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Dancing through Dostoyevsky: The House of the Dead in Prague

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Reviewed at National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague on 14 May 2015
Janáček, From the House of the Dead
Robert Jindra, Conductor
Daniel Špinar, Director
Michal Bragagnolo, Aljeja
Štefan Margita, Luka Kuzmič (Filka Morozov)
Josef Moravec, Skuratov
Jevhen Šokalo, Prison governor
Pavol Remenár, Šiškov
František Zahradníček, Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov
Jana Vrána, Dancer
Radim Vizváry, Choreography
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