Nikolai Tsiskaridze: interview, personal life, creativity, friends

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Tsiskaridze's interviews are always bright and extraordinary. This is a famous Russian ballet dancer, who has his own opinion on many sensitive issues, which he does not hesitate to express. Therefore, journalists like to communicate with him so much. His career is accompanied by scandals. For example, in 2013 he parted ways with the Bolshoi Theatre. Often conflicts arise just after the artist's interview.

Tsiskaridze's biography

In an interview, Tsiskaridze says that he was born in Tbilisi, this happened in 1973. His father was a violinist and his mother taught physics at school. The boy was raised by his stepfather, he often attended concerts with his mother, from childhood he was fond of the work of Tolstoy and Shakespeare.

How old is Tsiskaridze now, you will learn from this article. In 1984, he entered the Choreographic School in Tbilisi, studying classical dance with the Honored Artist of the RSFSR Pyotr Pestov. Already at school, he stood out for his physical data, he was often entrusted with soloparts in concerts.

After graduating from college in 1992, he joined the Bolshoi Theater troupe. He danced in the corps de ballet, after which he began to perform solo parts in Grigorovich's ballets. His debut was the image of Konferansiev in the "Golden Age".

Success in ballet

The year 1995 was truly successful in the fate of Tsiskaridze. In a short period of time, he performs the main roles in the ballets The Nutcracker, La Sylphide, Cipollino, Chopiniana.

In 1996 he graduated from the Choreographic Institute in Moscow, and soon became a member of the Union of Theater Workers. In 2001, Nikolai Maksimovich Tsiskaridze danced in Roland Petit's ballet The Queen of Spades, which was specially staged for the Bolshoi Theater. After some time, he gets into an accident, because of which he stops his television career in the Vzglyad program on Channel One.

Only a few years later he returns to television. Takes part in the popular show "Dancing with the Stars", hosts the program "Masterpieces of the World Musical Theater" on the state channel "Culture".

Conflict at the Bolshoi Theater

In 2011, Tsiskaridze had a conflict at the Bolshoi Theater. He begins to criticize the leadership of the institution for the protracted restoration, which has been going on for six years, directly accusing them of incompetence. He especially did not like the quality of the work on the reconstruction of the historical stage, where the artist instead of the old stucco foundpapier-mâché and cheap plastic. In general, Tsiskaridze compared the interior decoration of the theater with the decoration of a five-star hotel in Turkey.

Relationship with Anastasia Volochkova

Tenskaridze developed a tense relationship with the famous Russian ballerina Anastasia Volochkova, who worked with him at the Bolshoitheater. He claimed that she became one of the culprits of the conflict, because of which Filin suffered as a result.

Tsiskaridze about Volochkova in an interview with "Snob" said not the most personal things. In particular, he mentioned that the conflict was about the extra weight of the ballerina.

When Volochkova worked at the Bolshoi Theater, she was in an exceptional position. She was allowed not only to do everything, but at each performance personally, Mr. Iksanov and Shvydkoy gave her flowers, kissed her hands. And the first shock was waiting for me when I was driving through the city. On Mokhovaya Street, between the Manege and Moscow State University, I saw a banner: "Anastasia Volochkova in the Kremlin," and below it was written in small letters: "With the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater." The whole horror lay in the fact that these were the official performances of the Bolshoi Theater in the GKD, Nastya was a participant in only one of the four performances. I came to the general director and said: “Anatoly Gennadievich, I used to think that I was working in a state institution, now it turns out that Volochkova’s backup dancers are in the team?” To which he replied: “Nikolay, do you understand who her sponsors are, do you understand who is behind her?” I told him: “I am a people's artist, for a moment, not a corps de ballet boy. She doesn't even have a title.”

According to Tsiskaridze, after this conversation, he began to have conflicts and problems at the Bolshoi Theater. True, it is worth recognizing that he was not alone in his claims to Volochkova, noting her exceptional position in the Bolshoi Theater troupe, which many consideredundeserved.

The hero of our article says that because of Volochkova, he even had a pause in relations with Iksanov. In addition, the ballerinas, who were regularly denied roles for the sake of Anastasia, were very perplexed. To all the perplexed questions, Iksanov answered that they called him from the very top, and he could not refuse.

There were even rumors that the attack on Tsiskaridze, as a result of which he was beaten, also happened because of Volochkova. Anastasia herself told the same story from her own point of view. In those days, her boyfriend was an influential businessman Suleiman Kerimov, who, after parting, even gave her a boycott at the performances of the Bolshoi Theater. Over time, everything grew into a personal conflict between Volochkova and Iksanov, which was only resolved in court. In 2003, Volochkova left the Bolshoi Theater, starting a solo pop career.

The future of education

Tsiskaridze's public views are well known from his interview with the well-known journalist Vladimir Pozner on Channel One in the Pozner program. The hero of our article spoke in detail about his childhood, about how he began to live in Moscow. At the same time, he expressed concern about whether Russia will be able to maintain the system of education in the field of theatrical art, which has developed in recent years.

“We, our society, want to kill this, because the Ministry of Education is now issuing very terrible laws that all musical, theatrical, choreographic institutions must admit children without competition from 15 years old. And it is impossible to explain that the pianist's hand must be placed withfive years old, that it is advisable to put your feet in ballet from 9-10 years old.

On the grounds that training in choreographic schools in Russia is on a budgetary basis, he proposed introducing mandatory training for all graduates in state theaters for several years without the opportunity to immediately go abroad. In his opinion, such artists are obliged to benefit their country, which gave them one of the best choreographic education on the planet.

Public views

In 2014, Tsiskaridze signed the appeal of Russian cultural figures to Vladimir Putin, in which they expressed support for the head of state in the annexation of Crimea. At the very end of 2017, he joined the initiative group that nominated Vladimir Putin for the presidency of Russia. Was registered as his proxy for the election.