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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'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">(B</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">erkshires, Mass.) </SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">November 23, 2010</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> – Local Cleveland youth have been selected to perform alongside the Russian professionals in <A href="http://www.nutcracker.com/The_Studio.php">Moscow Ballet</A>’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</I> at the Masonic Auditorium Friday, December 17 at 8:30pm.<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> <A href="http://www.enpointedanse.com/">En Point Danse</A> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">is the host studio for Moscow Ballet’s Student Program and </SPAN>Svetlana Todinova is<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> the Russian Audition and Rehearsal </SPAN>Director. <SPAN style="COLOR: black">Selected youth dancers are </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Party Guests</B> are Olivia Anderson, Devon Blanks, Giuliana Martin, Claire Popovich, Valerie Raicevich, Isabelle Roselli and Haley Ross; <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Mice </B>are Bethany Bacus, Lucy Fischer, Claire Geho, Faith Geho, Meara Mahoney, Anna Li Sevich, Maddie Stapulionis and Claudia White; <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Snowflakes</B> are Emily Collins, Jocelyn Corzine, Angelina DeConcini, Caroline Holland, Emily Krooglik, Maria Munday, Molly Nachtwey, Sadie Nachtwey, Jane Peck, Nora Raicevich, Brenna Sincaglia, Eleanor Cleveland, Sophia Popovich and Claire Stinson; <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Angels</B> are Ariane Geho, Madeline Halley, Barbara Ptackova, Molly Nachtwey, Olivia Anderson, Devon Blanks, Giuliana Martin, Claire Popovich, Valerie Raicevich, Isabelle Roselli, Haley Ross and Marley Vidmar<SPAN style="COLOR: red">; </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Butterflies</B> are Calla Martin, Taylor Martin, Ali Mitchell and Chase Salenger.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dancers in Act II’s variations are <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Spanish </B>Averil Braden and Mackenzie Whitelock; <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Chinese</B> Claire Bakus and Samantha Basch;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Russian</B> are Victoria Sevich and Mady Smith; <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Arabian</B> are<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN>Crystina Bakus and Margaret DeConcini; and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">French</B> are Eleanor Cleveland and Sophia Popovich.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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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: 11pt">En Pointe Danse</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> founder and owner, Gail Friedberg says of the studio, “Our goal is to provide a nurturing environment for beginner through adult dancers, inspiring the joy and passion of dance by fostering creative expression.”<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN>She feels there are many benefits of dance training. A few of the many life skills that dance training helps to develop are: discipline, self-control, respect and critical thinking. These skills are emphasized throughout all levels of the studio’s programs. She offers a variety of dance forms to aid in exploring the wonders of dance including creative movement, ballet, pointe, tap, and modern dance. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Soloists, in the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Great Russian Nutcracker/Swan Lake</I> tour, are flown in from Russia in late August to conduct auditions and rehearsals each year. </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Moscow Ballet teacher/soloists for 2010 are Svetlana Todinova, Tatiana Casian, Nataliya Miroshynk and Anna Tyutyunnyk (bios below). <SPAN style="COLOR: black">Moscow Ballet has worked with dance studio owners in 70 cities across the country for almost 2 generations and made a significant impact on aspiring dancer’s lives. Casting an average 50 children in 50 cities over the past 18 years, yields 45,000 impressions and valuable interactions for new generations of North American dancers. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Partnerships with local dance studios are carefully developed by Mary Gianonne Talmi, co-founder and co-producer of Moscow Ballet. Talmi holds a BFA in Dance from Julliard, received two Choreography Fellowships from the NEA, an Achievement Award in Choreography from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and was selected for the American Ballet Theatre's Choreography Workshop under Baryshnikov. She founded Connecticut Dance Theatre and was a pioneering member of the National Association for Regional Ballet (now <A href="http://www.regional-dance-america.org/"><FONT color=#0000ff>Regional Dance America</FONT></A>).<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>Early in the company’s history,<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>Moscow Ballet founders Akiva and Mary Talmi<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>developed a continuity of programming in arts and education for American children that provides cross cultural enrichment, expert classical ballet instruction, and professional performance opportunities. The continuum of experiences for children extends over a 6-month period; from summer ballet workshops, school outreach programs, auditions and rehearsals, to dancing in performances of the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Great Russian Nutcracker, Cinderella, Swan Lake</I>, and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sleeping Beauty</I>. In conjunction with the annual tours the Talmi’s created several arts partnerships and outreach programs that bring members of the Moscow Ballet to schools and dance centers for residencies, master classes, and workshops. Among the programs offered are “Cinderella Around the World” and the museum based “Russian Cultural Project”. Both programs combine literacy, hands on arts activities, a cross cultural component and dance training.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Moscow Ballet’s Student Performance Program is underwritten by Moscow Ballet. It includes administration of the traveling soloists, transportation to and from Russia and in the US and Canada, soloists’ salary for audition and rehearsal work and some daily living expenses when not provided by a local host family. Individual studios sometimes charge an administrative fee for Master Classes or auditions and rehearsal. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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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'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Svetlana Todinova</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> completed formal training in 1997 at the Ufa Choreography School, of which the legendary Rudolf Nureyev was also a student. While dancing with the State Opera Ballet of Krasnodar, Todinova danced under the legendary Yuri Gregorovich, who is famous for his </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">virtuosic </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN>productions at the Bolshoi Theatre</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. Todinova</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> toured with the Russian Academy of Ballet Art and has performed in Holland, China, Spain, Italy, England, and the USA. Her repertory includes <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Don Quixote</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sleeping Beauty</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Paganini</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">La Bayadere</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Carmen,</I> <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Swan Lake</I>, and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The</I> <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Nutcracker</I>. </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">She </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">has danced as a soloist with Moscow Ballet since 2006. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 4.2pt 0in" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Tatiana Casian</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> charms audiences each year with her solo dancing of in the Festival Waltz in Act II of the <I>Great Russian Nutcracker</I> and the party scene’s life-sized Kissy Doll. She is an expert ballerina having graduated from the Kishinev Choreographic Lycée in Moldova. Tatiana went on to dance with Oleg Danoskogo’s Ballet Theatre in Romania, returning to Moldova as a soloist with the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in the capitol city of Chisinau. Tatiana’s repertoire includes the Pas de Quatre and bride in <I>Swan Lake</I>, one of two “vilis” in <I>Giselle</I>, The Fairy of Playfulness in <I>Sleeping Beauty</I>, <I>Chipollino, Radish</I> and <I>Prince Cherry Ballet, Don Quixote,</I> and <I>Le Sylphide</I>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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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'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Nataliya Miroshnyk </SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">is an expertly trained ballerina having graduated in 1988 from the Kiev Academic Choreographic School in Ukraine where she trained under A.G. Kalchenko. Nataliya enjoyed a tremendous amount of post-graduate experience, touring throughout the world during her time with the Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Nataliya’s soloist repertoire includes <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Giselle</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sleeping Beauty</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">La Bayadere</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Don Quixote</I> and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Nutcracker</I>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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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'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Anna Tyutyunnyk</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">, a native of Odessa in Ukraine, is a graduate from and soloist with Odessa National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. She has been dancing since the age of four and has also performed with the Crown of Russian Ballet and the New Imperial Ballet, both in Moscow. In addition to dance, Anna is fluent in four languages. In the Nutcracker, she has been cast as Masha, danced the Chinese and French Variations, portrayed the Dove of Peace, and has also played a Party Guest and Snowflake. Other repertoire includes <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Swan Lake</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">La Bayadere</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">La Sylphide</I>, and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Don Quixote</I>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Little Rock<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>AR<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/24<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Muskegon<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>MI<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/26<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Knoxville<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>TN<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/28<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Memphis<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>TN<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/29<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*Blacksburg<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>VA<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/1<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Youngstown<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>OH<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/3<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rochester<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>NY<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/7<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Bethesda<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>MD<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/8-9<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*Somerville<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>NJ<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/10<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Baltimore<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>MD<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/11-12<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Charlottesville<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>VA<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/13-14<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Virginia Beach<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>VA<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/15-16<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cleveland<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>OH<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/17<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rosemont<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>IL<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/18<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Detroit<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>MI<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/19<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Asheville<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>NC<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/21<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">N Charleston<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>SC<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/23<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sarasota<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>FL<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/26<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lakeland<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>FL<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/27<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">St<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Petersburg<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>FL<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/28-29<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*denotes private performance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">West Tour – Swan Lake and Great Russian Nutcracker<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Surrey, BC<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CAN <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/4<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">^Medicine Hat<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CAN <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/6<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">^*Saskatoon<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CAN<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/9-10<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">^*Regina<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CAN<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/11-12<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">^*Edmonton<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CAN<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/15-16<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Butte<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>MN<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>11/18<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Yakima<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WA<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/19<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*Bellingham<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WA<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>11/20<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">^Missoula<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>MT<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/21<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">^*Calgary<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CAN<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/22-23<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*Lake of Torches WI<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>11/26-27<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Fargo <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>ND<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/28<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">^*Winnipeg<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CAN <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/29<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">^Thunder Bay <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CAN <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>11/30<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Grand Forks<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>ND<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/1<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rochester<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>MN<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/2<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Minneapolis<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>MN<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/3-4<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cedar Rapids<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>IA<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/5<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sioux City<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>IA<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>12/7<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cheyenne<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>WY<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/8<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Casper<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>WY<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/9<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Denver<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>CO<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/10-11<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Grand Junction<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CO<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/12<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Farmington<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>NM<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/13-14<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*Albuquerque<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>NM<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/15<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Bakersfield<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CA<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/16<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cupertino<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CA<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/17<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*Phoenix<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>AR<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/22<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Panama City<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>FL<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>12/29<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*denotes private performance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">^denotes Swan Lake performance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></div>
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</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Moscow Ballet is known for its annual, touring <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</I> and full-length productions of the 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. <SPAN style="COLOR: black">Created by award-winning Juilliard alumnus, composer/conductor and theatrical producer, Akiva Talmi, t</SPAN>he organization evolved out of Talmi’s all-star Russian "Glasnost Festival Tour" (1986-92)<SPAN style="COLOR: black">. Moscow Ballet made its debut in 1993 with the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</I> which was directed and choreographed by soloist Stanislav Vlasov of the famous Russian Bolshoi Theatre. In 1994, Moscow Ballet invited the Moscow State Theatre of Natalia Sats, and the theatre's full orchestra, to expand the company to an 88-artist tour which was billed as the "19th Century Classical Nutcracker." In 2003, Moscow Ballet announced the appointment of Vladimir Troshchenko, director of Odessa State Ballet and </SPAN>a pivotal figure in the ballet world<SPAN style="COLOR: black">, as Ballet Master and Andre Litvinov joined him in 2010 as co-Ballet Master. </SPAN>Moscow Ballet continues to feature top graduates of Perm, Vaganova, Moscow State Academic Choreographic and Kiev schools in its productions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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