Mastery from Kiev, Ukraine

From Kiev, a magnificent class concert with one climax after the other.

Marvellous!

The Schevchenko National Opera House of Ukraine in Kiev Camera: Canon PowerShot A650 IS License on Flickr (2010-12-30): CC-BY-SA-2.0 Flickr tags: Ukraine, Україна, Украи́на, Kyiv, Kiev, Київ, Ки́ев, National Opera of Ukraine (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Class Concert – Kiev Ballet by Laurent Gentot

Класс-концерт

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Like Loraine C Murray remarks: La créme de la créme in technique and artistry.

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Whilst we do hear all the bad things from Ukraine, let us enjoy this great mastery. Though the world has the fox to watch the geese today:

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