Ballet dancer Alexander Taranov, a Golden Mask Award nominee, is pictured after Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow

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Dancers Lyaysan Gizatullina and Alexander Taranov, Golden Mask Award nominees, in a scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Lyaysan Gizatullina, a Golden Mask Award nominee, in a scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Alexander Taranov, a Golden Mask Award nominee, in a scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Alexander Taranov, a Golden Mask Award nominee, in a scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Dancers Lyaysan Gizatullina and Alexander Taranov, Golden Mask Award nominees, in a scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Dancers Lyaysan Gizatullina and Alexander Taranov, Golden Mask Award nominees, in a scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Perm Opera ballet dancers pictured ahead of Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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A bellerina pcitured as she stretches ahead of Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Alexander Taranov, a Golden Mask Award nominee, is pictured ahead of Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow

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Lyaysan Gizatullina, a Golden Mask Award nominee, pictured ahead of Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow

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Dancers Lyaysan Gizatullina and Alexander Taranov, Golden Mask Award nominees, have just performed in Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Dancers Lyaysan Gizatullina and Alexander Taranov, center, Golden Mask Award nominees, in Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Dancers Lyaysan Gizatullina and Alexander Taranov, Golden Mask Award nominees, perform in Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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A scenen in Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Conductor Teodor Currentzis, a Golden Mask Award nominee, performs in Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Conductor Teodor Currentzis, a Golden Mask Award nominee, performs in Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Alexander Taranov, a Golden Mask Award nominee, in a scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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A scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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A scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Perm Opera ballet dancers pictured ahead of Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Perm Opera ballet dancers pictured ahead of Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Perm Opera ballet dancers pictured ahead of Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Alexander Taranov, a Golden Mask Award nominee, pictured ahead of Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Choreographer Alexei Miroshnichenko, a Golden Mask Award nominee, pictured ahead of Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" presented by the Perm Opera company at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Alexander Taranov, center, in a scene from Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Dancers Lyaysan Gizatullina and Alexander Taranov, Golden Mask Award nominees, perform in Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Dancers Lyaysan Gizatullina and Alexander Taranov, Golden Mask Award nominees, perform in Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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Dancers Lyaysan Gizatullina and Alexander Taranov, Golden Mask Award nominees, perform in Sergey Prokofyev's one-act ballet "A Tale of the Jester Who Outwitted Seven Jesters" directed by Alexei Miroshnichenko with the Perm Opera company and presented at the Golden Mask Festival in the New Opera Theater, Moscow.

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