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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Svetlana Todinova as she leads auditions <FONT size=2>with</FONT> area dance students on Sept 30<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN><STRONG>What</STRONG>: <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Audition opportunity with Russian ballet soloist Svetlana Todinova and local dance students auditioning for the Cleveland premiere of Moscow Ballet’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Great Russian Nutcracker </I>(12-17-10 at the Msaonic Auditorium)</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'"> alongside the Russian cast of 40 dancers. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT size=3><STRONG>When</STRONG>:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><STRONG>Thursday, September 30 at 6pm<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><SPAN><STRONG>Where</STRONG>: <STRONG><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 7pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000066> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.enpointedanse.com/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>En Pointe Danse</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">516 E. Washington St., </SPAN><SPAN>In The Gallery, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT size=3><STRONG>Who</STRONG>:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><STRONG>Moscow Ballet’s Russian soloist and dance instructor Svetlana Todinova<o:p></o:p></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">Svetlana Todinova<SPAN style="COLOR: black">,</SPAN> a Russian trained soloist with Moscow Ballet,<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> arrives direct from Moscow and works with selected students in rehearsals. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Todinova danced under the legendary Yuri Gregorovich, famous for his </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">ballets at Moscow’s famous Bolshoi Theatre.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">toured with the Russian Academy of Ballet Art and has performed in Holland, China, Spain, Italy, England, and the US. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">She </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">has danced as a soloist with Moscow Ballet since 2006 and currently dances the role of the Dove of Peace. She is traveling with her 4yr old daughter.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT size=3><STRONG>Contact:</STRONG> Sally Michael Keyes </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:sally@nutcracker.com"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#0000ff>sally@nutcracker.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>or 413-499-1733 x21 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT size=3><STRONG>Background</STRONG> - Moscow Ballet has presented the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</I> for 17 years in 70 cities across North America. It is also known for its full-length productions of classic story-ballets; <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Swan Lake</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cinderella</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sleeping Beauty</I> and others and was c<SPAN style="COLOR: black">reated by award-winning Juilliard alumnus, composer/conductor and theatrical producer, Akiva Talmi. In 2003, Moscow Ballet announced the appointment Vladimir Troshchenko, director of Odessa State Ballet and </SPAN>a pivotal figure in the ballet world<SPAN style="COLOR: black">, as Ballet Master. Andrei Litvinov became co-Ballet Master in 2010. </SPAN>Moscow Ballet features top graduates of Perm, Vaganova, Moscow and Kiev dance academies in its productions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nutcracker.com/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>www.nutcracker.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><STRONG>Hi-res images</STRONG>: </FONT></SPAN><A href="file://mb-srv-001/data/Documents/NUT%202010/PR%202010/Press%20Releases/Audition%20releases/Northeast%20-%20Svetlana%20Todinova/www.nutcracker.com/promo.php"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>www.nutcracker.com/promo.php</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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