Swan Lake On Ice at the Royal Albert Hall
18 - 20 May 2012 - The Royal Albert Hall
The Imperial Ice Stars, the international ice dance sensation, make a triumphant return to the Royal Albert Hall with a dynamic new staging of their award-winning masterpiece, Swan Lake on Ice, following their acclaimed performance of Cinderella on Ice in 2010.
The 32 World, European and National Championship skaters, who between them hold more than 250 competition medals, take contemporary ice dance to a new level with their awe-inspiring and agile feats, some of which are so complex they haven’t yet been named.
Leading ice choreographer Tony Mercer combines daring high-speed leaps, throws and lifts with the most graceful and sublime ice dancing, performed on a specially-created frozen stage. With Tchaikovsky’s glorious and memorable music performed by a live orchestra, this innovative portrayal of the classic love story and the triumph of good over evil will take your breath away.
This never-seen-before performance, specially adapted for the magnificent setting of the Royal Albert Hall, will feature sumptuous costumes, stunning projection, and magical special effects.
Over the last eight years, The Imperial Ice Stars have built up a worldwide following and established an unrivalled reputation for their sophisticated interpretations of classic works, receiving nightly standing ovations and outstanding reviews from Sydney to Singapore and Cape Town to Tokyo.
This adrenaline-rich Swan Lake on Ice will bring you to the very edge of your seat...
To find out more and book tickets, please visit the Royal Albert Hall's website
http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/swan-lake-on-ice/default.aspx
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Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Swan Lake On Ice at Royal Albert Hall, 18-20 May
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
SALE: Sotheby's to offer Aivazovsky masterpiece, 24 April, London
Sotheby’s Orientalist Sale will take place in London on Tuesday, 24 April 2012. Showcasing paintings, drawings and sculpture depicting Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa, the auction will be led by masterpieces by the Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky and the Turkish painter and polymath Osman Hamdy Bey. Comprising 33 lots, the sale is estimated to bring in excess of £6 million.
LOT 6
IVAN KONSTANTINOVICH AIVAZOVSKY
RUSSIAN
1817-1900
VIEW OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE BOSPHORUS
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1856 lower right
oil on canvas
124.5 by 195.5cm., 49 by 77in.
ESTIMATE 1,200,000-1,800,000 GBP
Claude Piening, Head of Sotheby’s Orientalist Paintings Department, said: “Sotheby’s stand-alone Orientalist Sale will present some thirty works of the highest quality. We are committed to this important sector in the nineteenth-century market which has enjoyed robust growth over the last ten years, not least because of new interest from North Africa and the Middle East. We have therefore decided to create a ‘Masterpiece’ Orientalist Sale to coincide with a three-day series of related sales at Sotheby’s with the theme of Turkish and Islamic Week: Classical to Contemporary. We are particularly fortunate to be offering two highly important and extremely rare works by Aivazovsky and Hamdy Bey, which represent a unique opportunity for private and institutional collectors alike. Great works by Hamdy Bey are exceptionally rare, with the added fascination that they provide a Turk’s – rather than an outsider’s – interpretation of life in the region.”
Among the highlights in the sale are:
- View of Constantinople and the Bosphorus by Ivan Aivazovsky, estimated at £1,200,000-1,800,000
- The Scholar by Osman Hamdy Bey, executed in 1878, estimated at £3,000,000-5,000,000
- Le Hajj by Alfred Dehodencq, estimated at £100,000-150,000
- John Frederick Lewis’ watercolour, Halt in the Desert, estimated at £80,000-120,000
- Two paintings depicting Egypt by Edward Lear, Philae (estimated at £30,000-40,000) and Sheik Abadeh on The Nile (estimated at £30,000-40,000)
- One of the most iconic images in nineteenth-century Orientalist art, Le Simoun, by Eugène Fromentin, estimated at £200,000-300,000
- Rebecca by Boris Anisfeld, one of a series of Biblical subjects, estimated at £200,000-300,000
- Mauresque noire by Charles Cordier, an important rediscovered bust, estimated at £50,000-80,000
Ориентальные торги Sotheby’s пройдут в Лондоне во вторник, 24 апреля 2012. Аукцион живописи, рисунков и скульптуры, изображающих Турцию, Ближний Восток и Северную Африку возглавят шедевры русского великого живописца Ивана Айвазовского и турецкого художника и эрудита Османа Хамди Бея. На торгах будет представлено 33 лота, которые должны принести более £6 млн.
Клод Пенинг, глава Отдела ориентальной живописи Sotheby’s, сказала: «На специальных торгах восточного искусства Sotheby’s будет представлено около тридцати произведений высочайшего качества. Мы уделяем большое внимание этому сектору рынка XIX века, который последние десять лет радует нас своим динамичным ростом, не в последнюю очередь - из-за возросшего интереса со стороны покупателей из Северной Африки и с Ближнего Востока. Поэтому мы решили параллельно с серией тематически взаимосвязанных трехдневных торгов Sotheby’s “Неделя искусства Турции и исламского мира: традиция и современность” запустить еще и торги шедевров ориентального искусства. Тем более что нам выпала редкая удача: предложить как частным собирателям, так и институциям две великолепные и очень редкие работы - Айвазовского и Хамди Бея. Помимо того, что большие работы Хамди Бея крайне редки, их притягательность возрастает и потому, что это взгляд турка на свою страну, а не чужестранца».
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Monday, 16 April 2012
EXH: Gridnevs Family, Osborne Studio Gallery, London opens Apr 17
The Gridnevs Family Exhibition
17 April - 4 May, The Osborne Studio Gallery
Valery Gridnev, his wife Katya and their son Fedor, prodigiously gifted Russian artists, showcase their first family show in London, featuring portraits, ethereal dancers, nude studies and docklands scenes.
Valeriy and his wife Katya came to England in 1999 with their schoolboy son, 13 year old Fedor. Valeriy had already achieved an international reputation, including the privilege of a special studio in St Petersburg, and a coveted award, the Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts. Katya and Valeriy were welcomed by a noble patron, Lord Carnarvon (7th Earl) who invited them to Highclere (aka Downton) as artists-in-residence from 1999 until 2002. In 1984, Valeriy was accepted at the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Painting, in St Petersburg, a temple of academic tradition, named after Russia’s master of realism, Ilya Repin (1844 to 1930) who painted Volga boatmen, Tolstoy, Ivan the Terrible, the occasional Grand Duke. Valeriy quickly established himself as an artist of outstanding ability, who was offered a teaching post at the Academy of Arts, which he rejected to concentrate on private commissions. Collectors from the US, France, Finland, Germany, Belgium, and the UK came calling.
He now lives in the UK with Katya and Fedor, considered to be the finest Russian portrait painter working in London. Sitters include the Earl of Carnarvon, Jean, Countess of Carnarvon, Lord Porchester, assorted grandees, and British champion jockey Lester Piggott, who hardly ever lost a race. Medals and prizes include awards from the Royal Societies of Oil Painters and Portrait Painters. In 1993, after her marriage to Valeriy and the birth of Fedor, Katya (who had always loved drawing and painting since childhood) was accepted by the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, rare for an artist with no formal training. She won first prize for portraits at the end of her first year at the Academy. Since 1999, she has exhibited in the US, Germany, Moscow, St Petersburg and London. Her pastel studies of dancers, many from the Mariinsky ballet, where she has access backstage, are especially accomplished, and sought after.
Fedor, born 1986, has been sweeping up glittering prizes since he came to England as a schoolboy. He arrived at 13, studied at one of Oxford’s finest schools, qualified as an architect at the AA, where he won three awards. He has decided to abandon architecture for art, often painting the Docklands of St Petersburg which he invests with a translucent romantic quality.
The Osborne Studio Gallery
www.osg.uk.com
2 Motcomb Street, London SW1X 8JU
Open: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 12pm-5pm
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contemporary art,
exhibition,
London,
Russian art
TODAY: Russian stand at London Book Fair 2012
READ RUSSIA
The Russian stand at the London Book Fair 2012
16 - 18 April 2012, Stand Y255, Earls Court 2
Read Russia is the name of this year’s official Russian stand at the London Book Fair. Sponsored by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications under the direction of Vladimir Grigoriev and organised by Academia Rossica, the stand represents key Russian publishers at the LBF 2012.
Further to this, the stand is part of the greater Read Russia project, a new initiative for the international promotion of Russian writing. It includes the availability of translation grants, holds annual translation prizes and offers grants for visiting the Moscow International Book fair.
The stand is also a preview of the Read Russia 2012 venture in New York, bringing the largest ever representation of Russian literature, book culture and publishing industry to the US as part of the BookExpo America Russia Global Market Forum programme. Over 40 Russian authors and translators are expected to travel to New York to take part, as well as a significant number of leading figures in the publishing industry.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Monday, 16 April
Young Women’s Writing from Russia
10am, Wellington Room, Earls Court 1
Olga Slavnikova, a leading Russian writer, and four winners of the acclaimed Debut Prize will present new voices from diverse areas right across Russia, inviting an open discussion on present day attitudes. Their writing, frank and attentive to detail, pulls no punches and is an intense reflection of life in Russia today.
Speakers:
Olga Slavnikova, winner of the Russian Booker Prize, author of acclaimed novels such as 2017, and director of the Debut Prize.
Debut Prize winners:
Yaroslava Pulinovich a playwright with a growing international reputation; Irina Bogatyreva whose story Off the Beaten Track has recently been
published in English; Anna Lavrinenko, a screen-writer and author from Yaroslavl; Anna Leonidova, the latest Debut winner, for her novel Before I Die.
Read Russia - a new global initiative promoting Russian literature
1pm, Thames Room, Earls Court 1
Read Russia is the largest ever initiative to promote Russian literature and Russian book culture. BookExpo America (BEA) – North America's premier gathering of book trade professionals – will spotlight Russia as the country of honour at its Global Market Forum. In connection with BEA activities, an international team of academic and cultural programmers has come together to produce Read Russia 2012, a citywide festival of contemporary Russian arts and culture.
http://academia-rossica.org/index.php?id=1597
Speakers:
Vladimir Grigoriev, Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications
Steven Rosato, Director of BookExpo America
Ruediger Wischenbart, BookExpo America (International)
Peter Kaufman, Read Russia 2012 Programme Director
Svetlana Adjoubei, Director, Academia Rossica
Confronting Contradiction: New Frontiers in Russian Literature
2.30 - 3.30pm, Thames Room, Earls Court 1
Leading Russian writers Boris Akunin, Zakhar Prilepin, OlgaSlavnikova and Alexander Kabakov talk about their latest books and Russian literature today.
Moscow – City of Books
3pm, Stand Y255, Earls Court 2
The Moscow City Government will be showcasing their Publishing Programmes—a wide range of publishing initiatives documenting both historical and contemporary Moscow—by presenting one of their flagship projects, a definitive 8-volume series entitled The Architectural Monuments of Moscow.
Tuesday, 17 April
Russian Literature Face-to-Face
11am – 4pm, Stand Y255, Earls Court 2
Four of Russia’s best writers — Boris Akunin, Alexander Kabakov, Zakhar Prilepin and Olga Slavnikova — will be visiting the Read Russia stand to discuss their work and meet with publishers, journalists and readers. Each author will be at the stand for 2 hours; interviews must be arranged in advance.
Moscow International Book Fair
3pm, Stand Y255, Earls Court 2
The Russian book market is one of the fast-growing in the world, and the International Centre at Moscow International Book Fair is the best way to develop contacts with authors, agents and distributors in Russia. Come and learn about the Centre and how you can be a part of it.
Wednesday, 18 April
Rossica Prize and Rossica Young Translators Award
12pm, Stand Y255, Earls Court 2
followed by refreshments
The best translators currently working on Russian literary texts, and their publishers, will be recognised in the publication of the short list for the Rossica Prize. The short list of the Young Translators Award will also be announced.
Russia, From Classics to Contemporary: Translators’ Forum
12.30pm, Stand Y255, Earls Court 2
All those involved in bringing Russian literature to English—from experienced prize-winners to ambitious novices—are invited to come together to meet and discuss translation, as both an art and a trade, and its future prospects, particularly in light of the establishment of the Institute of Translation in Moscow.
http://academia-rossica.org/index.php?id=1597
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London,
read russia,
Russian literature
Saturday, 7 April 2012
JOB: Prof in Literary & Cultural Theory, UCL, London
Job: Professor in Literary and Cultural Theory, University College London (Ref:1241277)
Deadline: April 20, 2012
The salary range will be negotiable on the professorial scale, but not less than £62,110 per annum.
The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is a world-leading multidisciplinary specialist institution for the study of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, and Russia.
This post holder will play a key role in developing the School’s national and international reputation in the study of Russian, Central and East European literature and culture, through personal research and by catalysing existing strengths among colleagues currently working in literary and cultural theory, comparative literature, philosophy, and film and performance studies. Interdisciplinary approaches and a demonstrable interest in working collaboratively are particularly welcomed.
This appointment is available from 1 September 2012 (or at a later date as agreed).
The successful candidate will have a recognised international record of achievement in research as demonstrated through a series of publications that are world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour. The candidate will also provide evidence of a trajectory leading to further outstanding research achievement and leadership.
Potential applicants may wish to note that in addition to removal expenses a relocation supplement of £9,000 may be payable when it is necessary to relocate to take up an appointment at UCL.
Enquiries concerning the requirements of the post may be directed to Simon Dixon, Sir Bernard Pares Chair of Russian History and SSEES Head of Arts and Humanities Research (simon.dixon@ucl.ac.uk). Queries regarding the application procedure should be addressed to Rachel Port (r.port.@ucl.ac.uk).
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Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Hermitage lends important Titian to National Gallery, London
Titian's First Masterpiece: The Flight into Egypt
Date and time
4 April – 19 August 2012
Sunley Room
Throughout his long career, Titian enjoyed the patronage of dukes and kings. He still continues to be recognised as one of the greatest artists of all time.
'Titian's First Masterpiece: The Flight into Egypt' examines the talented young artist's creation of an extraordinarily ambitious and innovative work, 'The Flight into Egypt', which is believed to be one of his earliest paintings.
The Flight into Egypt c.1508
Tiziano Vecellio Titian
The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia
About the painting
'The Flight into Egypt' gave Titian a subject where he had the chance to display his precocious skills in depicting landscapes. The painting reveals an already bold brushwork and exhilarating use of colour – characteristics that would become signatures of his artistic style.
The artwork, which has been generously lent to the National Gallery by the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, will go on display after years of skilled restoration. This will be the first time the painting has been seen outside Russia since 1768, when Empress Catherine the Great purchased it in Venice.
Works on display
The exhibition will display Titian's masterpiece alongside contemporary Venetian works – both from the National Gallery and loans from other British collections – to demonstrate how Titian adapted ideas from other artists's work in order to create his sophisticated composition.
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/titians-first-masterpiece/39826
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Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Ballet tonight: Anna Karenina at ENO, London
Anna Karenina
EIFMAN BALLET
VISITING COMPANY
About the production
Boris Eifman’s astonishing choreography tells the tale of Tolstoy’s famous literary figure with a visceral energy which makes this production unforgettable.
‘Anna Karenina is among Eifman’s greatest works… relentless in its energy and merciless in its emotional impact’
Robert Johnson, Star-ledger
‘Anna Karenina as ballet is a masterpiece, a creation that magnetizes the audience through its two angst-filled acts’
Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower
Performances
Tue 3 & Wed 4 April
Tickets £5 - £55
Celebrate Russian Ballet in Style!
We also have a limited number of VIP Hospitality packages on offer for premium seats in the stalls and boxes. Special treats, Veuve Clicquot champagne and much more!
For further enquiries, please contact
marina@russialink.co.uk
+44 207 727 72 58
http://www.eno.org/see-whats-on/productions/production-page.php?itemid=1887
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ENO,
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Friday, 17 February 2012
Russian folk festival at Trafalgar Square, 26th Feb
Everyone’s invited to Trafalgar Square on Sunday 26 February to celebrate the Russian folk festival of Maslenitsa.
Marking the end of winter, Maslenitsa combines a Russian Orthodox religious celebration with an older pagan festival welcoming the arrival of spring.
This family event features a marquee for children, dance, theatre, and music performances from across Russia. There will also be bustling bazaar selling Russian handicrafts and souvenirs, and stalls where you can sample authentic Russian dishes, such as blini (pancakes).
Maslenitsa is organised by Ensemble Productions with support from the Mayor of London.
This is just one of the many free and exciting events the Mayor is presenting in the run up to a summer like no other and beyond. From Big Dance to St Patrick's Day, SURPRISES, a series of one-off events and SHOWTIME, bringing entertainment to every corner of London town, there really will be something for everyone.
Be the first to find out what's happening. Sign up for updates at: www.molpresents.com.
Maslenitsa
26 FEBRUARY 2012 13:00
Location: Trafalgar Square
http://www.london.gov.uk/event-meeting/2012/feb/maslenitsa
Marking the end of winter, Maslenitsa combines a Russian Orthodox religious celebration with an older pagan festival welcoming the arrival of spring.
This family event features a marquee for children, dance, theatre, and music performances from across Russia. There will also be bustling bazaar selling Russian handicrafts and souvenirs, and stalls where you can sample authentic Russian dishes, such as blini (pancakes).
Maslenitsa is organised by Ensemble Productions with support from the Mayor of London.
This is just one of the many free and exciting events the Mayor is presenting in the run up to a summer like no other and beyond. From Big Dance to St Patrick's Day, SURPRISES, a series of one-off events and SHOWTIME, bringing entertainment to every corner of London town, there really will be something for everyone.
Be the first to find out what's happening. Sign up for updates at: www.molpresents.com.
Maslenitsa
26 FEBRUARY 2012 13:00
Location: Trafalgar Square
http://www.london.gov.uk/event-meeting/2012/feb/maslenitsa
Thursday, 16 February 2012
RUSSIAN FESTIVAL MASLENITSA IN LONDON
Say goodbye to winter with Vodka and pancakes, music and song at the London Maslenitsa Festival a traditional Russian festival to welcome the spring that takes place across London from 19 – 26 February 2012. The London Maslenitsa Festival is the largest celebration of Russian culture, art, music and food anywhere outside Russia.
The Maslenitsa celebration is a centuries old Russian tradition that bids farewell to the bitter winter months and welcomes the beginning of the spring. It also marks the last feast before Lent in the Russian Orthodox calendar, when rich foodstuffs must be used up before the Lenten fast; just like Shrove Tuesday in the UK, the traditional Maslenitsa meal is a Pancake but served with a Russian twist: instead of the usual lemon and sugar, Malenitsa pancakes, or Blinis are served with Caviar and Vodka.
The London Maslenitsa Festival will bring venues across the city to life with a week of performances, food, exhibitions and events that will transport this important celebration of Russian culture to the heart of London. Highlights include a fashion show from leading and up-and-coming Russian designers at the Victoria and Albert Museum, a children’s production performed by the renowned Moscow State Gogol Theatre at Shaftesbury Theatre, and master-classes with celebrity Russian Chefs exploring authentic Russian cuisine, including the quintessential Maslenitsa delicacy: the Blini.
The events build to the climax of the Festival, 26 February - the day of Maslenitsa itself - when Trafalgar Square will be transformed into a bustling bazaar offering traditional Russian foods, handicrafts and souvenirs and original art from contemporary Russian artists. At the same time performances from some of Russia’s most acclaimed dance, theatre, folk, pop and jazz artists will entertain the audience from the Festival’s main stage. Entrance is FREE.
London’s Maslenitsa Festival takes place at the same time as Maslenitsa festivals across Russia including Moscow’s Red Square. Londoners will able to exchange traditional Russian Maslenitsa greetings with Muscovites via giant video screens that will connect both Festivals taking place a thousand miles apart.
London’s Maslenitsa Festival has been created in cooperation with the Mayor of London, the Greater London Authority and The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, and is supported by Moscow City Government.
http://www.maslenitsa.co.uk/
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