Vladimir Urin, Bolshoi Theatre Director General, right, at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Deputy Minister of Culture Alexander Zhuravsky at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Boris Akimov, Deputy Chairman of the Ballet Artistic Council and ballet tutor, at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Ballet tutor Marina Kondratyeva and Boris Akimov, Deputy Chairman of the Ballet Artistic Council and ballet tutor, at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Elchin Azizov, Azerbaijani and Russian opera singer, Bolshoi Theatre soloist (baritone) at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Choir singer Svetlana Fetisova at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Bolshoi Theatre Director General Vladimir Urin, center, at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Company meeting opening the 240th season. Third left: Ballet dancer Alexei Putintsev.

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Company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Ballet dancer Alexei Putintsev, center, at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Bolshoi Theatre Director General Vladimir Urin, right, and premier dancer Vladislav Lantratov at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Ballet tutor Marina Kondratyeva at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre Tugan Sokhiyev, Sergei Filin, Bolshoi Theatre Artistic Director, and Deputy Minister of Culture Alexander Zhuravsky (left to right) at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Vladimir Urin, Bolshoi Theatre Director General, at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Vladimir Urin, Bolshoi Theatre Director General, at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Ballet tutor Lyudmila Semenyaka at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Ballet tutor Regina Nikiforova at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre Tugan Sokhiyev at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Sergei Filin, Bolshoi Theatre Artistic Director, at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre Tugan Sokhiyev at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Right: Bolshoi Theatre soloist Yulia Stepanova at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre Tugan Sokhiyev at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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Left: Sergei Filin, Bolshoi Theatre Artistic Director, at the company meeting opening the 240th season.

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