Go to the exhibition “Friendly Interface” or listen to Bach’s sonatas – in the weekly column “A Week with Snob” we tell you what to do when you don’t feel like doing anything
Thursday, March 16
Performance “I won’t tell”
Where: Moscow, Theater Center “On Strastnoy”
At what time: 20:00
The plot of the production is based on a play by the writer Alexander Tsypkin about the relationship of people who love each other, but are not able to build a dialogue between people. According to the plot, a six-year-old girl Varya writes a letter to Santa Claus, which is lost in huge Moscow. The search, which eventually turns into a real detective story, involves two couples who have almost decided to part. Starring Viktor Vorzonin, Irina Vybornova, Anton Kostochkin, Rita Kron, Ekaterina Steblina, Georgy Peradze and Dmitry Chebotarev.
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Friday, March 17
Screening of the recording of “Swan Lake” by Nureyev
Where: Moscow, KARO 11 October
At what time: 19:30
On the day of the 85th anniversary of the birth of Rudolf Nureyev, Oktyabr will show a recording of the legendary production of Swan Lake, in which the famous Nureyev duo (Prince Siegfried) and Margot Fonteyn (Odette/Odile) took part. Its premiere made such an impression on the audience that they called the performers for bows several dozen times. The performance will be presented by the premier and leading soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Igor Tsvirko and Kristina Kretova.
Saturday, March 18
Screening of the film “Dogville”
Where: Moscow, cinema center “Domzhur”
At what time: 19:00
From March 14 to March 22, a retrospective of films directed by Lars von Trier is taking place in Moscow, St. Petersburg and 14 other cities of Russia. The girl Grace, who escaped from a gang of gangsters, is sheltered in the town of Dogville by local residents, who, in return, as it seems at first, do not need anything. However, over time, the city becomes a prison for Grace. Nicole Kidman played the female lead.
Sunday, March 19
Exhibition “Albert Bakun. Complex palette”
Where: St. Petersburg, Erarta
The artist Albert Bakun devoted his life to studying the works of Western European masters. In his works, made in the genre of analytical painting, Bakun tries to restore the “lost pictorial alphabet”. As if combining the functions of a viewer, creator and interpreter, the artist complements the classical plots of the “original” canvases. “The artist, the picture, the viewer: at the moment of their meeting, a dialogue takes place between them. This dialogue is triggered when both the artist and the viewer speak a language understandable to both. I try to preserve this language, make it modern and pass it on to the next generations,” says Albert Bakun.
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Monday, March 20
Exhibition “Friendly Interface”
Where: Moscow, MMOMA
Pavel Polyansky’s new project explores the interaction of two worlds: the real and the virtual. In the center of the plot of the artist’s paintings is a woman personifying the natural principle (real). Around her on Polyansky’s canvases one can see smart gadgets (virtual): from robo-dogs that have replaced pets to drones that deliver parcels and gifts. The curator of the exhibition is Polina Askeri.
Tuesday, March 21
Concert “Bach: Six sonatas for violin and clavier”
Where: St. Petersburg, Dom Radio
At what time: 19:00
Musicians Polina Osetinskaya and Vladimir Pesin will perform six sonatas written by Johann Sebastian Bach for violin and clavier. Researchers of the composer’s work suggest that he wrote them around 1720, when he was a bandmaster at the court of the Keten prince. The works are considered revolutionary, since Bach radically changed the “relationship” between the two instruments: the clavier ceased to be an accompanying instrument, and therefore some competition appeared between it and the violin.
Wednesday, March 22
Concert “Eugene Pobozhiy Quintet”
Where: Moscow, club “16 tons”
At what time: 20:00
The Evgeny Pobozhiy Quintet, the first Russian project to win one of the world’s major jazz competitions, the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Guitar Competition, will perform next week at the 16 Tons Club. The program includes original compositions by the leader of the young Moscow jazz scene, composer Yevgeny Pobozhiy: this is music at the intersection of jazz, rock, funk, hip-hop and modern academicism.
Ballet “The Master and Margarita”
Where: Moscow, concert hall Crocus City Hall
At what time: 20:00
The new production by Sergei Polunin based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov will feature not only ballet dancers, but also figure skaters, rhythmic gymnasts, dancers, dramatic actors, tightrope walkers and rock musicians. Leading roles will be performed by Polunin himself and Olympic figure skating champion Elena Ilyinykh. “The Master and Margarita is a novel about a creative soul and vocation, about boundless love, about the weaknesses of people. To convey all this in dance is a challenge that we gladly accept, ”says Sergei Polunin.
Prepared by Olga Obydenskaya
