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Maria Stoianova

The collection comprises eleven 8 mm films featuring footage by Oleksandr Skalozub, a soloist with the Ukrainian Artistic and Sports Ensemble ‘Ballet on Ice’, documenting his touring journeys from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.

The films mainly capture the ballet skaters’ leisure time before their ice performances: journeys by train, bus, and plane, time in hotel rooms, walks around town, rehearsals, and individual performances.

Some of the footage includes home videos of everyday life in an apartment, walks with the infant daughter, and the care of cocker spaniel puppies.

The collection features footage from the following countries: Greece, Iran, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, the USA and Canada.