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LINKS to video clips:
30 sec promo shots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWPBVn8uTAA
Kissy Doll in the Party Scene – https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=F7ZVRE-MfCc&video_referrer=watch
ABOUT BALLERINA CAROLINA SISCANU:
Will run auditions and rehearsals for local ballet students in 20 cities in just 8 weeks!
At just 9 yrs old Carolina Siscanu auditioned and was accepted at the National School of Ballet in Chisinau, Moldova, graduating in 2009.
Carolina’s ballet repertory includes the Spanish Dance in Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake’ ‘Giselle,” the Hungarian Dance of “Coppelia” and more.
Speaks Romanian, Russian, English, French, and Spanish
Has performed in Great Britain, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, France, China .
ABOUT MOSCOW BALLET’s GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER:
Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker tells the story of the girl who falls in love with her Nutcracker Prince on Christmas eve – with a lot of Russian flair.
NY Times says “Brimful with feeling” and “Expansive and elegant”
LA Times says “Bravura expertise”
Award-winning principal dancers Ekaterina Bortiakova and Akzhol Mussakhanov perform as heroine Masha and Nutcracker Prince with company of 40 corps de ballet.
Features 5 story tall growing Christmas tree; 9 hand –painted backdrops that were made in Russia
Exclusive to Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker is –
“Dove of Peace” is created by 2 dancers each with one wing that is 20 ft long and feathered – making a huge flying bird!
Drosselmeyer’s workshop scene during the opening music
Rainbow and Angel backdrop opens Act II w the Dove of Peace
Rousseau-inspired backdrop for Land of Peace and Harmony (instead of land of sweets) with fanciful animals and birds
Russian folk characters Father Christmas (Ded Moroz) and the Snow Maiden (Snegurochka)
Department. She has also been a guest ballet instructor for The Bean School of Dance in Fernandina Beach and Jacksonville Ballet Theater.