Cuba coming to Vienna

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By Rebecca Musgrave Cuba is set to arrive in Vienna in March 2012 to wash away the winter blues. The MuseumsQuartier will play host to “The Bar at Buena Vista” hailed as “The grandfathers of Cuban music” at the beginning of March, continuing the Caribbean celebration with Dance Company, “Ballet Revolución” later in the month. […]

State Opera pardons nude shots ballerina

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A ballet dancer sacked by one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world after posing for photos naked has been given her job back.Karina Sarkissova was dismissed by heads of the Vienna State Opera after a series of nude photographs were published in men’s magazines Wiener and Penthouse.State Opera director Dominique Meyer pointed […]

Ballet star fired over nude shots

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A ballet dancer sacked by the Vienna State Opera after posing for nude shots has claimed she was “discriminated against as a woman”.Russian-born Karina Sarkissova was given the sack by heads of the prestigious opera house after a series of nude photographs were published in Austrian men’s magazine Wiener.State Opera officials stressed the 27-year-old blonde […]

‘Swan Lake On Ice’ to glide to Vienna

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An ice figure skating show based on ballet “Swan Lake” is to be performed in Vienna.The touring production – initially intended only for St. Petersburg’s 300th anniversary in 2003 – has become a hit all over the world.The show called “Schwanensee on Ice” (Swan Lake On Ice), based on the famous ballet by Pyotr Ilyich […]