Bolshoi Theatre reopens

Updated On Sept 20, 2011 11:33 pm IST
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R), accompanied by the theatre director Anatoly Iksanov (C) and famous choreographer Yury Grigorovich, visits the Bolshoi Theatre. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R), accompanied by the theatre director Anatoly Iksanov (C) and famous choreographer Yury Grigorovich, visits the Bolshoi Theatre.

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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) talks to famous choreographer Yury Grigorovich as he visits the Bolshoi Theatre. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) talks to famous choreographer Yury Grigorovich as he visits the Bolshoi Theatre.

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Medvedev visited the Bolshoi Theatre to mark its upcoming re-opening after years of reconstruction. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Medvedev visited the Bolshoi Theatre to mark its upcoming re-opening after years of reconstruction.

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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (first row 5th R) talks to members of the company at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (first row 5th R) talks to members of the company at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (C) poses for a picture with members of the company at the Bolshoi Theatre. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (C) poses for a picture with members of the company at the Bolshoi Theatre.

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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (S) speaks with members of the Bolshoi Theatre company in Moscow. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (S) speaks with members of the Bolshoi Theatre company in Moscow.

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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (C) listens to conductor Vassily Sinaisky (R) at the Bolshoi Theatre. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (C) listens to conductor Vassily Sinaisky (R) at the Bolshoi Theatre.

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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Anatoly Iksanov, the general director of the Bolshoi Theatre, stand in so-called Czar's Box at the theatre. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Anatoly Iksanov, the general director of the Bolshoi Theatre, stand in so-called Czar's Box at the theatre.

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Dancers rehearse The Sleeping Beauty ballet as Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Bolshoi Theatre. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Dancers rehearse The Sleeping Beauty ballet as Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Bolshoi Theatre.

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Conductor Vassily Sinaisky (L) and orchestra musicians rehearse The Sleeping Beauty ballet as Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Bolshoi Theatre. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Conductor Vassily Sinaisky (L) and orchestra musicians rehearse The Sleeping Beauty ballet as Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Bolshoi Theatre.

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Ballet dancers watch Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev at the Bolshoi Theatre. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Ballet dancers watch Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev at the Bolshoi Theatre.

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Ballet dancers rehearse The Sleeping Beauty at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Ballet dancers rehearse The Sleeping Beauty at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

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People walk past the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the restored theatre, a landmark of Moscow built in the 1820s, closed in 2005. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sept 20, 2011 11:33 pm IST

People walk past the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the restored theatre, a landmark of Moscow built in the 1820s, closed in 2005.

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