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The Alina Festival

The Rossiya 1 TV channel will broadcast a real children's rhythmic gymnastics holiday on June 1. It’s scheduled to air at 12:00 Moscow time!

The premiere of the television version of the Alina-2024 festival will take place on Children’s Day!

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva summed up the results of the Alina-2024 festival in Minsk.

“The children put together a holiday for the children!” Alina Kabaeva about the Alina-2024  festival in Minsk

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva thanked the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and all those who took part in the organization of the Alina- 2024 festival in Minsk.

"Thank you all very much!" Alina Kabaeva — at the closing ceremony of the Alina festival-2024 in Minsk

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Belarusian choreographer Yulia Markovskaya staged one of the performances at the Alina-2024 festival in Minsk together with Russia’s Honored coach Irina Zenovka.

“This is a great honor and pride for us.” Choreographer Yulia Markovskaya about the Alina-2024 festival

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Belarusian singer Alena Lanskaya shared her impressions of participating in the Alina-2024 festival in Minsk.

Belarusian singer Alena Lanskaya speaks about her participation in the Alina-2024 festival in Minsk

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Honored Artist of Belarus Ruslan Alekhno took part in the “Two Sisters” performance at the Alina 2024 Festival in Minsk. The artist performed the song together with Natalya Podolskaya.

Honored Artist of Belarus Ruslan Alekhno sharing impressions from performance at the Alina 2024 Festival

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The REN TV channel news segment is about the international charity Alina-2024 festival in Minsk.

The Alina-2024 festival comes to an end in Minsk. REN TV news segment

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The Alina 2024 Festival was held on March 5 in Minsk and was dedicated to friendship of nations. Gymnasts and athletes from various Russian regions, Belarus, and from other countries took part in the festival.

The Alina 2024 Festival was held in Minsk!

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This year our traditional festival is taking place for the 13th time, but it will take place in two countries for the first time! After the Academy, it will take place at the Minsk Arena.

Live broadcast of the Alina-2024 festival from Minsk!

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People’s Artist of Russia Nikolay Tsiskaridze was among guests of honor at the Alina 2024 Festival in the Academy.

Nikolay Tsiskaridze, the People’s Artist of Russia, visited the Alina 2024 Festival in the Academy

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Artist of the Alina 2024 Festival Ivan Rudnev described features of the stage and differences between the shows in the Academy and at the Minsk Arena.

How was the ‘kindness font used at the Alina 2024 Festival? Artist Ivan Rudnev talking about that

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva tells how the children’s event has united plenty of people from different countries after the end of the Alina 2024 Festival in the Academy.

“We simply love what we do!” Alina Kabaeva about the Alina 2024 Festival

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People's Artist of Russia Larisa Dolina shared her impressions after performing at the Alina 2024 Festival.

“This is happiness and a great honor for me!” Larisa Dolina shares impressions about the Alina 2024 Festival

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Athletes from Congo that have recently come to the training camp at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy performed at the Alina 2024 Festival for the first time.

Honorary Consul of the Republic of Congo in St. Petersburg visiting Alina 2024 Festival

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Irina Zenovka, the Choreographer and the Stage Director of the Russian national team, revealed secrets of preparing routines for the Alina 2024 Festival.

"We are all so different but we are together — this is what our Festival is about!" Irina Zenovka talks about the Alina 2024

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Belarusian national team gymnast Anastasia Salos participates in both Alina Festivals that will be held in two countries this year — in Russia and Belarus.

"It’s very nice that the festival will be held in Minsk for the first time!" Anastasia Salos talks about the Alina 2024 Festival

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The technical director of the Alina-2024 festival in Belarus, Alexey Yushechkin, told us how to turn an ice arena into a performance area for gymnasts in just a few days.

How are preparations for the Alina 2024 Festival in Minsk going on? Technical director Alexey Yushechkin is on the line

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The Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy has become the second home for Cuban gymnast Isabella Rojas. She has come to us this time to take part in the Alina Festival again.

"I am very happy to return here!" Isabella Rojas talks about participation in the Alina 2024 Festival

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After the completion of the Alina-2024 festival, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva expressed gratitude to everyone who worked on creating a magical holiday.

"Thank you to everyone who is with us!" Alina Kabaeva at the closing ceremony of the Alina-2024 festival

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The topic of the REN TV channel news segment is the 13th international Alina-2024 charity festival!

The Alina-2024 festival has ended at the Academy. REN TV news segment

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One of the choreographers of the Alina-2024 festival, Eldar Sayfutdinov, spoke in detail about the sports festival. He compared the event to the international Games of Countries tournament at the Academy.

"I feel that there is a healthy competition between choreographers." Eldar Sayfutdinov about the Alina-2024 festival

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Youth Olympics champion Irina Annenkova first took part in the Alina Festival back in 2014. The audience can see her in a Spanish-style routine this year.

"There are a lot more participants!" Irina Annenkova about the Alina 2024 Festival

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Director of the Studio School Alesya Makh spoke about the features of preparing the performance, which will also include participants from different Russian regions.

"We are all moving in the same direction and developing!" TODES Studio School students talking about at the Alina 2024 festival

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“Children are showing a holiday for children!” Alina Kabaeva about the Alina 2024 Festival

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Aaron Osawa-Horowitz studied at the Royal Ballet School in the UK and then graduated from the Vaganova  Academy of Russian Ballet, with Nikolay Tsiskaridze as his headmaster.

Ballet dancer with the Mariinsky Theater Aaron Osawa-Horowitz talking about rehearsals in the Academy before Alina 2024 Festival

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Choreographer Elena Afanasyeva explained the features of producers’ work, preparations of routines and the Alina 2024 festival.

Choreographer Elena Afanasyeva sharing secrets of preparing routines for the Alina 2024 festival

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Choreographer and director of the TODES school-studio Andrei Brykanov told us how ideas for routines are generated and described in detail interactions between dancers and gymnasts during performance.

"We expect a very lively and very exciting performance!" Choreographer Andrei Brykanov sharing thoughts of the Alina 2024 Festival

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Children with special needs from Kazan started rehearsals at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy before the Alina-2024 festival.

Children with special needs from Kazan begin rehearsing at the Academy ahead of the Alina-2024 festival

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Elena Bogatova, coach of the Chelyabinsk gymnasts, spoke about the performance in which her students will take part, as well as athletes from Moscow, the Moscow region and the Congo at the Alina-2024 festival.

"This is a huge international event!" Elena Bogatova talks about the Alina-2024 festival

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Athletes from Belarus are among the first ones coming to the Academy for the Alina 2024 Festival.

Gymnasts of the Belarusian national team coming to the Academy for the Alina 2024 Festival

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Technical director of the Alina-2024 festival Georgy Nechuneev told us how the installation of the site in Sochi and Minsk for our festival is going.

How is the installation of the site for the Alina-2024 festival going? Technical director Georgy Nechuneev shares all

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Before leaving, they recorded a video greeting for us together with their  coach Elizaveta Maksyakova.

Children with special needs from Kazan to come to Sochi to take part in our Alina festival.

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The  choreographer of the Russian national team Irina Zenovka revealed the secret of the performance that will open the Alina-2024 festival.

Russian national team choreographer Irina Zenovka spoke about preparations for the Alina-2024 festival

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Choreographer Eldar Sayfutdinov revealed details of preparations for the Alina-2024 festival

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Rehearsals were held in Zhukovsky ahead of the Alina-2024 festival, where gymnasts from the Moscow region group exercise team prepared a routine under the guidance of choreographers Eldar Sayfutdinov and Ekaterina Bayborodina.

How are rehearsals taking place ahead of the Alina-2024 festival? Youth Olympic Games champion Irina Annenkova and coach Tatyana Golovina share

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At the Alina-2024 festival,  the current world champion in sports ballroom dancing, Sharif Mirkhanov, will take part in one of the performances together with the 2014 Youth Olympic Games champion Irina Annenkova.

"I would like to present my sport with dignity!" World dance champion Sharif Mirkhanov talks about participating in the Alina festival

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Ahead of the Alina-2024 festival, we’ve gathered vivid quotes from those who took part in our holiday over the years.

"This is a celebration of creativity, sports, and rhythmic gymnastics!" Participants sharing their vision of the Alina Festival

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On June 3, at 11:30 a.m., the Rossiya TV channel will broadcast the television premiere of the Alina-2023 International Festival, which was held in Sochi at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

Rossiya TV channel to show television premiere of the Alina-2023 Festival

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TV presenter, journalist and sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev talks about how to fall in love with rhythmic gymnastics.

“Rhythmic gymnastics is an incredible symbiosis”. Dmitry Guberniev - about the Alina-2023 festival

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REN TV channel news segment about the Alina-2022 festival, which took place in Moscow.

Annual Alina-2022 festival took place in Moscow. REN TV news segment

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Director of the Alina-2023 festival Vyacheslav Kulaev emphasized what makes rhythmic gymnastics special in comparison with classical ballet and modern choreography.

"The gymnasts are amazing at capturing the emotional aspect of the music." Comments from the Alina-2023 director Vyacheslav Kulaev

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Choreographer Natalya Belugina said that the Alina festival performance level is constantly improving.

“I wish that the festival would be held more often.” Natalya Belugina shared her impressions of Alina-2023

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On April 8, 2023 The Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy held the Alina-2023 festival. While it was the 12th festival, it was held in Sochi for the first time.

Alina-2023 festival: 8 choreographers, 5 foreign countries and 25 Russian cities

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The 2012 Olympic champion in group exercises, Uliana Donskova, explained why she considers the Alina festival to be a special athletic event.

"For children, this is the road to the future." Uliana Donskova on the festival "Alina"

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Channel Five news segment as part of the Izvestia program. Main news about the Alina-2023 festival.

Alina-2023 festival. Channel Five's news segment

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REN TV channel news segment about the Alina-2023 festival, which took place at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy in Sochi.

Alina-2023 festival wraps up in Sochi.  REN TV news segment

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The 12th Alina festival will take place at the Sky Grace Academy on 8th of April. Ahead of the celebration of beauty and grace, we asked past participants to share their memories.

‘’The brightest, most colorful, large-scale event’’. Participants of the Alina festival of past years - about their experience

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REN TV channel news segment about the preparations for the international Alina-2023 festival, which took place in Sochi at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

Preparations for the Alina-2023 festival. REN TV news segment

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On April 8, the Sky Grace Academy will host the Alina rhythmic gymnastics festival. A whole team of professional choreographers is working to set up the festival.

The creators of the holiday. Choreographers and director of the Alina festival-2023

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On March 29, Chinese gymnasts from the Zhong Ling school arrived at Alina Kabaeva's Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

Gymnasts from China are preparing for the Alina festival at the Sky Grace Academy

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A grand celebration of rhythmic gymnastics to take place in Sochi in April

The Alina festival to take place on April 8 at Sky Grace Academy

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At the end of April, the unique and large-scale Alina – 2023 annual charity festival will take place. Every talented gymnast with a unique natural aptitude for sport can now participate in the contest after passing an online selection process.