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Does it ever happen that students who graduate from VBA then willingly choose not to pursue a career in ballet?

I’m sure there are such cases but I’m personally not aware of one. I know that Diana Vishneva seriously considered giving up ballet around the time of her graduation, though she was motivated by health issues she was suffering at the time.

I was wondering, have Egor Geraschenko and Oscar Frame begun dancing at the Bolshoi? I ask because so far I've only spotted videos of Eleonora Sevenard's performances.

They’re both there and Egor has already danced in “Etudes”. You can see him in the clip below, being coached by Vaziev (he was the only guy Vaziev didn’t yell at during that rehearsal 😂 )

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What is your opinion on Nika Tshkivataria? Do you think she will progress to a soloist soon?

I've written about Nika here. She is still in the corps. I’m surprised she hasn’t been promoted to a coryphee yet, given how many soloist parts she’s been dancing recently. I’m sure she’ll be promoted eventually. Fateyev wouldn’t be giving her so many opportunities if he wasn’t planning on promoting her. She did join the company last year though, as opposed to straight after graduation. The really good corps dancers usually have to wait a year or two before they are promoted. Lopatkina spent three years in the corps (I think). 

I didn't realize the Bolshoi World Ballet Day stream wasn't going to be posted right after. So bummed. Maybe this year we'll get English subtitles.

There were some English subs during the stream. Not a great deal but enough to get the gist. I hope the video becomes available soon.

Does the fact that Svetlana Zakharova rehearsed for the ‘Nureyev’ premiere suggest that, genuinely, the production was cancelled for not being ready? I find it hard to believe that as a United Russia Party member she would do something intentionally provocative.

I seriously doubt that “Nureyev” cancellation had anything to do with the behaviour of any member of the cast.