Yuliya Bogdanova and Ruslan Sokolov, students at the Moscow State Institute of Culture, perform the dance "The Vessel of Knowledge: Clay and A Craftsman" at the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Nguyen Chung Hieu (Vietnam), a student at the Moscow State Institute of Culture, performs the dance "Bambo Spin" at the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Vlada Volkova and Oleg Stetsenko of the Fantaziya dance company (the Republic of Crimea) perform the dance "Memory" at the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Grozny Mayor Muslim Khuchiyev speaks during the opening ceremony of the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Valeriya Uralskaya, jury chairman, Merited Master of Arts of Russia and editor in chief of the Ballet magazine, speaks during the opening ceremony of the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny. From left: Grozny Mayor Muslim Khuchiyev and Chechen Culture Minister Khozhbaudi Daayev.

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Chechen Culture Minister Khozhbaudi Daayev speaks during the opening ceremony of the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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The Chechen National Dance Company performs the dance Vainakh at the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Zarina Kumysheva and Astemir Gonibov, dancers of the Kabardinka State Academic Company of Adygei (Circassian) Folk Dance (the Kabardino-Balkar Republic), perform the Kabardin dance Kafa at the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Gulfiya Sharipova and Genady Krylov, dancers of a student company at the Kazan State University of Culture and Arts, perform the dance "At a Hunt" during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Dancers of the folk choreographic company the Rhythms of the Planet (the Krasnodar Territory) perform the dance Katyusha during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Dancers of the folk company Naslediye (the Tver region) perform the dance An Awkward Suitor during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Tatevik Ispakhannogo and Mikhail Isakhanov, members of the folk dance company "The Lights of the Caucasus", perform the Armenian dance Shalakho at the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Members of the song and dance company Sloboda (Stavropol Territory) perform the dance In the City Garden during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Shakhnoza Badiyeva and Sukhrob Solekhov, members of the Gafar Valamat-zade State Merited Dance Company Lola (Tajikistan), perform the dance A Gift of Love (Near a Spring) during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Gulfiya Sharipova and Genady Krylov, dancers of a student company at the Kazan State University of Culture and Arts, perform the adagio from the ballet Shurale during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Sabina Munasypova, a dancer of the Choreography Department Company at the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, performs the dance Alone with Hope during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Artur Mikoyan, dancer of the company Rovesnik (the Kaluga region), performs the dance Wind Not Wind during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Oksana Yermolina and Viktor Shutylev, members of the dance company Assorti (the Mari El Republic), perform the dance A Silent Dialog during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Dancers of the folk company Naslediye (the Tver region) perform during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Olesya Deniyeva, a member of the choreographic company the Rhythms of the Planet (the Krasnodar Territory), dances Flamenco during the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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Zarina Kumysheva and Astemir Gonibov, dancers of the Kabardinka State Academic Company of Adygei (Circassian) Folk Dance (the Kabardino-Balkar Republic), perform the choreographic composition An Outcast at the Seventh Makhmud Esambayev International Solo Dance Festival-Contest in Grozny.

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A student dance company of the Kazan State Institute of Culture, Republic of Tatarstan, perform a dance 'Aukak Oy' at the 7th International Mahmoud Esambayev solo dance festival and competition in Grozny.

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Oksana Yermolina and Viktor Shutylev of the Republic of Mari El, Asorti amateur modern dance company, perform a dance 'Inherent Happiness' at the 7th International Mahmoud Esambayev solo dance festival and competition in Grozny.

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Eka Khorbaladze, a dancer of the Boleli folk dance company of Georgia, performs "Pictures of Old Tbilisi. Kalakuri" dance at the 7th International Mahmoud Esambayev solo dance festival and competition in Grozny.

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Valentina Latushkina and Daniil Shashin of the Sloboda dance company, Stavropol, perform Bokazo, a Hungarian dance, at the 7th International Mahmoud Esambayev solo dance festival and competition in Grozny.

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Zarina Kumysheva and Astemir Gonibov of the Kabardinka State Academic Folk Dance Company, Kabardin-Balkar Republic, perform a Kabardin holiday dance 'Islamey' at the 7th International Mahmoud Esambayev solo dance festival and competition in Grozny.

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Yelena Ryabtseva of the Belarus State University of Culture and Arts dance company performs a Samovarchik dance at the 7th International Mahmoud Esambayev solo dance festival and competition in Grozny.

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Yelena Ryabtseva of the Belarus State University of Culture and Arts dance company performs a Tarantella dance at the 7th International Mahmoud Esambayev solo dance festival and competition in Grozny.

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Artists of the Caspian state dance company perform the Avarian dance at the 7th international festival competition of solo dance of Mahmoud Esambayev.

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Artists of the Golden Fleece band perform the Sirtaki dance at the 7th international festival competition of solo dance of Mahmoud Esambayev.

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Oksana Yermolina and Viktor Shutylev of the Republic of Mari El, Asorti amateur modern dance company, perform a dance 'Inherent Happiness' at the 7th International Mahmoud Esambayev solo dance festival and competition in Grozny.

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