Eva Evdokimova as The Dying Swan, 1991

“Eva Evdokimova was picked to be the first recipient of a new award, the Galina Ulanova Prize. This was presented to her on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2005 by Vladimir Vasiliev, who declared that she had been chosen for this honour for “selfless dedication to the art of the dance”. No more suitable recipient of this award could be imagined,“ concluded The Times in its obituary. This magical dancer died at just 60...