circled before. Is the view better?