but i want to go twice at the very least ♪ >> lyubov is anxiously looking forward to the festival.e soviet era. lyubov was a prima ballerina. ♪ >> she was born in vladavostok and began studying ballet at age 5. it was a closed city with limited recreational facilities, and there was nowhere for her to perform ballet. >> there were theaters for plays, but none for ballet. the people loved the ballet. >> at age 10, she left home and enrolled at a ballet academy located in central siberia. after graduation she performed for 20 years as prima ballerina at a theater in western siberis. in recognition of her achievements, she received a commendation from the soviet government. she retired in 1988 at the age of 38 and returned home to vladivostok. three years later, the soviet union collapsed, the amount of her pension was significantly reduced and she was forced to take janitorial jobs to eke out a living. her checkered life even made the newspaper newspapers. >> when i heard an opera and ballet theater had opened here, i was happy. but at the same time i was sad. happy because the theat