"Legend" on RTVI is a program about extraordinary personalities whose names have gone down in history. The studio's guests are theater and film stars, musicians, producers, journalists, and politicians. In this episode, Nikolai Tsiskaridze. He told us when he last crossed the threshold of the Bolshoi Theater and whether he can imagine returning there, what it means to him to be the rector of the Academy of Russian Ballet, what is more in his life — accidents or patterns, and at what point he understood what happiness is. 00:00 Greetings 01:23 About accidents and patterns 03:47 "When did we last cross the threshold of the Bolshoi Theater" 04:53 About relationships with students. 06:06 The time has come for ordinary people 07:18 “You can’t demand that dirt not be dirt” 07:43 “If you constantly tell a person that he is hunchbacked, he will eventually hunch over” 08:29 About his position and accusations 09:58 About leaving the theater 10:59 “There can be no return. I never left there" 14:57 "The Bolshoi Theater is the only theater in our country that doesn't have an artistic director" 15:57 About government 16:39 About relationships with the government 19:18 About the elections for the post of rector 22:55 About Ulanova and Semenova 24:17 About fate 26:05 About trials 26:35 About happiness 29:22 Three questions from Leo Tolstoy RTVI News - all the main events in 24/7 format: / myrtvi Politics, art, science, psychology - all in interview format: / @rtvi_usamerica Read and watch the news on the RTVI website: http://www.rtvi.com Also watch the most important and interesting things on our telegram channel: https://t.me/rtvimain And subscribe to RTVI on other social networks: Facebook: / myrtvi VKontakte: http://vk.com/rtvi Twitter: / rtvi Instagram: / rtvichannel Odnoklassniki: https://ok.ru/rtvi We also have a telegram channel of the “Takoe” section with news from the world of music, cinema and the Internet: https://t.me/rtvireal And the “Takoe” public page on VKontakte: https://vk.com/takoe_rtvi