I don't know how much this applies now, but after the fall of the Soviet Union, a lot of the national ballets were disbanded, or ended up financially unable to continue. You saw a LOT of Russian dancers leaving, and looking for jobs in other dance styles or in other countries. A dancer friend of mine in the 90s predicted that many of them would go into bellydance, but I wasn't savvy enough at the time on bellydance as a business to agree/disagree with him.
I know Hadia has travelled to Hungary and started teaching dancers there. I wonder how many Egyptian or Egyptian-style dancers see the wealthier Soviet nations as great teaching opportunities?
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