Ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze in a scene from the ballet Pikovaya Dama (Queen of Spades) directed by Roland Petit, performed as part of a benefit by ballerina Ilze Liepa on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze in a scene from the ballet Pikovaya Dama (Queen of Spades) directed by Roland Petit, performed as part of a benefit by ballerina Ilze Liepa on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze (background center) in a scene from the ballet Pikovaya Dama (Queen of Spades) directed by Roland Petit, performed as part of a benefit by ballerina Ilze Liepa on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze in a scene from the ballet Pikovaya Dama (Queen of Spades) directed by Roland Petit, performed as part of a benefit by ballerina Ilze Liepa on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze in a scene from the ballet Pikovaya Dama (Queen of Spades) directed by Roland Petit, performed as part of a benefit by ballerina Ilze Liepa on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Nikolai Tsiskaridze dances in "The Queen of Spades" staged by Roland Petit, performed as part of the Ilze Liepa Ballet Gala on the Bolshoi Theater New Stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze in a scene from the ballet Pikovaya Dama (Queen of Spades) directed by Roland Petit, performed as part of a benefit by ballerina Ilze Liepa on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Ilze Liepa (center) at her benefit performance on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Ilze Liepa with her daughter Nadezhda at her benefit performance on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballerina Ilze Liepa dances in "Cleopatra — Ida Rubinstein" staged by Patrick de Bana, performed as part of the Ilze Liepa Ballet Gala on the Bolshoi Theater New Stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Ilze Liepa in a scene from the ballet "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein" directed by Patrick de Bana, performed as part of a benefit on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Ilze Liepa in a scene from the ballet "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein" directed by Patrick de Bana, performed as part of a benefit on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Ilze Liepa in a scene from the ballet "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein" directed by Patrick de Bana, performed as part of a benefit on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Ilze Liepa in a scene from the ballet "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein" directed by Patrick de Bana, performed as part of a benefit on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Ilze Liepa in a scene from the ballet "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein" directed by Patrick de Bana, performed as part of a benefit on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Ilze Liepa in a scene from the ballet "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein" directed by Patrick de Bana, performed as part of a benefit on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer Ilze Liepa in a scene from the ballet "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein" directed by Patrick de Bana, performed as part of a benefit on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballerina Ilze Liepa in a scene from the ballet "Cleopatra - Ida Rubinstein" directed by Patrick de Bana, performed as part of a benefit on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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Ballet dancer and director Andris Liepa speaks at the benefit performance of his sister Ilze Liepa on the Bolshoi Theatre New stage in Moscow.

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