Yuri Grigorovich’s ballets made the Bolshoi’s name. Now the theater may have to pay his assistant for the privilege of dancing them.

Yuri Grigorovich’s ballets made the Bolshoi’s name. Now the theater may have to pay his assistant for the privilege of dancing them.

Shortly before he died, the renowned choreographer Yuri Grigorovich gave his assistant, Ruslan Pronin, the copyright to 11 of his productions free of charge, the magazine Post- reported, citing unnamed sources. Meduza has independently confirmed the report.