The ballet director of the Bolshoi Theater Makhar Vaziev conducts a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) 
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In pictures: Get a rare peek behind the curtain of rehearsals at Moscow's famed Bolshoi Ballet

In pictures: Get a rare peek behind the curtain of rehearsals at Moscow's famed Bolshoi Ballet.

Jaideep Sen
The ballet director of the Bolshoi Theater Makhar Vaziev gestures as he conducts a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Two ballerinas rest as other dancers perform during a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The ballet director of the Bolshoi Theater Makhar Vaziev talks with dancers at the Bolshoi Theater backstage in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The ballet director of the Bolshoi Theater Makhar Vaziev gestures as he conducts a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The ballet director of the Bolshoi Theater Makhar Vaziev gestures as he conducts a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The ballet director of the Bolshoi Theater Makhar Vaziev gestures as he conducts a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Dancers Alyona Kovalyova and Georgy Gusev perform during a rehearsal of Maurice Bejart's Gaiete Parisienne in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Dancers Artemy Belyakov and Ekaterina Shipulina perform during a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Makhar Vaziev, the ballet director of the Bolshoi Theater gestures as he conducts a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A ballerina looks at her smartphone as others prepare for a performance during a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Makhar Vaziev, the ballet director of the Bolshoi Theater, gestures as he conducts a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Ballerina Olga Smirnova speaks to the ballet director of the Bolshoi Theater Makhar Vaziev during conducting a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Georgy Gusev and other dancers perform during a rehearsal of Maurice Bejart's Gaiete Parisienne in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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