Bolshoi Ballet Is An Escort Service

A former ballerina from the Bolshoi ballet says that many of the more attractive dancers were pimped out by the company to wealthy businessmen who sponsored the ballet. Anastasia Volochkova left the ballet in 2003 and says that the dancers were forced to go to parties with the guys who were supporting the ballet with their wallets and were expected to sleep with any men that showed an interest in them. If you did not go along with the program you were fired or demoted. She said that when she stopped sleeping with a billionaire, she was fired for apparently being too fat.