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AFTER ALL, THE
BOLSHOI IS WORLD
FAMOUS.
BUT, THE BALLET HAS
A NEW PERSONAL
MEANING, TO ONE
RUSSIAN WOMAN.
TONIGHT, SCOTT SWAN
TAKES US 5-THOUSAND
MILES AWAY, FROM
INDIANAPOLIS TO
MOSCOW.
THAT'S WHERE A
FORMER BALLERINA IS
ON A JOURNEY, TO
HONOR THE MAN SHE
LOVES.
FOR DANCERS.. AT THE
MOSCOW CITY BALLET..
PRACTICE.. MEANS
PRECISION.. AND
ULTIMATELY
PERFECTION.
BECAUSE IN RUSSIA..
THAT'S THE
STANDARD.. FOR
BALLET.
NEED A RUSSIAN WOMAN
TO TRANSLATE THE
LUDMILA
NERUBASHENKO/ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR: "BECAUSE IT IS
TO TRANSLATE THE
LUDMILA
NERUBASHENKO/ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR: "BECAUSE IT IS
THE BEST IN THE WORLD."
THIS COMPANY
FEATURES DANCERS..
WHO'VE BEEN AT IT..
SINCE THEY WERE
CHILDREN.
NEED RUSSIAN YOUNG
RUSSIAN MALE VOICE TOO
TRANSLATE THIS TALGAT
KOZHABAEV/MALE DANCER:
"I SAW
MIKHAIL
BARYSHNIKOV DANCING
WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL.
IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. SOME
PEOPLE CAME TO MY
SCHOOL IN KAZAKHSTAN
AND ACTUALLY CHOOSE ME
OUT OF MANY TO BECOME
A DANCER."
REALLY GOOD NAT SOUND
OF MUSIC WITH MIC NEXT
TO SPEAKER
BALLET.. IN RUSSIA..
ISN'T JUST
PERFORMANCE.
IT'S A DEEP FEELING.
YOUNG FEMALE VOICE
NEEDED FOR EKATERINA
ODARENKO/FEMALE
BALLERINA: "I THINK
BALLET IS VERY
EMOTIONAL. IT'S VERY
CLOSE TO RUSSIA'S SOUL.
RUSSIAN PEOPLE ARE
CAPABLE TO SHOW THE
EMOTIONS IN DANCING."
AND.. WHEN THE
CURTAIN GOES UP..
AND THE
PERFORMANCE
BEGINS.. THERE IS
ECSTASY.
YOUNG FEMALE VOICE
NEEDED FOR EKATERINA
ODARENKO/FEMALE
BALLERINA: "I FEEL
HAPPINESS. IT'S THE
BIGGEST DREAM OF MY
LIFE."
BUT.. FOR THIS
COMPANY'S ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR.. LUDMILA
NERUBASHENKO ..
THERE IS A
=DIFFERENT= EMOTION.
NATS OF ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR DESCRIBING A
MOVE IN RUSSIAN AS SHE
EXTENDS HER ARM INTO
THE AIR
IT'S AN EMOTION..
THAT FUELS.. HER
DESIRE.. TO TEACH.
NEED A RUSSIAN WOMAN
TO TRANSLATE THE
LUDMILA
NERUBASHENKO/ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR: "WHAT I'M
TEACHING MY STUDENTS IS
NOT TO BE TECHNICAL OR
PERFECT. INSTEAD, TO
SHOW THEIR SOUL, TO
TOUCH ALL THE PEOPLE IN
THE HALL. TO REACH
EVERY HEART."
AND YET.. HER =OWN=
HEART.. IS BROKEN.
LUDMILA'S HUSBAND..
A 20 YEAR VETERAN OF
THE BOLSHOI
THEATRE.. AND
FOUNDER OF THE
MOSCOW CITY BALLET..
IS NO LONGER HERE.
NEED A RUSSIAN WOMAN
TO TRANSLATE THE
LUDMILA
NERUBASHENKO/ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR: : "HE DIED ON
APRIL 22ND, ON THE 25TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
GROUP. HE WAS THE LOVE
OF MY LIFE. WE LIVED 34
YEARS TOGETHER. HE
TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I
KNOW."
THE LOSS.. IS
PROFOUND.
LUDMILA LOST HER
LOVE.
THIS BALLET
COMPANY.. LOST ITS
CREATOR.
THE MAN WHO STAGED
THE NUTCRACKER..
SWAN LAKE AND
ROMEO AND JULIET.
NOW.. THEY DANCE IN
HIS HONOR.
LISTENING TO THE
WORDS OF HIS WIDOW.
A FORMER BALLERINA
HERSELF.
NEED A RUSSIAN WOMAN
TO TRANSLATE THE
LUDMILA
NERUBASHENKO/ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR: "I REMEMBER
AT A CERTAIN TIME HE SAID
I SHOULD CHOOSE
BETWEEN BEING A GOOD
DANCER OR A GOOD
TEACHER. AT THAT TIME, I
MADE MY CHOICE TO BE A
TEACHER."
NEED A RUSSIAN WOMAN
TO TRANSLATE THE
LUDMILA
NERUBASHENKO/ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR: "YOU MUST PUT
IT INTO THE HEADS OF
CHILDREN AND PUPILS
THAT THEY MUST BE ILL
WITH BALLET. TO TAKE IT
DEEP INTO THEIR HEARTS."
AND IT SEEMS.. AS
THOUGH THE MOSCOW
CITY BALLET.. IS
RESPONDING TO THEIR
NEW LEADER.
EKATERINA
ODARENKO/FEMALE
BALLERINA: "FIRST,
THERE'S PATIENCE. THEN
OF COURSE, TALENT. IT
TAKES A GOOD TEACHER
TO GET ALL OF THIS
TALENT OUT OF A PERSON.
PATIENCE, WORK,
TEACHER."
MUSIC
NEED A RUSSIAN WOMAN
TO TRANSLATE THE
LUDMILA
NERUBASHENKO/ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR: : "THIS YEAR,
WE HAVE 102
PERFORMANCES. I'M
CRYING OF HAPPINESS. I
WE HAVE 102
PERFORMANCES. I'M
CRYING OF HAPPINESS. I
WILL BE WATCHING EACH
OF THEM."
WATCHING WITH
PRIDE.
KNOWING SHE WASN'T
ALONE.. IN PROVIDING
THE TEACHING.. OR THE
INSPIRATION.
TOMORROW NIGHT.. I'M
TAKING YOU TO MY
FAVORITE CITY IN
RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG.. IS A
SPECTACULAR PLACE
TO VISIT.
THIS IS THE CITY
FOUNDED BY "PETER
THE GREAT".
A PLACE.. KNOWN AS
"VENICE OF THE
NORTH".. BECAUSE IT'S
DOMINATED BY WATER.
IT'S ALSO THE HOME..
OF THE MOST
GLITTERING PALACE..
IN RUSSIA.
A PLACE WITH
SPECTACULAR
FOUNTAINS.. AND
GARDENS.
THE SUMMER
RESIDENCE OF RUSSIAN
CZARS.
TOMORROW NIGHT.. ON
THE OLYMPIC ZONE.. I'M
TAKING YOU TO
PETERHOF.