Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev, right, ballet master of Bolshoi Theater Andrei Melanin, General Director of Bolshoi Theater Takhir Iksanov, director of Bolshoi Theater Igor Dronov, rector of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography Marina Leonova, and ballet master of the Bolshoi Theater Yury Grigorovich, left to right, at the 2011 Russian government cultural awards ceremony at the Government Reception House.
