Jan Godowsky takes over at the Bolshoi after Ghennadi Ianin leaves amid an internet sex scandal

After the internet images which ‘seem' to depict the Bolshoi Ballet's manager, Ghennadi Ianin, in unspecified sexual acts, he has been hurriedly replaced by Bolshoi dancer Jan Godowsky.

Godowsky is maybe best known for the video of Roland Petit's Pique Dame. The Bolshoi press release was vague, but underlined the fact that Ianin, 42, wasn't engaged in unlawful sexual behaviour.

The scandal started when hundreds of people received links to the internet site which featured Ianin. Godowsky has made no statement.

Photo: Jan Godowsky

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Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano') about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.

His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia' column for Dancing Times magazine.