Russian Cultural Events in the DC area
February
"The Broad Country is my Native Land"
An exhibition of tapestry and concert of Russian folk songs
Friday, February 24, 2012
7pm
Irina Zagornova will be singing.
RSVP to ruscult@mail.ru
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Causa Artium and Georgetown's Department of Slavic Languages present
"Primary Sources: the New Russian Literature Arrives"
This event is free to the public
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
4:30pm
at the Georgetown University,
in the Intercultural Conference Center (ICC), room 462
Georgetown's Department of Slavic Langauges and Causa Artium work with the Debut Prize Foundation to bring a group of Russia's most intriguing young writers to America. With them is the Debut Prize Director, leading Russian novelist Olga Slavnikova. They will read from their latest works and speak out on art, politics and life in the world's most vast and volatile nation.
For more information, please visit the event website.
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"Revisiting The Icon and the Axe and Its Impact on Russian Studies"
Friday, February 3, 2012
3:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: 6th floor, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Held by the Kennan Institute
"Michael David-Fox will first speak about his own engagement with "The Icon and the Axe" and what it has meant for him during a quarter century studying and researching Russian and Soviet history. Eric Lohr will reflect upon how the "The Icon and the Axe" impacted his decision to pursue Russian studies and the impact of the book and Billington's Faces of Russia video series upon his students. Kathleen Parthé will focus on some of the reasons for the enduring appeal of "The Icon and the Axe" among a wide variety of readers."
For more information, please visit the Wilson Center's event page.
January
“Monument Wars across the Post-Soviet Space as a Conflict of Memories and Cultures”
Monday, January 23, 2012
Noon Discussion
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Held by the Kennan Institute
presents
Peter Cheremushkin, journalist and Art Historian, Association of Scholars of Russian Society-XXI Century (АИРО-XXI)
For more information, please visit the Wilson Center's event page.
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Mariinksy Ballet
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Presents Mariinsky Ballet in Les Saisons Russes (The Russian Seasons)
featuring three works choreographed by Michel Fokine
Chopiniana
Scheherazade
The Firebird
January 17-22, 2012 in the Opera House
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts welcomes Russia’s legendary Mariinsky Ballet for their 10th visit to the Center, presenting Les Saisons Russes (The Russian Seasons), a collection of three ballets choreographed by Michel Fokine, in the Opera House January 17-22, 2012. The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra will accompany all performances.
Over seven performances at the Kennedy Center, the St. Petersburg–based company will present a collection of works including Chopiniana, Scheherazade, and The Firebird. These three ballets, choreographed by Michel Fokine were among those selected by Sergei Diagilev in the early 1900s to be performed by his company The Ballets Russes in Paris.
The Fokine Ballets
Chopiniana is a romantic ballet blanc with music by Frédéric Chopin. The work showcases the characteristic precision of Marinsky corps de ballet to stunning effect, against Chopin’s lush score (often known in the West as Les Sylphides). Scheherazade is a passionate one act drama with the music of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov featuring the rich and vibrant setting of the ancient orient. A sultan, suspicious of his wife's fidelity, leaves for a hunting trip, only to return early. Caught in the midst of a bacchanalia, the wife takes her own life and her slave lover is killed. The Firebird is an enchanting Russian fairytale in two scenes co-created by composer Igor Stravinsky. The piece weaves together characters from several Russian fairy tales to create a stirring fable of love, bravery, and liberation.
The Mariinsky Ballet
For more than 200 years at its home in St. Petersburg, the Mariinsky Ballet has consistently performed in the top tiers of artistic achievement. The Mariinsky Ballet was founded in 1783 and traces its heritage directly to the reign of Empress Anna in the 1730s, an advocate for the arts. As one of the great Imperial Theaters of Russia, the ballet and opera companies, along with the theater itself, were renamed during the Soviet era for S. M. Kirov, a Communist party leader, and it was under that name the company reached the highest levels of prominence in the West. In recent years, the company has transitioned from the Kirov Ballet to the original name of Mariinsky Ballet.
Tickets
Tickets went on sale October 5, 2011, and are $29-$150. They can be purchased at the Kennedy Center box office or by calling Instant Charge at (202) 467-4600. Patrons living outside the Washington metropolitan area may dial toll-free at (800) 444-1324 or visit the www.kennedy-center.org.
Additional Information
For more information visit: http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=BMBSE.