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  1. 'Gay Gag Rule' Now Law in St. Petersburg

    Mon, 12 Mar 2012

    President Boris Yeltsin in 1993, though it remains highly taboo today. Activists are quick to point out that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , the famed composer and St. Petersburg native, was gay and suggest that even mentioning that fact is now illegal. "We

  2. 'The Nutcracker' Performed as Ballet, Burlesque and Just Plain 'Nutty'

    Tue, 20 Dec 2011

    wasn't originally written for Christmastime, the music from Tchaikovsky 's 'Nutcracker' has become incredibly popular and is often offers an "urban" version of "The Nutcracker," fusing Tchaikovsky 's classical score with the jazz beats of Duke Ellington

  3. Kim Jong Il Dead: Top 10 Crazy Facts

    Mon, 19 Dec 2011

    staging elaborate musicals. In 2009, the KCNA news agency reported that Kim had directed a staging of "Yevgeny Onegin," Tchaikovsky 's opera of Pushkin's classic novel. Kim reportedly said that it was staged to give the North Korean people a "better

  4. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan’s Space Date

    Thu, 13 Oct 2011

    worked on an HBO series “From the Earth to the Moon.” Other asteroids with famous namesakes that will be making their closest approaches to Earth this month include Hemingway, Hitchcock, van Gogh, Tchaikovsky and Stephen Colbert.

  5. In Moscow, VP Biden Pushes for Greater Democratic Reforms, Reiterates Support for Russia's WTO Bid

    Thu, 10 Mar 2011

    when pronouncing Russian names, as the print pool reporter traveling with the vice president reported. “ He mispronounced Tchaikovsky at the beginning, and when pool says “mispronounced” he is not quibbling,” the Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weisman

  6. Interactive Google Doodle Celebrates Jules Verne's Birthday

    Mon, 7 Feb 2011

    introduced a logo that doubled as a game Web users could play straight from Google's homepage. Other popular Google doodles have recognized author H.G. Wells , the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the changing seasons.

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  1. 'Black Swan': Psychiatrists Diagnose Ballerina's Descent

    Sun, 19 Dec 2010

    resonates realism. Nina Sayers, a fragile and repressed ballerina, played by Natalie Portman , strives for the lead in Tchaikovsky 's "Swan Lake," a role that will require her to play both the gentle white and the seductive black swans. But in the

  2. Google Logo Mystery: Those Bouncing Balls

    Tue, 7 Sep 2010

    unveiled a logo that doubled as a game Web users could play straight from Google's homepage. Other popular Google doodles have recognized author H.G. Wells , the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the changing seasons.

  3. 'Insert Coin': Google Doodle Celebrates Pac-Man's 30th Anniversary

    Fri, 21 May 2010

    year to celebrate the birthday of Sir Isaac Newton (it showed an apple falling from a tree). Other popular Google doodles have recognized author H.G. Wells , the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the changing seasons.

  4. Tchaikovsky's Birthday Raises the 'Barre' on Twitter, Google

    Fri, 7 May 2010

    Twitter is none other than Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky . Today would have been the 170th birthday and the 1812 Overture. In honor of Tchaikovsky 's 170th, Google designed one of their Jobs -- has improbably become wishing Tchaikovsky a happy birthday, prompting some good-natured

  5. Transformed City of Perm Could Be Russia's New Cultural Capital

    Mon, 26 Oct 2009

    during World War II, when the Kirov ensemble was evacuated to Perm from Leningrad, boosting the reputation of the local Tchaikovsky Theater, which is still standing today. According to the will of the city fathers, the avant-garde and the classical go

  6. Hitler's Record Collection Included Jewish Artists

    Tue, 10 Feb 2009

    also very astonished that Russian musicians were among the collection," Besymenski wrote. "The records included works by Tchaikovsky , Borodin and Rachmaninov -- obviously used a lot and scratched from frequent playing." Hitler had dismissed Russian people

  7. Hitler's Record Collection Included Jewish Artists

    Tue, 10 Feb 2009

    also very astonished that Russian musicians were among the collection," Besymenski wrote. "The records included works by Tchaikovsky , Borodin and Rachmaninov -- obviously used a lot and scratched from frequent playing." Hitler had dismissed Russian people

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Videos

  1. 'Slutcracker': Classic Ballet Reinvented

    Fri, 23 Dec 2011

    And now settle in for a story about a perennial holiday favorite the nutcracker. Believe it or not for some this Tchaikovsky classic can be a commercial bonanza. Standby to cue the toy soldiers in the sugar plums and the dollar signs here's

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    perennial holiday favorite the nutcracker. Believe it or not for some this Tchaikovsky classic can be a commercial bonanza. Standby to cue the toy soldiers in the sugar plums and the dollar signs here's ABC's
  2. Kimmel: Mel Gibson's Dad Rants

    Wed, 11 Aug 2010

    the footage and as nominee is it is you have to be he's very Smart guy. Go again. Animal lovers for 100. Starting it up with Tchaikovsky ballet in prince Siegfried falls in love with a bird. What is appropriate But let's not go.

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    Go again. Animal lovers for 100. Starting it up with -- Tchaikovsky ballet in -- prince Siegfried falls in love with a bird. What is appropriate --
  3. The Nutcracker: Behind the Scenes

    Sat, 12 Dec 2009

    Rose just over a hundred years ago that the nutcracker suite debuted in Saint Petersburg Russia and was soundly Tchaikovsky died a year later never realizing that his ballet would become one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the western

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    the nutcracker suite debuted in Saint Petersburg Russia and was soundly -- Tchaikovsky died a year later never realizing that his ballet would become one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the western world
  4. Cabbies Treated to Classical Violin

    Tue, 6 May 2008

    the people yelling taxi taxi in the cab line at Newark Airport today you might have heard them yelling Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky . That sounds strange but we can explain. Grammy nominated classical violinist Philippe Passed through the Newark

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    cab line at Newark Airport today you might have heard them yelling Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky . That sounds strange but we can explain.
  5. Ballet's Next 'Big' Thing

    Sun, 1 Apr 2007

    unique ballet troupe which just wrapped up a tour of Britain. is out why. Is in here's ABC's Hilary brown. seen from tchaikovsky 's swan like. As it has never been seen here before. These Russian ballerina played 220. Pounds each on Their company

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    seen from tchaikovsky's swan like. As it has never been seen here before. These Russian ballerina played 220. Pounds each on -- Their company known
  6. Webcast: Global Warming Report; Iran Protests; Holy Week; Phelps World Record

    Sun, 1 Apr 2007

    unique ballet troupe which just wrapped up a tour of Britain. is out wide and is in here's ABC's Hilary brown. seen from tchaikovsky 's swan like. As it has never been seen here before. These Russian ballerina played 220. Pounds each on that. Their

    Tchaikovsky found at 4:39

    seen from tchaikovsky's swan like. As it has never been seen here before. These Russian ballerina played 220. Pounds each on that. Their company known
  7. Yahoo! Top 5 Christmas Songs

    Fri, 22 Dec 2006

    suite the classics like. thinking that this is that. This song an assignment as a whole opera from the Russian opera for Tchaikovsky he didn't want to do so it just has to show you that if you get an assignment you should do your best because you might

    Tchaikovsky found at 2:28

    an assignment as a whole opera from the Russian opera for Tchaikovsky he didn't want to do so it just has to show you that if you get an assignment you should do your
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