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Schwarz. The Spanish group Schwarz plays a very diverse music. It's like they're traveling all over the map of musical styles to find their own niche. And they found it, but, it seems, not on planet Earth: their main topic is space and the extraterrestrial world. "Chinese pilot Zhao Da" , May 21.
AVANT Festival . The organizers tried to invite musicians from all over the world playing alternative rock, jazz rock, funk rock, post-folk (electro-folk), avant-garde electronics, post-rock, etc. Xiu Xiu (USA), Schwarz (Spain), Berg sans Nipple (France), as well as our “ Tequila Jazz”, Pelageya, “The Sky is Here”, “Iva Nova” are promised. Summer open area of the Gogol club . May 22 from 17.00 to 23.00.
Jason Webley . The singer and accordionist from Seattle (USA) plays carnival music heavily mixed with improvisation, making each concert a real theatrical performance and focusing on intimate venues filled with fairly heated audiences. Club Art Garbage / “Zapasnik”, May 21, 23.00, “Club on Brestskaya”, May 22, 22.00.
"Bi-2". The famous Leva and Shura perform at the almost eponymous club B-2, May 21 and 22, 23.00.
Leonid Fedorov and Volkov-trio . “OGI Project” , May 21, 22.00.
"Crematorium" . “Tochka”, May 21, 22.00.
“The Feathered Serpent” and Andrei Kondakov’s project “Without Address”. “Le Club” , May 21, 20.00: Andrey Svetlov (bass guitar), Joel Gonzales (percussion), Alexey Degusarov (guitar), Sergey Ostroumov (drums).
CONCERTS
State Borodin Quartet and pianist Nikolai Petrov. Concert in memory of Andrei Sakharov. The evening's program includes quartets No. 1, 8 and Dmitry Shostakovich's Piano Quintet. Great Hall of the Conservatory, May 21.
Sergey Kalugin and Pyotr Akimov . Guitar virtuoso and esoteric poet Kalugin is known as the author of ballads that are quite long in time with an almost classical structure of verse and a very careful use of Old Church Slavonicisms. His music combines both classical guitar and traditional rock musical motifs. Akimov is considered the best cellist of our rock, having played with the groups “Nautilus Pompilius”, “Kolibri”, “Vykhod”, with B.G., CeeLei, Olga Arefieva. Great Hall of the Central House of Journalists , May 21.
The Fire Of Anstolia. Fire of Anatolia is the culture of Ancient Anatolia; these are Turkish, Azerbaijani, Georgian and Armenian motifs; dance figures of the peoples of the Black and Aegean Seas, the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf, Central Asia and the Arab East. Native rhythms of Kurds and Mingrelians, Moldovans and Ukrainians. State Kremlin Palace, May 22-23, 19.00.
FAMILY CINEMA
"American Splendor" (USA, 2003). Directed by Sheri Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Starring Chris Ambrose, Joey Kraikar, Josh Hutcherson, Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Harvey Pekar. The film is based on the cult comics among intellectuals about Harvey Pekar, a bore and neurasthenic in his late thirties who is unsuccessfully struggling with a midlife crisis and sits in the reception desk of a hospital in Cleveland. "Roland" .
"Army Pie" (Switzerland, 2003). Directed by Mike Eschmann. Starring Marco Rima, Martin Rapold, Miriam Eigerter. A comedy about a boy who is drafted right from under the aisle for training in the Swiss army. To return to his bride, he needs to make a complete idiot of himself or seduce the commander's daughter - or better yet, do both at once. Downtown , Zaryadye, MDM Cinema, Five Stars, Formula Cinema.
"Dirty Dancing 2" (USA, 2004). Directed by Guy Ferland. Starring Diego Luna, Romola Garai, Sela Ward, Patrick Swayze. A remake of the cult film with Patrick Swayze, who also participates in the new film, but only in an episode. Downtown , Zaryadye, MDM Cinema, Five Stars, Formula Cinema.
“Date with a Star” (USA, 2004). Directed by Robert Luketic. Starring Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, Josh Duhamel, Nathan Lane. A romantic comedy about Rosalie, a fast food waitress in West Virginia who wins a competition for a date with silver screen idol Ted Hamilton. A feeling flares up between them, but in the end, naturally, Rosalie goes to Pete - a simple guy from the same diner. “The Matrix”, “Horizon”, “Vityaz”, “Star”, “KinoMax-GUM”, “Five Stars”, “Formula Cinema”, “Luxor”, “Victory”.
THEATERS
"Romeo and Juliet". A widely publicized musical by J. Presgurvik. Author of the Russian text N. Olev. Directed by Reda. Theater "Moscow Operetta". May 21, 19.00; May 22, 18.00
“Apricot Paradise” by E. Isaeva. Directed by V. Tereshchenko, A. Palamishev. Educational theater of the Shchukin School , 20.00.
“Pitchfork” by S. Kaluzhanov. Directed by A. Anokhina. Theatre.doc , 20.00.
"Baby Goat in Milk" by Yu. Polyakov. Directed by E. Livnev. Starring I. Vorobyov, A. Mironova, M. Pärn, A. Subbotin and others . Theater named after R. Simonov on the stage of the Theater. Evg. Vakhtangov, 19.00.
"Paris awake." Directed by T. Akhramkova. Starring A. Rogovtseva, O. Volkova, A. Rezalin, A. Steklova, I. Domninskaya and others. "La'Theater" (Dubrovitsky) on the stage of the Central House of Culture of Railway Workers, 19.00.
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