🩰 Kanon Karita, Japan: ‘When I moved here, I saw that Russians don't smile. Because of that, I thought Russians were mean.’ But was it just a stereotype? 🤔 We’re happy to present to you the first woman’s story on our channel! Meet Kanon Karita from Yokohama 🇯🇵 Japan @catballerina4109 who came to 🇷🇺 Russia 11 years ago to study and master her ballet skills, and finally become a professional ballet dancer 😍

After Kyiv Choreographic College and training in the famous Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg, she started her career in Syktyvkar, and now works for the Voronezh opera and ballet theatre as a soloist 🔝

🎥 Kanon has a YouTube vlog @catballerina4109 There she openly talks about her family life (Kanon has recently married a Russian man, his name’s Zhenya), tries Russian cuisine, shows her travel experience and behind the scenes of being a Japanese ballerina in Russia 🇷🇺

Why did she move to Russia, what did she fear most about this country, were there irresistible differences between Russian and Japanese mentality? 🤔 Watch our new video and learn the story of Kanon Karita! 🇯🇵 🇷🇺

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00:00 - Meet Kanon Karita
02:19 - Voronezh Opera and Ballet Theatre
03:06 - Why Russia?
04:12 - Career in Russia: from Syktyvkar to Voronezh
04:41 - Russian winter & Russian people
05:29 - How to get a job in Russia?
05:56 - Japanese punctuality vs. Russian mentality
06:52 - Kanon doesn’t dance now. Why?
08:22 - Family life & husband Zhenya
09:12 - Dating culture in Japan vs. in Russia
10:32 - Japanese ballerina with Russian mentality
11:50 - Kanon’s family in Japan
14:50 - USSR times vs. 2020s
16:43 - The Russia-Ukraine conflict: February, 2022
18:03 - Is there racism or xenophobia in Russia?
20:18 - The costumes
20:53 - Traumas & injuries in ballet
22:15 - Japanese dancers: Atsunori & Yumiko
23:01 - What’s most amazing about Russia?
24:49 - Dreams of travelling around the world
25:42 - Plans for the future