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Sasha Cohen

Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen (born October 26, 1984) is an American

United States

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figure skater

Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform figure skating spins, figure skating jumps, moves in the field and other intricate and challenging moves on ice....
. She is the 2006 U.S. National Champion

United States Figure Skating Championships

Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an international, senior-level figure skating competition. It is the culmination of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series....
, and 2006 Olympic silver medalist

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006....
.

n was born in Westwood

Westwood, Los Angeles, California

Westwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California, California, United States. Westwood is best known as the home of the University of California, Los Angeles ....
, California

California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, a neighborhood in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
. Her nickname "Sasha" is a Russian nickname for "Alexandra." Her mother, Galina Feldman, is a Jew

Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish immigrant from Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
and a former ballet dancer; her father, Roger Cohen, is a Jewish American business consultant who is an attorney with Dorsey & Whitney LLP.

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Cohen was born in Westwood

Westwood, Los Angeles, California

Westwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California, California, United States. Westwood is best known as the home of the University of California, Los Angeles ....
, California

California

Los Ángeles

Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish immigrant from Ukraine

Ukraine

Aliso Niguel High School

Aliso Niguel High School is a four-year public school in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. It is a part of the Capistrano Unified School District, founded in the fall of 1993....
in Aliso Viejo, California

Aliso Viejo, California

Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California, United States. It has a population of 40,166 as of the 2000 census and an estimated population as of 2007 of 41,424....
and graduated from Futures High School in Mission Viejo, California

Mission Viejo, California

Mission Viejo is a city located in southern Orange County, California in the Saddleback Valley and has been named the safest city in the US according to a 2007 Morgan Quitno crime statistic survey ....
in 2002. Her sister, Natalia ("Natasha"), began college at Barnard College

Barnard College

Barnard College is a Women's colleges in the United States Liberal arts colleges in the United States founded in 1889. Barnard is affiliated with Columbia University, but Barnard maintains an independent campus in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, and separate faculty, administrati...
in August 2006.

In 2005, she published her autobiography, Fire on Ice.

Cohen understands Russian

Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
.

Skating career

A gymnast

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique ....
from an early age, Cohen switched to figure skating when she was seven years old, but it wasn't until she was 10 that she began to take the sport seriously.

Cohen rose to prominence in the skating community during the 2000 United States Figure Skating Championships

United States Figure Skating Championships

The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the list of national championships in figure skating of the United States....
. Just up from juniors, Cohen dropped from first place after the short program to second after the free skating and qualified for the world team. Too young for the World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
, a loophole at the time would have allowed her to compete in senior worlds if she medaled at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships

World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skating compete for the title of World Junior Champion....
. Cohen did not medal at world juniors and so did not go to senior worlds. .]] Cohen did not compete at the 2001 Nationals due to a stress fracture

Stress fracture

A stress fracture is one type of incomplete fracture in bones. It is caused by "unusual or repeated stress" This is in contrast to other types of fractures, which are usually characterized by a solitary, severe impact....
in her back, but took back her silver medal at the 2002 Nationals, earning her a trip to the Olympics. Cohen competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States....
in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....
, Utah

Utah

The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
, finishing 4th. Her best season was 2003–04, when she took gold at three Grand Prix

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Elite figure skating compete in the disciplines of single skating, single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing....
events and silver at both the U.S. National Championships and the World Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
. Cohen placed 2nd at the 2005 U.S. National Championships in Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
and the World Championships in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. She withdrew from the 2005 Grand Prix

Grand Prix

Grand Prix may refer to:...
events due to a recurring back injury.

Cohen started her Olympic season by placing 1st at the Campbell's International Figure Skating Challenge. Soon after she withdrew from Skate America

Skate America

Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association....
due to a hip injury. She took 2nd place at Trophée Eric Bompard

Trophée Eric Bompard

The Troph?e Eric Bompard is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series....
, where she fell on a triple Salchow

Salchow jump

The salchow is a figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air....
during her free skate. In 2006, Cohen overcame the flu

Influenza

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease that affects birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the biological family Orthomyxoviridae ....
to capture her first U.S. National Championship. With this victory Cohen automatically secured her place on the U.S. Olympic team for the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

United States Figure Skating Association

U.S. Figure Skating , officially called the United States Figure Skating Association or USFSA, is the national sport governing body for figure skating in the United States....
.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Four figure skating events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the Palavela venue....
in Torino, Cohen was in 1st after the short program, leading Russia's Irina Slutskaya

Irina Slutskaya

Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya is a Russian figure skater. She is a two-time World Figure Skating Championships, seven-time European Figure Skating Championships, two-time Figure skating at the Olympic Games, and four-time Grand Prix Final Champion....
by a mere .03 points. In the final free skate, Cohen fell on her first jump

Figure skating jump

Figure skating jumps are a major element of competitive figure skating. Different jumps are identified by the take-off edge and the number of revolutions completed....
, a triple Lutz, and had her hands down on her second jump, the triple flip

Flip jump

The flip jump is a figure skating jump which takes off a backward inside edge with a toe pick assist, and lands on the backward outside edge of the opposite foot....
. She completed the rest of her elements, including five triples. Cohen finished with an Olympic silver medal, her first Olympic medal. The Olympic gold medalist, Shizuka Arakawa

Shizuka Arakawa

is a Japanese figure skater. She is the Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2004 World Figure Skating Championship. Arakawa is the first Japanese figure skater to win the Olympics....
of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, won by 7.98 points over Cohen.

A month later at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary, Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Cohen was in 1st place after the short program. Completing only one jump combination and falling on the triple Salchow, she placed fourth in the free skate and won the bronze medal, finishing almost ten points behind her teammate, gold medalist Kimmie Meissner

Kimmie Meissner

Kimberly Claire "Kimmie" Meissner is an American single skating. She is the World Figure Skating Championships, the United States Figure Skating Championships, and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships....
. Cohen displayed strong artistry in her free skate and picked up level fours

ISU Judging System

The ISU Judging System , is the scoring system currently used to judge the figure skating disciplines of single skating, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating....
on all her spins

Figure skating spins

Spins are an element in figure skating where the skater rotates, centered on a single point on the ice, while holding one or more body positions....
and her spiral

Spiral (figure skating)

A spiral is an element in figure skating where the skater glides on one foot while raising the List of figure skating terms#F above hip level....
sequence. Her program component score of 61.35 was the highest of the night.

Post 2006 Olympics

During April 2006, Cohen started the Champions on Ice

Champions on Ice

Champions on Ice was a touring ice show in the United States. The show featured a large cast of both professional and Olympic-eligible figure skating along with novelty acts such as skating acrobatics....
tour, participated in the second annual "Skating with the Stars, Under the Stars" gala in Central Park

Central Park

Central Park is a large public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate....
and performed in the Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating International Showcase. On April 15, 2006, Cohen announced that she intends to compete into the 2010 season and the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will be held February 12-28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia nearby....
in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
. She said via her official website, "I will decide after the COI Tour how much skating and what events I will do next season."

In December 2006, Cohen announced that she needed "a little downtime from competing" and that she will not defend her US Figure Skating Championship title in 2007. She again stressed that her "major goals" are the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2010 Olympics; "I know I want to be in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics."

Cohen did not compete in the 2006-07 competitive season, although she did perform exhibitions, including at the Rockefeller Christmas Tree lighting and at USFSA-approved events. She has not given up her Olympic eligibility.

Cohen was a headliner in the 2007-08 Stars on Ice

Stars on Ice

Stars on Ice is a touring figure skating show produced by IMG . It was originally conceived in 1986 as a vehicle for IMG client Scott Hamilton , who had been released from his contract with Ice Capades, after being told that male skaters do not sell tickets....
tour.

Coaching changes

.]] Cohen was coached by John Nicks

John Nicks

John Allen Wisden Nicks is a British figure skating coach and former pair skater. His pairs partner was his sister Jennifer Nicks, and together they were the 1953 World Figure Skating Championships....
until the summer of 2002, when she relocated to Simsbury, Connecticut

Simsbury, Connecticut

Simsbury is a suburban town in Hartford County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 23,234 at the 2000 United States Census....
to train with Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n coach Tatiana Tarasova

Tatiana Tarasova

Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova...
, who choreographed Cohen's Swan Lake
Swan Lake

Swan Lake is a ballet, Opus number 20, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed 1875-1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, by Vladimir Begichev and Vasiliy Geltser was fashioned from Russian folk tales as well as an ancient German legend, which tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse....
program and upgraded her footwork. Under Tarasova's coaching, Cohen landed her first triple-triple combination in competition, a triple lutz

Lutz jump

The Lutz is a figure skating jump, named after Alois Lutz , an Austrian skater who performed it in 1913. It is a toepick-assisted jump with an entrance from a back outside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot....
-triple toe

Toe loop jump

The toe loop is one of the simplest jumps in figure skating. It is usually the second jump learned after the salchow jump. It is a toe pick-assisted jump that takes off and lands on the same backward outside edge....
. Also, Cohen completed her first clean free skate in the qualifying round at the 2003 World Championships.

She changed coaches again in January 2004 to Robin Wagner (who coached Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes

Sarah Elizabeth Hughes is an United States figure skater. She is the Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Her younger sister Emily Hughes is also a senior-level figure skater....
to Olympic gold) in Hackensack, New Jersey

Hackensack, New Jersey

Hackensack is a City in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township, Bergen County, New Jersey until 1921....
. In December 2004, Cohen returned to California to work with her original coach, John Nicks, who trained her to compete in the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Nicks, who is very knowledgeable on the Code of Points system, helped Cohen increase the difficulty of her spins and spirals, as well as her jumps, to maximize her performances under the new system.

Skating trademarks

Cohen is known for being a talented skater, though her critics say she has never skated two clean programs in a row. Her supporters credit her spiral positions as the best in the skating world due to incredibly flexed positions. She is the first skater to have received +3s for spirals in the new judging system for 'Grade of Execution.' She is also known for difficult and creative positions in her spins, such as the "I" spin position which she popularized, and is also sometimes called the "Sasha spin."

Acting career

Television

Cohen has done commercials for Citizen Watch

Citizen Watch Co.

is the core company of a Japanese global corporation group based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was originally founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in 1918 and is currently known as the manufacturer of CINCOM precision lathe machine tools as well as CITIZEN watches....
, Simply Saline, and Got Milk?

Got Milk?

Got Milk? is an American advertising campaign encouraging the consumption of milk, which was created by the advertising agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners for the California Milk Processor Board in 1993 and later licensed for use by milk processors and dairy farmers....
. She appeared in Episode 7 of the second season of Project Runway
Project Runway

Project Runway is a Peabody Award-winning American reality television series on the Bravo which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum....
wherein designers were challenged to design a skating dress for her. The winning dress (by Zulema Griffin) did not fit and the dress had to be resized. Cohen has made a brief appearance guest starring, as herself, on the May 5, 2006, episode of the NBC drama

Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
, Las Vegas
Las Vegas (TV series)

Las Vegas was an American television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working in the fictional Montecito Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada—dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and restaurant management to casino...
. Cohen has also appeared in the television crime drama CSI:NY. In April 2008, she appeared as a contortionist on the premiere episode of Secret Talents of the Stars
Secret Talents of the Stars

Secret Talents of the Stars was an extremely short-lived CBS reality/game show, where celebrities competed against each other in a tournament-like format in areas that differed from their normal professions, like singing, dancing, and acrobatics....
and advanced to the semifinals, although the show was cancelled before she could perform again.

Film

Cohen played Fiona Hughes in the Don Johnson

Don Johnson

Don Johnson , is an United States actor known for his work in television and film. Johnson made his screen debut in the 1970 film The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart, but it wouldn't be until 1984 that Johnson would land his defining role....
movie Moondance Alexander
Moondance Alexander

Moondance Alexander is a comedy/drama directed by Michael Damian and written by Janeen Damian. The film was released in North America in October, 2007....
. At the 2006 Academy Awards

78th Academy Awards

The 78th Academy Awards honored the 2005 in film and were held on March 5 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by The Daily Show host Jon Stewart....
, Cohen served as a guest correspondent for Inside Edition
Inside Edition

Inside Edition is a syndicated news program, on the air since January 9, 1989. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair , but now more closely resembles Entertainment Tonight or The Insider ....
. This experience led to an encounter with Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor, film director, and film producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
and a discussion about having a part in a future comedy about figure skating, which Cohen said she would enjoy. In 2007, she appeared as herself in Blades of Glory. Later that year, she also had a role in Bratz: The Movie
Bratz: The Movie

Bratz: The Movie is a live-action feature film based on Bratz that was released to United States theaters on August 3, 2007. The film is rated Motion Picture Association of America by the MPAA for thematic elements....
.

Competitive highlights

Event	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006
Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. They feature winter sports held on snow or ice, such as Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ice skating, bobsledding and ice hockey....					4th				2nd
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....					4th	4th	2nd	2nd	3rd
World Junior Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skating compete for the title of World Junior Champion....			6th
U.S. Championships United States Figure Skating Championships The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the list of national championships in figure skating of the United States....	6th N.	2nd J.	2nd	WD	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st
Grand Prix Final						1st	2nd
Trophee Eric Bompard Trophée Eric Bompard The Troph?e Eric Bompard is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series....					3rd	1st	1st		2nd
Skate Canada Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada . It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating....						1st	1st
Skate America Skate America Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association....					5th		1st
Cup of Russia Cup of Russia The Cup of Russia is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of single skating, single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing....				4th		2nd
Nations Cup Bofrost Cup on Ice The Bofrost Cup on Ice is a German figure skating competition. It was part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series until 2003, when it was replaced by Cup of China....				5th
Finlandia Trophy Finlandia Trophy The Finlandia Trophy is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition, held in Finland. Skaters compete in the disciplines of single skating, single skating, pair skating and ice dancing, although not every discipline has been included in every year....					1st
Junior Grand Prix, Sweden 1999-2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 1999?2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the third season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union....			1st
Gardena Spring Trophy Gardena Spring Trophy The Gardena Spring Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition. It is held every spring in Italy. Since its inception in 1990, it has been a junior-level competition....		1st J.
Pacific Coast Sectionals	2nd N.	1st J.	1st
Southwest Pacific Regionals	2nd N.	1st J.

N = Novice level; J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

Detailed placements by season

Legend DNQ: Did not qualify W/D: Withdrew

Programs

Season	Short Program	Long Program	Exhibition
2007–08 2006–07	Did not compete this season	Did not compete this season	Hurt Hurt (Christina Aguilera song) "Hurt" is a pop music ballad written by Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry and Mark Ronson for Aguilera's third studio album, Back to Basics .... by Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera Christina Mar?a Aguilera is an American pop music/contemporary R&B singer and songwriter. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#1990s revival from 1993?1994....
2005–06	Dark Eyes Dark Eyes (song) Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukraine poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843.... Russian folk song	Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack from the 1968 movie by Nino Rota Nino Rota Nino Rota was an Italian composer best known for his work on film scores, notably the films of Federico Fellini. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare films, and for Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy....	Don't Rain on My Parade Don't Rain on My Parade "Don't Rain On My Parade" is a popular song from the 1964 Musical theatre Funny Girl . It was also featured in the 1968 movie version of the musical.... by Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand is an United states singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and film director.... God Bless America God Bless America "God Bless America" is an United States patriotic song originally written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938, as sung by Kate Smith .... by Celine Dion Celine Dion C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....
2004–05	Dark Eyes Dark Eyes (song) Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukraine poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843.... Russian folk song	Pas de deux from The Nutcracker The Nutcracker The Nutcracker Op. 71, is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts, three scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891?92. Alexandre Dumas, p?re's adaptation of the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.... by Tchaikovsky	Don't Rain on My Parade Don't Rain on My Parade "Don't Rain On My Parade" is a popular song from the 1964 Musical theatre Funny Girl . It was also featured in the 1968 movie version of the musical.... by Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand is an United states singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and film director....
2003–04	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona Ernesto Lecuona Ernesto Lecuona y Casado was a Cuban composer and pianist of Basque people descent, and worldwide fame. He composed over six hundred pieces, mostly in the Cuban vein, and was a pianist of exceptional quality....	Swan Lake Swan Lake Swan Lake is a ballet, Opus number 20, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed 1875-1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, by Vladimir Begichev and Vasiliy Geltser was fashioned from Russian folk tales as well as an ancient German legend, which tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.... by Tchaikovsky	Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Tatiana Tarasova Tatiana Tarasova Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova...
2002–03	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona Ernesto Lecuona Ernesto Lecuona y Casado was a Cuban composer and pianist of Basque people descent, and worldwide fame. He composed over six hundred pieces, mostly in the Cuban vein, and was a pianist of exceptional quality....	Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff	Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Tatiana Tarasova Tatiana Tarasova Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova... One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge! *Moulin Rouge!* is a 2001 in film Cinema of Australia film by Baz Luhrmann, director of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, based largely on the Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata.... by Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman, Order of Australia is an Academy Award-winning Hawaiian-born Australian actress, fashion model, singer, United Nations Citizen of the World award-winning humanitarian, and a UNIFEM and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador....
2001–02	My Sweet and Tender Beast by Evgeni Doga	Carmen Carmen *Carmen* is a French op?ra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Hal?vy, based on the Carmen by Prosper M?rim?e, first published in 1845, itself influenced by the narrative poem "The Gypsies" by Pushkin.... by Georges Bizet Georges Bizet Georges Bizet was a France composer and pianist of the Romantic music era. He is best known for the opera Carmen....	Hernando's Hideaway Hernando's Hideaway "Hernando's Hideaway" is a show tune from the musical theater The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and published in 1954 in music.... by Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century.... Aria by Heitor Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer of all time....
2000–01	My Sweet and Tender Beast by Evgeni Doga	Dark Eyes Dark Eyes (song) Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukraine poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843.... Russian folk song, orchestrated by London Festival Orchestra London Festival Orchestra London Festival Orchestra is one of the foremost United Kingdom orchestras. In its original form it was established in the 1950s as the 'house orchestra' for Decca Records....	Anytime, Anywhere by Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman is an English people Crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She sings in many different languages including English language, Spanish language, French language, Latin language, German language, Italian language, Hindi language and Chinese language.... To Love You More by Celine Dion Celine Dion C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....
1999–2000	Baroque Selections by Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed il Prete Rosso , was a Baroque music composer and Venice priest, as well as a famous virtuoso violinist, born and raised in the Republic of Venice.... and Albinoni Tomaso Albinoni Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was a Venetian Baroque music composer. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is mainly remembered today for his instrumental music, some of which is regularly recorded....	Violin Concerto Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 is his last large orchestral work. It forms an important part of the violin repertoire and is one of the most popular and most frequently performed violin concertos of all time.... by Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn was a Germany composer, pianist, organist and conducting of the early Romantic music period....	Madame Butterfly Madama Butterfly *Madama Butterfly* is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.... by Puccini Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italians composer whose operas, including La boh?me, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the List of important operas....

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