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Moonlight Shadow Theatre
Moonlight Shadow theatre is an original performance, a form of plastic theatre showing images and characters on the screen made with the shapes of human bodies. This is a unique genre that includes choreography, pantomime, acting and a sense of humor. During the show audience witnesses magic of shadow theatre on the highest level: Moonlight…
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NINA’s SHOW
“Life is nothing but a game of chess. She always thought of herself as a pawn, until fate offered her the chance to go through the game as a queen.” The PRJCT360 dance show “NINA” is a fascinating story of an ordinary girl, faced with a choice – to continue playing by the rules and…
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Kingdom of Shadow
Plastic theatre performance by Moonlight Shadow Theatre Imagine there is a world that is hidden from the mankind’s eyes.A world where everything is made with an illusory and intricate game of shadows…Kingdom of shadows! A girl finds a way into this world by chance and goes on an unforgettable journey with Shadow. He shows her…
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Tarkan
Tarkan Tevetoğlu is a Turkish singer-songwriter. Since the early 1990s, with the successful sales of his albums, he has been a prominent figure of pop music, recognized in Turkey and worldwide. Tarkan was born and raised in Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1986, he moved to Turkey together with his family. Tarkan, who had been interested in…
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Haddaway
Nestor Alexander Haddaway is a Trinidadian-born German singer best known for his 1993 hit single “What Is Love”, which reached number 1 in 13 countries. The albums Let’s Do It Now (1998) and My Face (2001; re-released as Love Makes) all failed to chart. Haddaway appeared on the television show Comeback – Die große Chance…
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Bad Boys Blue
Bad Boys Blue are a German pop group formed in Cologne in 1984. The group performed many international hits including “You’re a Woman”, “Pretty Young Girl”, “I Wanna Hear Your Heartbeat”, and “Come Back and Stay”. The group became massively popular in Eastern Europe, South America, and South Africa, with the band performing to sell-out…
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Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti is an Italian pop musician, singer and songwriter. He is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish. Since 1984, Ramazzotti has released 11 studio albums, one EP, three compilation albums, three live albums,…
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Loredana Bertè
Loredana Bertè is an Italian singer and actress. In her long career she has worked with prominent Italian songwriters such as Pino Daniele, Ivano Fossati, Mario Lavezzi, Mango and Enrico Ruggeri, among others; her sister Mia Martini was also an acclaimed singer. She has experimented with different genres, from rock to reggae, from funk to…
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Il Volo
Il Volo (Italian for “The Flight”) is an Italian operatic pop trio, consisting of Gianluca Ginoble, and tenors Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto. They describe their music as “popera”. Having won the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, they represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria with the song “Grande Amore”. They reached…
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DJ BoBo
Peter René Baumann, better known under his stage name DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and music producer. He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 12 studio albums as well as several compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format. BoBo has also released 34…
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Thumbelina RCB
Ballet by Royal Classical Ballet It’s not very often that you see a full-length performance intended for children’s perception. “Thumbelina,” based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, is designed for viewing by the whole family. Flowers, elves, butterflies, swallows, moles, toads, and spiders appear on the stage. Bright and realistic…
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Swan Lake RCB
Ballet by Royal Classical Ballet “Swan Lake” can rightfully be called the pearl of Russian ballet! Staged by M. Petipa and L. Ivanov, accompanied by the brilliant music of P.I. Tchaikovsky, won millions of hearts around the world. Dancers dream of performing the main roles in Swan Lake, considering this an incredible professional success. The ballet…
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Spartacus RCB
Ballet by Royal Classical Ballet “Spartacus” of the Moscow State Ballet theater was created according to the original script of the choreographer, Honored Artist of Russia Irina Lazareva. This performance is very dynamic, bright, full of drama and complex dance elements. Against the backdrop of monumental scenery, to the great music of Aram Khachaturian, a tragedy…
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Spanish suite Carmen RCB
Ballet by Royal Classical Ballet The ballet was created by Honored Artist of Russia, leading soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Andrei Merkuriev especially for the Moscow State Ballet. At the center of the play is the story of Carmen, invented by Prosper Merimee, repeatedly reinterpreted by great authors: Marius Petipa, Georges Bizet, Kasyan Goleizovsky, Roland Petit,…
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Sleeping Beauty RCB
Ballet by Royal Classical Ballet The premiere of The Sleeping Beauty took place in 1899 at the Mariinsky Theater. The stage adaptation of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale by Marius Petipa became one of the most expensive productions of that time – 42 thousand pre-revolutionary rubles (a quarter of the annual budget of theaters in St. Petersburg).…
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Nutcracker RCB
Ballet by Royal Classical Ballet “The Nutcracker” P.I. Tchaikovsky is one of the most famous and beloved Russian ballets. It is based on the novella “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by the romantic writer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, which describes a Christmas evening in a small German town. Tchaikovsky composed wonderful music filled with deep…
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Giselle RCB
Ballet by Royal Classical Ballet “Giselle” is one of the best creations of French romanticism, incredibly beautiful and sad, playing on the strings of the soul. Idyll and tragedy, selfless love and cruel deception, revenge and selflessness, the real and fantastic world – everything is intertwined in this performance, encouraging the viewer to empathize with the…
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Cinderella RCB
Ballet by Royal Classical Ballet The premiere of the ballet “Cinderella” by S. Prokofiev based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault took place on November 21, 1945 on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. This is a performance about the victory of childish, naive purity, submissive to circumstances, over the deceit,…
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Romeo & Juliett RCB
Ballet by Royal Classical Ballet The premiere of the play “Romeo and Juliet” by S. Prokofiev in an abridged version took place in 1938 in Brno. In 1940, the full version of the ballet was shown at the Kirov Theater. The role of Juliet was performed by the great Galina Ulanova. The production was a…
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Royal Classical Ballet
Despite its “young age,” our theater has already won the love of audiences abroad. “Royal Classical Ballet” was created through the efforts of young, active, creative professionals. The priority areas of the theater’s activities are the preservation of the best traditions of classical ballet; development of new directions of choreography. “Royal Classical Ballet” creates full-length…
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The Italian Tenors
The Italian Tenors consists of three Italian opera singers Mirko Provini, Sabino Gaita and Evans Tonon. The group is produced by former Warner and Polydor manager Götz Kiso in Germany. The Italian Tenors released their first album That’s Amore (Label: Koch Universal Music) in May 2012. It was produced in November 2011 in Turin, Italy,…
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José Carreras
Josep Maria Carreras Coll better known as José Carreras, is a Spanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini. Born in Barcelona, he made his debut on the operatic stage at 11 as Trujamán in Manuel de Falla’s El retablo de Maese Pedro, and went…
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Ara Malikian
Ara Malikian is a Lebanese-born violinist of Armenian descent. He was educated in Germany and now based in Spain. Since 1995, Malikian has played in a duo with the pianist Serouj Kradjian, also of Armenian origin, recorded the complete cycle of Sonatas by Robert Schumann (Hänsler) with him, as well as the record “Miniatures” (Malkrafon),…
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Il Divo
Il Divo are a multi-national classical crossover vocal group. The male quartet, which originated in the United Kingdom in December 2003, consists of tenors Urs Bühler, David Miller, baritone Steven LaBrie and Sébastien Izambard. It also included baritone Carlos Marín before his death from COVID-19 in December 2021, being officially replaced by LaBrie in August…
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Paolo Meneguzzi
Paolo Meneguzzi is a Swiss Italian singer. In 1996, while the name Paolo Meneguzzi was still unknown in Italy, Paolo won the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, held in Chile with the song “Aria, Ariò”. The success of the song prompted the release of his debut album “Por Amor” on 27 March 1997. Paolo…
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Umberto Tozzi
Umberto TozziUmberto Antonio Tozzi is an Italian pop and rock singer and composer. Over the course of his career, he has sold over 70 million records in different languages internationally, and his biggest international hits are: “Stella Stai”, “Gloria”, “Tu” and “Ti Amo”. In the 1990s, Tozzi recorded several more songs such as “Gli Altri…
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Tokio Hotel
Tokio Hotel is a German music band, founded in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, bassist Georg Listing, and drummer Gustav Schäfer. Starting from the foundation, the band’s music genres were pop rock and alternative rock; since 2014, the band began to perform electropop and synth-pop. After recording a demo album under the…
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Tony Hadley
Anthony Patrick Hadley MBE is an English pop singer. He rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of the new wave band Spandau Ballet and launched a solo career following the group’s split in 1990. Hadley returned to the band in 2009 but left again in 2017. Hadley is known for his…
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Smokie
Smokie (originally spelt Smokey) are an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire. The band found success at home and abroad after teaming up with Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. They have had a number of lineup changes and were still actively touring in 2023. Their most popular hit single, “Living Next Door to Alice”, peaked…
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Paul Young
Paul Antony Young is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. His hit singles include “Love of the Common People”, “Wherever I Lay My Hat”, “Come Back and…
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Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian-British singer and actress. In the early 1990s, she played Beth Brennan in Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, she began a singing career with her cover of Ednaswap’s song “Torn”. It reached number one in Sweden, and charted highly in many other countries. Her debut album, Left of…
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M People Voice
Heather Margarita Small is a British soul singer and former lead vocalist of the band M People. Her subsequent debut solo studio album, Proud, was released in 2000. During 2017, Small participated in the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage for the BBC, along with Neil Morrissey, Debbie McGee, Ed Byrne, Kate Bottley, Raphael Rowe, and JJ…
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Modern Talking
Modern Talking was a German pop duo consisting of arranger, songwriter and producer Dieter Bohlen and singer Thomas Anders. They have been referred to as Germany’s most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top five in many countries. Their most popular singles are “You’re My Heart, You’re My…
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Michael Bolton
Michael Bolotin, known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton performed in the hard rock and heavy metal music genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo albums and those he recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack. He became better known for his series of…
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Londonbeat
Londonbeat are a British dance-pop band who scored a number of pop and dance hits in the early 1990s. They currently consist of vocalists Jimmy Helms, Jimmy Chambers, and Charles Pierre. Former members include multi-instrumentalist William Henshall, George Chandler, Marc Goldschmitz, and Myles Kayne. As of 2023, the band has released six studio albums and…
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Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single “Kids in America”, which peaked at No. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist.[4] In 1986, she had a UK No. 2 hit with a reworked version of…
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Dire Straits Experience
For a massive number of loyal fans, it seemed like the end of the world has come when The Dire Straits announced their retirement in 1995. But thanks to those same passionate enthusiasts, the music of a highly popular rock formation is now more alive than ever before. The call for songs that The Dire…
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C. C. Catch
Caroline Catherine Müller (born 31 July 1964), known professionally as C. C. Catch, is a Dutch-born German pop singer, also known for her collaboration with Dieter Bohlen (one half of Modern Talking) in the 1980s.
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Billy Joel Experience
A sparkling ode to Billy Joel by Alexander Broussard (Najib Amhali’s PlusSupportAct, De Corona’s, Crazy Pianos and many other such acts) & his five-piece band ‘003’, based in The Netherlands. Billy Joel’s songs certainly need no introduction. They have fused with our collective memory. He is among the most successful artists in pop history, with…
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Bananarama
Bananarama are a British and Irish pop group, formed as a trio in 1980 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward. Fahey left the group in 1988 and was replaced by Jacquie O’Sullivan until 1991, when the trio became a duo. Their success on both pop and dance charts saw them listed in…
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Al Bano and Romina Power
Al Bano and Romina Power are an Italian-American pop music duo formed in 1975 by then-married couple Italian tenor Albano Carrisi and American singer Romina Power, the daughter of Hollywood actor Tyrone Power. They have recorded over 22 albums, which have sold in 150 million copies across six decades. Their best known international hits include…
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Maluma
Juan Luis Londoño Arias, known professionally as Maluma, is a Colombian singer. Born and raised in Medellín, he developed an interest in music at a young age, recording songs since age sixteen. He released his debut album, Magia, a year later in 2012. But, his breakthrough album was 2015’s Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy, which led…
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Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record sellers in music history, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide in 14 languages. It is estimated that during his…
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Village People
Village People is an American disco group known for its on-stage costumes and suggestive lyrics in their music. The group was originally formed by French producers Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo and lead singer Victor Willis following the release of the debut album Village People, which targeted disco’s large gay audience. The group’s name refers to…
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Morcheeba
Morcheeba is an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist Skye Edwards and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey. They mix influences from trip hop, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced ten regular studio albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten. Edwards left the band…
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Grace Jones
Grace Beverly Jones OJ is a Jamaican-American model, singer and actress. Born in Jamaica, she and her family moved to Syracuse, New York, when she was a teenager. Jones began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris, working for fashion houses such as Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo, and appearing on the…
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Boney M.
Boney M. were a German vocal group that specializes in disco and funk, created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group’s primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group’s official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat, and Bobby Farrell…
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Baccara
Baccara was a Spanish female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos (born 7 February 1951) and María Mendiola (4 April 1952 – 11 September 2021). The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie”, which reached number one across much of Europe and became the…
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Maleficent
The Circus Musical This story tells us about good and evil, love, respect for each other, and friendship. The main storyline is between Maleficent and Mariveza. Maleficent, as usual, hosts a ball for fairy guests from different kingdoms. However, things don’t go as planned this time. Together with the heroes, the audience will get into…
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War Baby YL
Comedy by YLLANA In the purest Yllana style, WAR BABY takes us to a military recruitment center, where a group of clueless recruits are trained for a crazy war that has created the new leader of the country, who turns out to be a spoiled and bellicose baby. A string of hilarious characters and an endless…
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