Bolshoi Rankings Annoy Me

Why is Maria Koshkaryova ranked above Anastasia Smirnova?

People had claimed Koshkaryova to be the next Khoreva, but (1) nope and (2) I think that the real star of Ludmila Kovaleva’s 2023 class was Sofya Valiullina.

Every dancer has bad performances, I assume, but every performance I have seen her in, she looks unstable, laborious, and sloppy——she doesn’t look like a VBA dancer. I think that she relies on tricks at the sacrifice of technique, musicality, and artistry.

I know that this sounds brutal and I don’t mean it to be, I’m kind of done with gaslighting myself to think that I am not disappointed.