YULIE and Tonia are students at the National University of Culture and Arts in Krasnodar in Russia.They are now in Shenzhen performing as dancers at the Window of the World, a well-known theme park in Overseas Chinese Town.They spoke about their hometown, a city near the Black Sea. Tonia pointed it out on a map she found in an old Chinese newspaper. She said Shenzhen was very different, hot and wet.They work very hard here, with rehearsals in the morning and performances in the afternoon and at night.“We are young and like our work. We want the visitors like our dancing,” they said.Both studied folk dancing in Russia and are quite interested in Chinese folk dances. They have learned some dances from their Chinese peers at the Window of the World. The experience in Shenzhen is greatly treasured by both of them. “When we dance in other cities in Russia or any other country in future, we’ll probably recall our dancing in Shenzhen and the friends we met here.”Due to their tight work schedule, they don’t have much time to see the city. But they have been shopping in Dongmen, one of the busiest shopping centers in downtown Shenzhen.They were impressed by the hospitality of some peddlers, who said hello to them and asked them how to say it in Russian.If possible, they would like to go to Happy Valley, a theme park just opposite the Window of the World. Chinese friends told them they can have a lot of fun there and they want to try.Minsk World, a renovated aircraft carrier in the east harbor of Shenzhen, is another tourist spot they want to visit to meet some Russian actresses working there.Sometimes they phone their parents when they miss home. Like all parents, theirs will ask about everything from the food they eat to the friends they have made.