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The ballet "A Legend of Love" returns to the Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre started to cooperate with Instagram Vladimir Matorin took part in the concert "Masterpieces of Russian church music" International mass media report about the start of the Bolshoi Ballet season in cinemas Facebook: congratulations to artists on their birthdays News from Partners: Royal Academy of Dancing October 21st - Vyacheslav Pochapsky (bass), the Bolshoi Opera soloist and Honored Artist of Russia celebrated his birthday October 23rd - the ballet "A Legend of Love" on the Historic Stage. Major revival New Stage - La fille mal gardee. Ballet in two acts Historic Stage - rehearsal day The Bolshoi Theatre and the largest social network Instagram have organized the joint project "Empty Bolshoi". Photo: Katerina Novikova The gala-concert marking the anniversary of the festival "РЎrescendo", founded by Denis Matsuev and David Smelyansky, will take place on the Bolshoi's Historic Stage on November 8th. For the advert go to .bit.ly/1COOsQK The ballet "A Legend of Love" returns to the Bolshoi Theatre Historic Stage The series of premiere performances of this revived production will take place on the Bolshoi Theatre Historic Stage from October 23rd till October 26th. The dress rehearsal took place on October 21st; it was attended by the Azerbaijani composer Arif Melikov, (he wrote the music for this ballet), who arrived from Baku. The ballet "A Legend of Love" premiered in 1961 at the Leningrad Kirov Opera and Ballet theatre (the Mariinsky Theatre). Yuri Grigorovich soon staged this ballet in Novosibirsk, Baku and Prague. In 1965 "A Legend of Love" appeared on the Bolshoi Theatre's playbill. The ballet's plot was inspired by an ancient eastern legend. The ballet libretto was written by the outstanding Turkish poet Nazym Hikmet. He was a friend of the Soviet Union and fought for freedom; the Turkish government sentenced him to 28 years in prison, and he created his "Legend of Love" that praises the duty, above personal feelings, on the tenth year of his imprisonment. The Bolshoi Theatre started to cooperate with Instagram Empty Bolshoi is the name of the project that marked the start of the Bolshoi's cooperation with the biggest social network. This Monday top Russian Instagram bloggers had a chance to get to the empty Imperial Foyer and backstage. 20 of the most popular Instagram bloggers that have more than 500 thousand followers had a chance to see the empty Bolshoi during non-operating hours and take pictures for their microblogs. The bloggers had about an hour to take pictures of the Bolshoi's deserted interiors. The pictures started to appear in their microblogs with the hashtag #EmptyBolshoi. As the Bolshoi's Press-Office said, "the main goal is to promote our page in Instagram and to get more followers". The "empty" movement started in New York; it was initiated by the Instagram user Dave Krugman (@dave.krugman), who invited several other Instagram users to a private meeting at the New York Metropolitan Museum during the Museum's non-operating hours in 2012. The pictures were uploaded to the social network with the hashtag #emptymet and started the whole movement, which the Metropolitan Museum, the Frieze fair, the Tatens Museum for Kunst (Royal Museum of Fine Arts) in Copenhagen and the Royal Opera in London have already joined. The Bolshoi Theatre represents Russia. "Masterpieces of Russian church music" Photo reportage: Yuri Inyakin This was the name of the concert that took place at the Ilyin Church in Aprelevka (Moscow Oblast); it was a part of the Presidential grant "Going back to the roots. A series of charity concerts in the small towns of Russia". The audience gave a huge ovation to Vladimir Matorin, the Bolshoi Theatre's leading soloist and People's Artist of Russia, and soloists of the Yurlov State Russian Academic Capella Choir. Photo reportage: Yuri Inyakin V yacheslav Pochapsky (bass), the Bolshoi Opera soloist and Honored Artist of Russia celebrated his birthday on October 21st. We wish the singer success in his creative career and all the best! V yacheslav Pochapsky Newsletter October, 2 2 2014 Mass media about the Theatre Bolshoi Theatre in the Internet For articles published 20 October 2014 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany) publishes a long article about the season of Bolshoi Ballet performances in cinemas. Legend of Love (which the newspaper says is a heart-breaking drama in pointe shoes) and many of the other ballets of the Bolshoi Theatre choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich will be broadcast live in cinemas all over the world so it is important to also write about him. The article describes the dif ferent ballets that will be broadcast and recommends to go and see them and also that seeing the season is a way to study Grigorovich. Many local editions announce the upcoming season of broadcasts of Bolshoi Theatre productions in local cinemas. The Worksop Guardian (UK) writes "See the majesty and splendour of the Bolshoi" Le Quotidien (France) writes "The Bolshoi Ballet is one of the largest ballet companies in the world with an immensely rich and varied repertoire: great national classics, masterpieces of the world and imposing modern productions". The List (UK) compares the transmissions of performances including the Bolshoi Theatre in cinemas to live performances on the stage. It says that the advantages include "The chairs are more comfortable, big shows and stars from London and Moscow can be seen in smaller towns and cities". Fidelity News (Italy) suggests a night at the Bolshoi Theatre as one of the options in a light hearted article about what to do on a night out in Moscow. Saratov mass media: " Russian theatre postcards (beginning of the 20th century) " is available in Saratov The exposition "The world of the Moscow Theatre. Russian theatre postcards (beginning of the 20th century). From the funds of the Russian State Art Library" opened at the Oblast' Universal Scientific Library. The whole world is familiar with successes of the Russian theatre school in the beginning of the 20th century; the names of outstanding representatives of theatre art became real symbols of Russian culture. Postcards that have portraits of famous opera and dramatic actors, as well as scenes from different theatrical productions, became a means of advertising, just like a playbill and a poster. It came into the life of Russian society in the very end of the 19th century; by the start of the 20th century it had become a real "trademark" of its time. The exhibition features postcards with portraits of famous Russian actors: representatives of the Sadovsky dynasty, the Maly Theatre actors A. Yuzhin, A. Ostuzhev, G. Fedotova and M. Ermolova, and actors of the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre, outstanding cultural luminaries F.I. Chaliapin, L.V. Sobinov. E. Geltser and others. /…/ News from Partners: Royal Academy of Dancing Royal Academy of Dance and University of Bath announce new partnership The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has announced that the University of Bath is to be its new validating partner for its university degree programmes: BA in Dance Education, the BA in Ballet Education and the Postgraduate Certificate in Education: Dance Teaching with QTS and the MA in Education: Dance Teaching. With an award-winning campus overlooking the world-heritage city of Bath, the University of Bath has been ranked number one in the UK for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey (NSS) two years running, and is in the top ten of all national league tables. Internationally, the QS World University RankingsВ® place the University of Bath first of UK universities under 50 years of age. The Royal Academy of Dance and University of Bath validation partnership will begin from the 2015/16 academic year in time for RAD students to benefit from the new ВЈ10.9 million Centre for the Arts. The centre will be home to the Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts (ICIA), which will offer classes, workshops, performances and exhibitions throughout the year and will be open to the University and the local community alike. The Royal Academy of Dance is an internationally acclaimed provider of dance and dance teaching qualifications including undergraduate and postgraduate university validated awards as well as professional awards. All RAD programmes of learning confer eligibility for RAD Registered Teacher status (RTS) and the opportunity to become part of a global community of qualified dance teachers. Newsletter , 7 October, 2 2 2014 |
