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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">For Immediate Release</span></div>
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normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">Venue change</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">
- Moscow Ballet’s acclaimed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great Russian
Nutcracker</i> Sat, Dec 1, 3 & 7pm performances at Music Hall in Public
Auditorium</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Moscow Ballet partners with Rainbow Babies and
Children’s Hospital in Cleveland to raise funds! </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Contact: Sally Michael Keyes<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">413-499-1733 x21<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="mailto:sally@nutcracker.com"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">sally@nutcracker.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></div>
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">http://www.nutcracker.com/promo</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Berkshires, MA</b>) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Oct <span style="color:red">15</span>, 2012</b> – Moscow Ballet is
pleased to announce that the Saturday, December 1, 3:00 matinee and 7:00pm
performances of </span><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/Home_Page.php"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Moscow
Ballet’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</i></span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> have been moved to Cleveland’s
historic Public Auditorium Music Hall. Due to popular demand and in honor of Moscow
Ballet’s </span><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/yourcity/cleveland-oh"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Children’s Miracle Network fund
raiser</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> for
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, the performance venue is now conveniently
located in the heart of downtown within walking distance of the rapid transit
system. The venue <span class="inplacedisplayid2162siteid0">provides
accommodations for special needs guests, including elevators, accessible
seating and restrooms, and a map for the visually impaired and has nearby
parking. </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Public Auditorium and
Music Hall have hosted many notable events, including </span><a href="http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">The
Cleveland Orchestra</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">’s
75th anniversary concert in 1993 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees"><span style="font-family:
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ceremony in 2009.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
color:red">Tickets purchased prior to today can be exchanged for Music Hall seats
at the <u>original point of purchase</u>. New tickets can be purchased at </span><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">www.nutcracker.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:red"> and through
Ticketmaster 800-745-3000. Groups of 10 or more receive discounted tickets,
call 800-320-1733 x15. Senior 64+, Military and AAA discounts available at the
theater box office with appropriate identification.</span></div>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">New this year,
Moscow Ballet partners with </span><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/yourcity/cleveland-oh"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
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Hospitals</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">
(CMNH) </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">giving a portion of proceeds </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">in cities nation-wide</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"> from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great
Russian Nutcracker</i> tickets sold to CMNH partner hospitals. Moscow Ballet
soloist Nataliya Miroshnyk visited with children at Rainbow Babies and
Children’s Hospital in September and for every ticket sold to the Cleveland
performance, the CMNH portion stays in town going to the hospital. </span><a href="http://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">®</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black"> raises funds for more than
170 children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada, which, in turn,
use the money where it’s needed the most. When a donation is given it stays in
the community, helping local kids. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network
Hospitals has raised more than $4 billion, most of it $1 at a time. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">After 2 sell-out performances, Moscow
Ballet returns to Cleveland with </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">the
special 20<sup>th</sup> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Anniversary</i>
production of the</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</i></b> overflows
with a spectacular new “Dove of Peace,” where 2 dancers become one stunning
bird, inspired by the early works of Stanislov Vlasov, original choreographer
and director of Moscow Ballet’s inaugural <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great
Russian Nutcracker</i>. The production also features a Christmas tree that
grows to 5 stories tall; falling snow and Troika styled sleigh escorted by Russian
folk characters Ded Moroz (Father Christmas) and Snegurochka (Snow Maiden);
towering hand-made silk puppets; 200 all new, lavish costumes; and 9
hand-painted backdrops all set to Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s complete <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Nutcracker Suite</i> score. For 20 years <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</i> performances
have featured the finest Russian ballerinas and danseurs. From former Bolshoi
soloist Stanislov Vlasov and partner Lilia Sabitova, People’s Artist of Russia,
in 1993; to the classic Marina Alexandrova and Vitaly Zabelin in 1996; danseur
and upstart choreographer Anatolie Emelianov and Honored Artist of Russia Tatiana
Predenia in 2002; Varna IBC Gold Medalists Cristina and Alexei Terentiev in
2006; and award winning partners Karyna Shatkovskaya and Vladimir Tkachenko in
2011. Moscow Ballet’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great Russian
Nutcracker </i>celebrates 20 years of soaring holiday spirit! </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">About the Performance</span></b><span style="font-family:
"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> - </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great
Russian Nutcracker</i>, originally directed and choreographed by Bolshoi
Theatre soloist Stanislav Vlasov in 1993, debuted to rave reviews from the press
which continues to this day. In 1993 </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">from the Durham <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Herald Sun</i>, “Impeccable technique,
quicksilver footwork…expressive gestures carried to eloquent length” to </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">2010
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">NY Times</i> Chief Dance Critic,
“Knockout…expansive…brimful with feeling.” Over 20 years the tour expanded its touring
from eight to seventy cities across North America with two simultaneously
performing troupes of 40 Russian dancers each. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</i> is unique among Nutcracker ballets featuring
Russian culture throughout. Father Christmas (Ded Moroz) and Snow Maiden
(Snegurochka) escort Masha (aka Clara) and the Nutcracker Prince through the
Snow Forrest in Act I and the “Dove of Peace” brings them to the “Land of Peace
and Harmony” in Act II.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The company of
40 dancers features award-winning principals and top graduates of Perm,
Vaganova and other schools, and also performs <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Swan Lake</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Romeo and Juliet</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Sleeping Beauty</i> and other story
ballets. Student dancers audition in many cities on the tour to perform in
ancillary roles alongside the Russian professionals. For more information visit
</span><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">www.nutcracker.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">.</span></div>
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