Gallery 2 - Photo 18

1972 NAGOYA, JAPAN. SOILI AND LEO IN "SWAN LAKE ACT ii." WE WERE THE FIRST WESTERN SOLO BALLET ARTISTS TO DANCE IN JAPAN AFTER WORLD WAR ii. TOKYO NHK-TV MADE A BIG HALF-HOUR SPECIAL OF US WITH INTERVIEW AND DANCING. ON THAT FLIGHT IN APRIL 1972 COLONEL SANDERS OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN WAS ON THE SAME FLIGHT. SOILI WENT TO ASK WHY HE WAS GOING TO JAPAN. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO OPEN THE FIRST FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT IN JAPAN. NEXT YEAR IN 1973 WE RETURNED TO JAPAN AND THERE WAS THE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN PLACE UNDER THE BALLET INTERNATIONAL DE OCHI STUDIOS OF NAGOYA. IT IS STILL THERE!