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