And while the talent is for VTB Capital invitees only, Podoinitsyna sees it as a way to help the newly restored theater develop new talents throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States and inside Russia and help keep Bolshoi relevant for years to come.
On the night of March 9-10, 1945 months before atomic bombs found their way to the Pacific theater 300 B-29s loaded with incendiary weapons destroyed 16 square miles of the Japanese capital.