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Russians applaud Chinese folk music shows

STORY: Russians applaud Chinese folk music shows SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 16, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese folk music shows STORYLINE: Artists from the Folk Music Troupe of China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater brought a feast of Chinese folk orchestral music to the audience at the Alexander Theater here Thursday, demonstrating a high level of virtuosity and superb skills. The concert, as part of the Chinese Cultural Festival in Russia, was previously performed at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on Monday. They were organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, and the Chinese Embassy in Russia. The artists presented classic Chinese folk songs, including Jasmine Flower, or Mo Li Hua in Mandarin. The audience warmly applauded the performance and were eager for more such performances in Russian theaters. The Chinese performers show

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Russia's Bolshoi Theater to tour China with ballet "Don Quixote"

STORY: Russia's Bolshoi Theater to tour China with ballet "Don Quixote" DATELINE: April 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:46 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Russian): VLADIMIR URIN, General director of the Bolshoi Theater 3. various of the press conference 4. various of the Bolshoi Theater 5. various of the ballet performance STORYLINE: The Bolshoi Theater of Russia plans to tour China in July this year, Vladimir Urin, the theater's general director, announced on Wednesday at a press conference. Urin also noted that the theater would broaden cooperation with China. SOUNDBITE (Russian): VLADIMIR URIN, General director of the Bolshoi Theater "Now particular cooperation is underway. We are now signing a contract for the tour of our ballet troupe in the month of July, starting from July 25 in Beijing. Our ballet troupe will go and show four performances of 'Don Quixote' and two large gala concerts of our leading soloists of the Bolshoi Theater." Xinhua

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Snow and ice festival held in Moscow

STORY: Snow and ice festival held in Moscow DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the snow and ice festival in Muzeon Park in Moscow STORYLINE: A snow and ice festival is held at Moscow's Muzeon Park. The festival presents ice figures made by masters from different parts of Russia and neighboring countries. Along the central alley of the park stand sculptures of important persons of Russia, including Yuri Gagarin, Alexander Pushkin, and Peter the Great among others. Also presented are various famous places of interests in Russia: the Bolshoi Theater, St. Basil's Cathedral, Lake Baikal, Peterhof and many more. The main sculpture is the castle of wonders with multi-level ice slides. The festival will last until Jan. 28. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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Robot actress

MOSCOW, Russia - A scene is shown to Russian journalists at a theater in Moscow on Oct. 3, 2013, where a robot (L) will play the role of the youngest sister in Russian author Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. The android called Jeminoid F was jointly developed by the play's Japanese director Oriza Hirata and Japanese robot scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro.

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Robot actress

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian journalists attend a press conference at a theater in Moscow on Oct. 3, 2013, where a robot (R) will play the role of the youngest sister in Russian author Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. The android called Jeminoid F was jointly developed by the play's Japanese director Oriza Hirata and Japanese robot scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro.

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Moscow file photo

MOSCOW, Russia - File photo shows the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, on May 23, 2013.

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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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Iwata gives farewell performance as Bolshoi dancer

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, receives flowers as he and other performers take a curtain call at the company's Moscow theater on July 17, 2012. It was the final performance at the ballet company by the 41-year-old first soloist, who joined the company in 1995.

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Iwata gives farewell performance as Bolshoi dancer

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, gives his farewell performance at the company's Moscow theater on July 17, 2012. The 41-year-old first soloist joined the ballet company in 1995.

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Russian ballerina Plisetskaya

MOSCOW, Russia - Maya Plisetskaya, formerly the prima ballerina of Russia's Bolshoi Theater for many years, gives a speech in Moscow on Feb. 28, 2012, wearing the medal, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. The Japanese Embassy in Moscow held a ceremony to bestow the honor on her in recognition of her contributions to the development of ballet in Japan.

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Russian ballerina Plisetskaya

MOSCOW, Russia - Maya Plisetskaya (L), formerly the prima ballerina of Russia's Bolshoi Theater for many years, gives a speech in Moscow on Feb. 28, 2012, wearing the medal, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. The Japanese Embassy in Moscow held a ceremony to bestow the honor on her in recognition of her contributions to the development of ballet in Japan. To the right are Japanese Ambassador to Russia Chikahito Harada and his wife.

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Bolshoi Theater repairs near completion

MOSCOW, Russia - Bolshoi Theater interior in Moscow is shown to foreign reporters on Oct. 8, 2011, as repair work is almost completed.

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Bolshoi soloist Iwata to retire

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (back), the only Japanese soloist at the Bolshoi Theater Ballet, dances during a charity ballet performance to aid victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Moscow in June 2011.

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Bolshoi soloist Iwata

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese soloist at the Bolshoi Theater Ballet, dances during a charity ballet performance to aid victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Moscow in June 2011.

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Japanese performance in appreciation of Russian support

MOSCOW, Russia - A man performs as part of Kuromori Kagura, traditional Japanese dance and music passed down in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. The performance at a theater in Moscow on Oct. 3, 2011 was partly aimed at showing appreciation to Russian people for their support after the March quake and tsunami.

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First anniversary of Moscow theater incident observed

MOSCOW, Russia - Flowers and photos of victims adorn the memorial cenotaph at the House of Culture theater in Moscow on Oct. 23, the first anniversary of hostage-taking by Chechen militants in which more than 100 people were killed.

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(1)Koizumi offers flowers at site of Moscow theater siege

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) offers flowers Jan. 10 at the Moscow theater where more than 100 people were killed in October 2002 following a hostage-taking by Chechen militants. (Pool photo)

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(2)Koizumi offers flowers at site of Moscow theater siege

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), on an official visit to Russia on Jan. 10, visits the Moscow theater where more than 100 people were killed in October 2002 following a hostage-taking by Chechen militants.

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Koizumi watches 'Nutcracker' ballet at Bolshoi

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi watches the ''Nutcracker'' ballet at the Bolshoi Theater on Jan. 9, his first outing in Moscow after a 10-hour flight from Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-BALLET COMPETITION

(220611) -- MOSCOW, June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Georgy Bolsunovsky and Natalya Bobrova of Russia perform during the XIV International Ballet Competition at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, June 10, 2022. The competition is held here from June 3 to 11. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-BALLET COMPETITION

(220611) -- MOSCOW, June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Georgy Bolsunovsky and Natalya Bobrova of Russia perform during the XIV International Ballet Competition at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, June 10, 2022. The competition is held here from June 3 to 11. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-BALLET COMPETITION

(220611) -- MOSCOW, June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Maxim Izmestyev of Russia performs during the XIV International Ballet Competition at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, June 10, 2022. The competition is held here from June 3 to 11. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-BALLET COMPETITION

(220611) -- MOSCOW, June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wagner de Carvalho and Amanda of Brazil perform during the XIV International Ballet Competition at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, June 10, 2022. The competition is held here from June 3 to 11. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-BALLET COMPETITION

(220611) -- MOSCOW, June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yujin Kim of South Korea performs during the XIV International Ballet Competition at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, June 10, 2022. The competition is held here from June 3 to 11. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-BALLET COMPETITION

(220611) -- MOSCOW, June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liriy Wakabayashi of Japan and Kubanych Shamakeev of Kyrgyzstan perform during the XIV International Ballet Competition at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, June 10, 2022. The competition is held here from June 3 to 11. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

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Koizumi watches 'Nutcracker' ballet at Bolshoi

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi watches the ''Nutcracker'' ballet at the Bolshoi Theater on Jan. 9, his first outing in Moscow after a 10-hour flight from Tokyo. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(2)Koizumi offers flowers at site of Moscow theater siege

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), on an official visit to Russia on Jan. 10, visits the Moscow theater where more than 100 people were killed in October 2002 following a hostage-taking by Chechen militants. (Kyodo)

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Russian ballerina Plisetskaya

MOSCOW, Russia - Maya Plisetskaya (L), formerly the prima ballerina of Russia's Bolshoi Theater for many years, gives a speech in Moscow on Feb. 28, 2012, wearing the medal, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. The Japanese Embassy in Moscow held a ceremony to bestow the honor on her in recognition of her contributions to the development of ballet in Japan. To the right are Japanese Ambassador to Russia Chikahito Harada and his wife. (Kyodo)

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Russian ballerina Plisetskaya

MOSCOW, Russia - Maya Plisetskaya, formerly the prima ballerina of Russia's Bolshoi Theater for many years, gives a speech in Moscow on Feb. 28, 2012, wearing the medal, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. The Japanese Embassy in Moscow held a ceremony to bestow the honor on her in recognition of her contributions to the development of ballet in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Bolshoi Theater repairs near completion

MOSCOW, Russia - Bolshoi Theater interior in Moscow is shown to foreign reporters on Oct. 8, 2011, as repair work is almost completed. (Kyodo)

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Bolshoi soloist Iwata to retire

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (back), the only Japanese soloist at the Bolshoi Theater Ballet, dances during a charity ballet performance to aid victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Moscow in June 2011. (Kyodo)

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Bolshoi soloist Iwata

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese soloist at the Bolshoi Theater Ballet, dances during a charity ballet performance to aid victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Moscow in June 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japanese performance in appreciation of Russian support

MOSCOW, Russia - A man performs as part of Kuromori Kagura, traditional Japanese dance and music passed down in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. The performance at a theater in Moscow on Oct. 3, 2011 was partly aimed at showing appreciation to Russian people for their support after the March quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Abe visits Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raise a toast at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on May 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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First anniversary of Moscow theater incident observed

MOSCOW, Russia - Flowers and photos of victims adorn the memorial cenotaph at the House of Culture theater in Moscow on Oct. 23, the first anniversary of hostage-taking by Chechen militants in which more than 100 people were killed. (Kyodo)

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Nakamura Ganjiro opens Russian tour at Gorky Theater

MOSCOW, Russia - The famous Japanese Kabuki actor, Nakamura Ganjiro, opened his Russian tour before a packed audience at Moscow's Gorky Theater on June 12. Ganjiro, 71, still one of the top kabuki actors in Japan and named a ''Living National Treasure'' by the Japanese government, gave an impressive performance in the title role as the heroine Ohatsu in ''Sonezaki Shinju'' (The Love Suicides at Sonezaki). (Kyodo)

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(1)Koizumi offers flowers at site of Moscow theater siege

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) offers flowers Jan. 10 at the Moscow theater where more than 100 people were killed in October 2002 following a hostage-taking by Chechen militants. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)