My theater. Tsiscaridze N.

Nikolai Tsiscaridze - a bright, charismatic person, whose erudition, independence and sharpness of judgments turn every statement into an event.

Autobiography of My theater was created on the basis of a 1985–2003 diary. This is a lively, full of subtle irony, humor, and sometimes sad the story about yourself, about time and ballet. Memoirs: childhood, family, Tbilisi and Moscow, studying at the choreographic school, the collapse of the USSR, the department of Georgia; invitation to the Bolshoi Theater, a difficult start of a career, tour around the world; recognition in the profession, but at the same time constant overcoming of oneself, circumstances and numerous obstacles; The joy of creativity, despite the intrigues of ill -wishers. Life history unfolds on book pages like a detective. Against the background of this whirlpool of events, the image of the outgoing Great Theater of the late twentieth century arises. The exact, in many respects unexpected, portraits of famous people, with whom the author were lucky or not lucky to meet. Among the heroes and anti -heroes of the book: Pestov, Grigorovich and Petit, Semenov and Ulanova, Maksimova and Vasiliev, Princess Diana and Shevardnadze, Zhivanshi and Westwood, Baryshnikov and Volochkova, Shvydka, Eagle and many others. And to judge: who is someone - the reader’s privilege.

The book is designed for the widest audience. A significant part of the photos is published for the first time.