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Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, jeans, and gray and blue hooded TVO Kids sweatshirt.

He says WELCOME BACK
TO
TVOK NEWS.
NOW, ARE YOU
A FAN OF BALLET?
MAYBE YOU DANCE BALLET YOURSELF.

On a screen behind him appears a picture of young ballerinas at a recital with the caption "Ballet in Russia."

Daniel says WELL, BALLET IS A FORM OF DANCE
CHARACTERIZED BY PRECISE
AND FORMAL SETS OF GESTURES
AND STEPS.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL,
AND IN CANADA WE HAVE
ONE OF THE BEST BALLET COMPANIES
IN THE WORLD,
THE NATIONAL BALLET
OF CANADA.
LAST WEEK, THE COMPANY TRAVELLED
TO RUSSIA TO PERFORM THERE
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN ALMOST 70 YEARS.
NOW, IT'S VERY COMMON
FOR BALLET COMPANIES TO TRAVEL
AND PERFORM FOR AUDIENCES
IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
THE NATIONAL BALLET HAS RECENTLY
PERFORMED IN LONDON,
PARIS, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON,
AND SAN FRANCISCO.
SO WHAT'S SO SPECIAL
ABOUT GOING TO RUSSIA?
WELL, YOU COULD SAY
IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE PLACE
WHERE BALLET WAS BORN.
AMAZING WORKS LIKE
THE NUTCRACKER,
SLEEPING BEAUTY,
AND
SWAN LAKE
WERE CREATED THERE,
AND DANCED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ONE OF THE DANCERS IN
THE CANADIAN COMPANY SAID,
"IT WAS LIKE PLAYING
FOR THE STANLEY CUP,
"BECAUSE THE AUDIENCES IN RUSSIA
ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT BALLET."
NOW, OUR DANCERS
DIDN'T PERFORM TRADITIONAL WORKS
LIKE
SWAN LAKE.
INSTEAD, THEY PRESENTED
THREE WORKS OF MODERN BALLET.
TWO OF THEM CREATED BY
CANADIAN CHOREOGRAPHERS.
THE RESULTS?
THEY WERE A HIT!
A SENSATION!
THEY KNOCKED IT
OUT OF THE PARK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING,
THE AUDIENCES LOVED IT.
SO WHAT'S NEXT
FOR THE NATIONAL BALLET?
WELL, BACK TO TORONTO TO OPEN
THEIR NEW SEASON
WITH
ANNA KARENINA,
A BALLET BASED ON A NOVEL
WRITTEN BY TOLSTOY,
A FAMOUS RUSSIAN AUTHOR.
I THINK I'D LIKE
TO CHECK THAT OUT.
WELL, STAY TUNED
FOR MORE FEATURE STORIES,
UP NEXT.

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