It was a big surprise when he was elected rector or director of the world-famous and best ballet academy in the world, the Vaganova Ballet Academy in October, 2013.

Many star ballet dancers and students were appalled. Star student that achieved records from the Vaganova Academy, Diana Vishneva, also considered the event a disgrace. She said she hopes that the election of Nikolai Tsiskaridze as the director of Vaganova won't diminish the school's excellency.

Many other dancers also commented in a similar manner on this new event. They said that this was an unfair act and that it was for sure something related to bribery or something of the sort. Some dancers from the Academy that held an important position were also fired because of reasons that helped Tsiskaridze move up to rector of the Academy.

But, is this true? Now we are in 2016, and Tsiskaridze has been rector of Vaganova for a little less than 3 years. The Vaganova Academy is quite flourishing and the RT made a documentary, "Dance of the Little Swans", portraying life at Vaganova and also featuring their rector, Tsiskaridze, which has been made famous online.

The Vaganova Academy remains a famous and celebrated academy even after changing its director and is still as wonderful in my opinion. What do you think?