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Moscow City Ballet performs
at Festival of Fine Arts

LAKELAND, Fla. (March 24, 2004) - Florida Southern College and the Festival of Fine Arts welcome the Moscow City Ballet performing in Sergei Prokofieff's "Romeo and Juliet" in Branscomb Auditorium April 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Shakespeare's legendary story of young lovers trapped by the conflicts between their families comes dramatically to life when danced to the musical setting by Prokofieff. The Moscow City Ballet was founded in 1988 and has toured around the world. Its dancers are chosen from graduates of the finest schools in Russia and the Ukraine. 

Tickets are $20. FSC students are admitted free of charge; non-FSC students pay half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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