Star children came to visit Averbukh in “the Nutcracker”.
Yana Churikova with her daughter Tasey
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Yekaterina Varnava
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For the premiere of a new Christmas ice show of Ilya Averbukh’s “the Nutcracker and the mouse king” celebrities came with their children — it’s Christmas show is primarily intended for family viewing. For my daughter Yana Churikova Tasi was the first Christmas gift from my mom. “My daughter and I admire the fact that the play involves so many Olympic Champions and they are showing their signature elements,” said Churikova.
Katherine Spitz
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Olga Lomonosova daughters Barbara and Alexandra
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Indeed, the role of the Mouse king, for example, was made by Alexei Yagudin. Romantic couple — the Nutcracker and the girl Masha — steel Maxim Marinin and Tatiana Totmianina. “We try to maintain a daughters faith in miracles and in Santa Claus — said Yagudin and Totmianina. When we became parents, now look at the world through the eyes of children…”.
Vladimir Yaglych
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Diana with her son Artem and daughter Martha
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Attended a presentation and the participants of the ice show, who is befriended by Averbuch and his team during the performances on screen — for example, Vladimir Yaglych, which noted a complex set designs and bright costumes (which, as it turned out, created by the French designers), and Katherine Spitz (while the actress chatted with colleagues, her son with his grandmother lost behind the scenery — he was very interesting to see behind the scenes of the play).
Zhora Krizovnicka family
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Tatiana Totmianina and Alexei Yagudin
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Catherine Barnabas admitted that he had postponed everything, which before the New Year is always a lot, in order to see the new project Averbuch. “The Nutcracker and the Mouse king” would go in the ice Palace VTB before Christmas.
Averbukh ice show “the Nutcracker and the Mouse king”
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“It’s a new show in my career is one of the most expensive and spectacular, admitted after the premiere of Ilya. — The idea to put “the Nutcracker” I have cherished for a long time, it was difficult to find the right time for the project. “The Nutcracker” is an absolute classic. We are talking about very different productions – ice, ballet, theatre. But when you work with the classics, always on your shoulders a huge responsibility…”
Averbukh ice show “the Nutcracker and the Mouse king”
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By the way, the story by E. T. A. Hoffmann “the Nutcracker and the Mouse king”, on the basis of which was created by Tchaikovsky’s ballet, this year celebrated the anniversary of two hundred years from the date of publication.
Alexei Yagudin, Tatiana Totmianina, Maxim Marinin, Ilya Averbuch and Adelina Sotnikova
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