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Ice sculpture festival held on Russia's Lake Baikal

STORY: Ice sculpture festival held on Russia's Lake Baikal SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 17, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the festival STORYLINE: An ice sculpture festival was launched in Russia on Olkhon Island, Russia, on Saturday. Thirteen artists from Russia, Mongolia, and France displayed their talents in the International Ice Sculpture Competition, themed "The Mystery of Lake Baikal." The ice sculptures, representing mermaids, dragons, eagles, and characters from Buryat folklore, stretched over a kilometer-long ice surface and an area of nearly 250,000 square meters. Visitors can roam on the frozen lake and admire the amazing ice works. The festival will last until March 8. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist Iwata performs solo dance

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, artistic director at the Buryat National Academic Opera and Ballet House in the Russian republic of Buryatia, performs a solo dance in Ulan-Ude on Dec. 12, 2014, during a show to commemorate the establishment of his arts foundation to promote local artistic activities. Iwata was a soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet.

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Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist Iwata founds arts foundation

ULAN-UDE, Russia - People concerned pose before a show in Ulan-Ude in the Russian republic of Buryatia on Dec. 12, 2014, to commemorate the establishment of an arts foundation by Morihiro Iwata, artistic director at the Buryat National Academic Opera and Ballet House, to promote local artistic activities. Iwata was a soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet.

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Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist Iwata founds arts foundation

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (front), artistic director at the Buryat National Academic Opera and Ballet House in the Russian republic of Buryatia, greets guests before a show in Ulan-Ude on Dec. 12, 2014, to commemorate the establishment of his arts foundation to promote local artistic activities. Iwata was a soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet.

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1st performance directed by ex-Bolshoi dancer Iwata

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (R) gives instruction to a dancer at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in capital city Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryat in East Siberia under the Russian Federation on Nov. 2, 2012. Iwata, who was the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, provided the first ballet performance he directed at the theater the same day.

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1st performance directed by ex-Bolshoi dancer Iwata

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (L front) examines a rehearsal at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in capital city Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryat in East Siberia under the Russian Federation on Nov. 2, 2012. Iwata, who was the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, provided the first ballet performance he directed at the theater the same day.

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Venue of Japan-Russia culture festival set for September in Siberia

Photo taken on April 29, 2015, shows the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude in Russia's Eastern Siberia. The Russia-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship is to be held on Sept. 3 at the theater, built by Japanese soldiers detained by the Soviet Union after World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese dancer performs at Buryat Theater in Eastern Siberia

Morihiro Iwata, a Japanese ballet dancer and former soloist of the Russian Bolshoi Theater Ballet, performs at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude in Russia's Eastern Siberia on April 29, 2015. Iwata has planned and is to organize the Russo-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship, which will be held at the theater on Sept. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo