Day #38: The Russian ballet
May 21st 2013 Today I made my first-ever trip to see the Russian ballet, at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. The ballet, "юнона и авось" - I guess it would translate as something like "Unona and Avoss" - is extremely popular in Russia, on a par with Swan Lake, although I had never heard of it. I knew a little of the story beforehand thanks to my Russian family: a Russian man travels to Mexic
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