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Bolshoi theatre opens first production since acid attack on artistic director
1. Wide of dancers on stage rushing to a stylised painting of dictator's face and tearing it to pieces
2. Mid of orchestra
3. Wide of theatre ceiling
4. Audience
5. Dancers hiding shredded pieces of dictator's face
6. Audience
7. Various...
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Dancer accused in Bolshoi attack defends actions
1. Pan of police van arriving at courthouse
2. Close-up of man, believed to be suspect in acid attack on Sergei Filin, artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre, leaving van and entering court building
3. Cutaway of media
4. Close-up of...
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Boy triplets a sensation at top Cuba ballet school
1. Wide triplets and classmates practicing pirouettes
2. Tilt up from hopping feet to triplets hopping
3. Mid triplets (left to right) Angel, Marco and Cesar Ramirez
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Marco Ramirez, Triplet Ballet Student:
"I...
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Russia - Tribute Performance By Plisetskaya
One of Russia's prima ballerinas returned to the stage on Tuesday (28/11) for a special performance to mark her half century at the
top of the world of classical ballet. More than fifty years after
she took her first steps on the stage...
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Cuba's greatest ballerina remains active despite age and failing health
Havana - November 22, 2007
1. Various Alicia Alonso conducting class at National Ballet School of Cuba in Havana
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alicia Alonso, Prima Ballerina Assoluta:
"If life had been unjust with me, I wouldn't be fighting so...
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CHINA: BEIJING: MALE DANCER UNDERGOES SEX CHANGE
Mandarin/Nat
In a country where individual choice is still considered a privilege, one of China's leading modern ballet dancers has tested the limit.
Challenging a conservative society, Jin Xing recently underwent an operation to change...
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Natalie Portman, Darren Aronofsky premiere new film in Venice
AP Television
Venice, 1 September 2010
1. Medium shot Festival sign
2. Pan of red carpet
3. Cutaway crowd
4. Wide shot arrival of Vincent Cassel, Natalie Portman and Darren Aronofsky
Fox Searchlight
No re-use/re-sale without...
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Russia - Russian police detain suspect in acid attack on Bolshoi chief
Russian police detain suspect in acid attack on Bolshoi chief
File: Moscow, Russia - 28 April 2011
1. Wide shot of Sergei Filin observing restoration work and walking by
2. Close up of Filin speaking
Dancer says he gave go ahead for...
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A musical ballet premieres in late October at Washington's Kennedy Center. "Little Dancer" tells the story of a young ballerina in Paris searching for a way out of poverty who becomes the model for an iconic statue. (Oct. 23)
SOUNDBITE: - Alison Luchs, National Gallery of Art:
"It really mattered to him to tell you that she was fourteen, meaning that she was at the beginning, she was on the brink, she could go either way. And, we don't know what...
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CHINA: BEIJING: BEIJING OPERA TO PERFORM SHAKESPEARE
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
Often considered an exclusive Chinese art form, Beijing Opera demands acting, singing, dancing and acrobatic talents from its actors.
But despite its noble tradition, Beijing Opera is also largely ignored in China. That...
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Bolshoi Theatre's general director shows support for arrested dancer
1. Wide of Anatoly Iksanov, General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, approaching assembled media
2. Mid of cameramen
3. Mid of Iksanov speaking to journalists.
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anatoly Iksanov, General Director of the Bolshoi...
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Trial of dancer accused of organizing acid attack on director postponed
A Russian court has delayed the start of the trial of a star dancer accused of organizing an acid attack on the Bolshoi ballet chief.
Prosecutors allege dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko ordered the January 17 attack, which left artistic...
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UK: BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES UPDATE
Natural Sound
It was business as usual for the Prince and Princess of Wales despite British tabloids announcing their divorce may go through sooner than expected.
While Princess Diana attended a performance of Alice in Wonderland by the...
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RUSSIA: KURSK VICTIMS FAMILY WATCH BALLET
Russian/Nat
A group of children who lost relatives in the Kursk submarine disaster last month spent Saturday watching a ballet in the world-reknowned Bolshoi Theater.
Around thirty children of all ages are on a visit Moscow from their...
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Dancer says he gave go ahead for attack on ballet chief, but denies ordering acid
1. Wide of judge in courtroom
2. Mid of judge denying ballet dancer and criminal suspect Pavel Dmitrichenko's bail application
3. Close-up of Dmitrichenko speaking with his lawyer
4. Close-up of Dmitrichenko signing paperwork
5. Wide...
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Christmas becomes multi-million dollar business in UAE
The Christmas period has become big business in the UAE.
Despite being a Muslim country, millions of US dollars are being spent on festive celebrations.
Children run across a thick blanket of snow.
Christmas trees, snowmen and snowball...
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Actors discuss the strangest award they've ever received
Before he was nabbed a Screen Actors Guild Award for "Lost," actor Josh Holloway had a different claim to fame: The Golden Potato.
"It's a golden potato, I think it was and I don't know where that comes from, but I got a golden potato...
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Queen Beatrix and Netherlands FM on visit to Russia
1. Wide-shot of plane carrying Queen Beatrix on runway
2. Wide-shot of traffic controllers
3. Mid-shot of plane
4. Wide-shot of soldiers on runway
5. Wide-shot of Queen Beatrix walking down from plane
6. Children waving flags and...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: CROWDS HEAD HOME AFTER 850TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
Natural Sound
Millions of people jammed the streets of Moscow again on Sunday as the city wrapped up a celebration of its 850th anniversary featuring fireworks, prayer and opera star Luciano Pavarotti.
The weekend's events included...
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Former head of Bolshoi theatre arrives at court to testify in acid attack trial
The ousted head of the Bolshoi Theatre arrived at a Moscow courthouse on Wednesday to testify in the trial of a ballet dancer accused of masterminding an acid attack on the ballet's artistic director.
Sergei Filin lost most of the sight...
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World renowned Cuban ballet dancers are returning home following a recent relaxation of the country's laws on travel and income which have made it easier for native dancers to come back.
World renowned Cuban ballet dancers are returning home following a recent relaxation of the country's laws on travel and income which have made it easier for native dancers to come back.
Legends like Jose Manuel Carreno, now a leading...
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Russian designer Irina Gafina teams up with ballet company
1. Ws hat show - ballet dancers
2. Ms ballet dancers showing hats
3. Ms ballet dancer walking, looking at show downstairs
4. Ws show zoom in cu ballet dancer in a hat
5. Ws shadow pan up ms show
6. Cu dancing legs pan ms ballet dancer
7....
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Lawyer comments after Bolshoi ballet dancer pleads not guilty to organising acid attack
A Bolshoi Ballet dancer, who is accused of ordering an acid attack on the company's artistic chief, pleaded not guilty during a second day of hearings in his trial at a Moscow district court on Tuesday.
Pavel Dmitrichenko's lawyer told...
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RUSSIA: YELTSIN RECRUITS TOP BALLERINA TO HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has recruited a top ballerina to his election campaign.
Maya Plisetskaya put on an open air concert in Moscow's Red Square to show her support for Yeltsin.
Thousands attended the...