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Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre says it will continue using performers who wear blackface make-up despite criticism from US ballet dancer Misty Copeland.

Copeland, an African-American ballerina, posted an image on Instagram of two white female actors in black body paint rehearsing for a show.

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