Poster

For those who consider themselves advanced, the Fine Art gallery (B. Sadovaya, 3, building 10) is showing “Nightmares of Lukomorye” from Farid Bogdalov . “The Great Provocateur” (as he is called in the press release), Bogdalov cut fairy tales into puzzles, mixed them and then invited viewers to assemble the pictures themselves. “And I can do this” is the main idea of ​​Bogdalov’s new project. A kind of intellectual mass kitsch pop. In addition to playing fairy tales, Bogdalov embodies Andy Warhol’s ideal about everyone’s right to have 15 minutes of fame. Using a combination of photography, silk-screen printing and oil painting, Farid creates a portrait of any model in the guise of a star. Come over, don't be shy.

A festival of music by the “post-composer”, one of the most prominent non-traditionalists of modern music, Vladimir Martynov, has already begun at the “House” . The festival was named “Dances of Kali Yuga” after Martynov’s work of the same name, composed in a minimalist vein. A well-known team of like-minded people, colleagues and simply very good musicians gathered to play Martynov’s “post-opuses” - the Mark Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble , violinist (and Martynov’s wife) Tatyana Grindenko with her group Opus Post , the ILIAD troupe of the School of Dramatic Art theater. The composer himself will take possession of the piano.

Like it or not, oriental music today must be respected. The best of all is the Pakistani khayal, Sabri Brothers. Or, at worst, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. But you can also have something more classic, like Indian stew . After all, it was from the Indian raga that the Sufis borrowed the melodic basis for their khayal. These days, an impressive club tour by Indian sitarist Azam Khan “Raja” is taking place in Moscow. The sitar is certainly one of the most beautiful and expressive instruments of the sublunary world, and the raga puts the advanced listener into a trance. The Indian musician will be accompanied by Sergey Krasnopolsky (acoustic bass, double bass), Bulat Gafarov (violin), Oleg Kolyadintsev (five-string bass), Yuri Rubin (drums, samples). Well, really, where would we be today without samples? January 27 -- club "Chinese pilot Zhao Da", 23.00;January 31 -- Desert WM (in the chamber hall of the Chekhov Cultural Center ), 20:30;February 3 -- club "Project O.G.I.", 22.00.

In the book by T.V. Tsivyan “Semiotic Travels” (St. Petersburg, Ivan Limbach Publishing House) includes exquisite sketches about Baratynsky, Dostoevsky, Remizov, Akhmatova, Mandelstam, Leonid Lipavsky, the writer of the first emigration Yuri Odarchenko etc. The author, who has long been rightly revered as the arbiter of scholarly grace, talks about the dialectic of “one’s own” and “their” (Akhmatov’s “golden dovecote by the water” against the backdrop of other “Russian Venices”; the French language in “The Teenager”), about linguistic experiments (visual in Remizov and hidden, and therefore especially significant, in Akhmatova), about the relationship between the “material” or “natural” and “verbal” series (the city as a text), about the hidden dialogue of poets and other elusive secrets of complexly organized texts. Everything is surprisingly thin, but “doesn’t tear.” Because the presentation is clear and convincing. Some readers will be delighted by the new meanings discovered in familiar works, others by the texture of Tsivyan’s prose, which at times gently leans towards metaphysical essayism, and still others will stock up on material for secular intellectual conversations. No one will be left behind.
For those who want cultural entertainment The “Nord-Ost” project seemed doomed in advance to success with the public and failure with critics. Well, what good, from the point of view of a theater reviewer, can Alexey Ivashchenko and Georgy Vasiliev , experienced cadet specialists and regulars of the “White Parrot” program, write? It turns out they can. Firstly, the literary basis was well chosen. Veniamin Kaverin’s novel “Two Captains” is transformed into a musical with about the same ease with which a picture from a pop-up book is transformed into a small three-dimensional set. Secondly, contrary to expectations, the high-tech past of Ivashchenko and Vasiliev did not damage their brainchild, but, on the contrary, contributed a lot to its decoration. They walked around laughing for so long and sat next to a white parrot that they inevitably had to dilute the romantic pathos with irony. And she turned out to be a lifesaver. Their work is clearly addressed not to the West, but to the North-East. To the country of the Hyperboreans, whose inhabitants cannot yet compete with the classics of the musical, but are distinguished by their undeniable cheerfulness and exceptional resourcefulness. Theater Center "Nord-Ost" (Melnikova, 7), January 25-27 and January 29-31, 19.00.

The Bolshoi Theater has prepared two ballet premieres at once. One of them is connected with the tour - the first in Russia - of the National Ballet of Spain . The troupe of choreographer and director Rafael Aguilar should, apparently, present something never before seen on one of the most conservative ballet stages in the world: a mixture of classical dance and flamenco. The Spaniards brought two performances. "Carmen Flamenco" , based on Mérimée's short story and set to Bizet's music from "Carmen" (including later transcriptions and arrangements), as well as using original works by contemporary Spanish composers and, of course, the national flamenco dance, they will show twice - 25 and 26 January . On the last day of the tour - January 27 - Moscow balletomanes will see Bolero; the performance is again based on flamenco and is a sensual trilogy.

From January 29, Spanish folklore will give way to English classics on the Bolshoi stage. For three days, the Bolshoi Theater dancers will perform one of Sir Frederick Ashton's most famous performances - "A Vain Precaution" (premiered in 1960 on the stage of Covent Garden). Ashton's favorite dancer, Alexander Grant, arrived in Moscow to stage the play. It is known that the scenery for the performance, designed by Osbert Lancaster , was provided by the Japanese troupe Asami Maki Ballet, and the Bolshoi workshops themselves made the costumes based on his sketches.

If you are drawn to extreme music, a little seasoned with tears, then you should pay attention to the heavy metal style of doom (that is, “doomed”). It was one of the first to be performed by the English Paradise Lost, and now the fertile vein of slow burn, growling male and high female voices, viscous rhythms and the atmosphere of a moldy dungeon is being developed by Lake Of Tears, Theater Of Tragedy and Nightwish. The Moonspell group performing today at Gorbushka is interesting if only because the musicians come from the most “non-doom” country - Portugal. (The most “thinky” country, as you know, is Finland.). Starts at 19.00 .
For those who know a lot about art Following The Black Monk, one of the most perfect performances of recent years, Kama Ginkas staged The Lady with the Dog . The formal techniques here are the same as in The Monk. The play is again played on the audience balcony, the actors again jump into the abyss of the stalls and remain unharmed, and burlesque and anguish again coexist with each other, completely blurring Chekhov’s watercolor. And agreeing with this is not easy at first. Gradually you get used to the intonation, you come to terms with the lack of nuances and halftones and begin to understand that this is not a watercolor, but rather an expressionist painting. And that under no circumstances should one compare Ginkas’s performance with the famous film by Joseph Kheifitz. It's made differently and about something else. Not about unhappy love, but about the unattainability of happiness. MTYUZ, January 29 and 30, 19.00.

“Illusion” began showing films with the participation of Lyubov Orlova (whose centenary anniversary will be celebrated on February 11). At the same time, to the delight of film fans, the films chosen were not well-known ones, such as “The Circus” or “Jolly Fellows” that regularly appear on television, but much less accessible, but therefore even more interesting. On Friday, January 25, at 13.00 you can watch Grigory Alexandrov’s spy thriller “The Starling and Lyra” (1974), practically unknown to the general public, where, in addition to Orlova , Pyotr Velyaminov, Nikolai Grinko and Rina Zelenaya starred. And on Monday, January 28, at the same session - the biographical colossus “The Composer Glinka” (1952) by the same Grigory Alexandrov (in the title role Boris Smirnov ).
For those who value healthy conservatism, there are performances that you want to write a feuilleton about, there are those that make you fall into fiction, there are rare theatrical works that warrant a Ph.D. thesis. Mkhatov's Antigone, directed by Temur Chkheidze, would be best suited to the text in the Soviet-era Theater magazine - with detailed descriptions and moralizing discussions. If not for one “but”. Both the eternal civic pathos and the boring psychologism of “Antigone” are more than redeemed by Otari Megvinetukhutsesi in the role of Creon. He has everything a tragic artist needs: texture, stature, power, and finally, temperament, which he knows how to restrain and which he knows how to give free rein to. And if you are sure that there are no tragedians on the modern stage, do not remain in your delusion - go to Antigone. Moscow Art Theater named after. Chekhov (main stage), January 26 and 27, 19.00.

Today it is almost impossible to believe: healthy and completely conservative impressionism was outlawed half a century ago. As a result, the last threads connecting the Soviet art school with the traditions of the masters of plein air painting were severed. In the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists there is an exhibition of works created by students of the 40s during summer internships in Samarkand and Crimea. Nowadays such practices would be called workshops. The Crimean landscapes of wartime students (practices were also held during the evacuation of the Moscow Art Institute) are good. Subtle and charming. True, many are similar to each other. There is nothing strange about that. Young painters studied the basics of the profession: tonal plans, reflexes. They cleaned the heavy, muddy palette inherited from the Wanderers. The famous masters Igor Grabar, Sergey Gerasimov, Nikolai Chernyshov (his work is presented on our page), Ivan Chekmazov helped them. The fates of the students turned out differently. Some remained in the profession and became a successful practicing artist. The others left. Others are forgotten. Someone was cut out of life on purpose. By decision of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Arts on June 18, 1948, professors Chekmazov, Favorskaya, Pochitalov, Osmerkin and others were removed from teaching. Teachers were accused of formalism and cosmopolitanism. Impressionism became a forbidden word. Vera Favorskaya called the plot about the Crimean summer practice a “scratch” left in the heart and history. Perhaps there is no better way to say it. The exhibition “The Beginning of the Journey” is open until February 8 at the address: Kuznetsky Most, 11 .

Director Harold Becker is a true conservative who does not like to walk off the beaten path. And that’s why his new film “The Phantom Menace” (USA, 2001, not to be confused with the first episode of “Star Wars”!) is very similar to his previous films. The genre of paranoid thriller was borrowed from “Sea of ​​Love” and “Malice”; from “City Hall” - the ability to cover even a tense plot with a patina of noble boredom; finally, from “Mercury Rising” - the main storyline: an adult and a child against the villains. The little boy disliked his stepfather from the very beginning, but no one believes his stories that his new father is not as pure and friendly as he seems. And only the boy’s real father (played by John Travolta ) is inclined to trust his son. Also starring Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Steve Buscemi . Watch in the cinemas “Aurora”, “Vityaz”, “Horizon”, “Kyrgyzstan”, “Dream”, “Prague”, “Solntsevo”, “Strela”, “Tbilisi”, “Ekran” .


For those who want to “keep in touch” “Animal Nature” (USA, 2001) is the feature-length debut of Michel Gondry , the music video director who shot the most interesting videos for Björk. A strange story about the sexual adventures of biological phenomena ( Patricia Arquette plays a girl covered in fur, Reef Ifans plays a man who grew up in the forest, Tim Robbins plays a very strange scientist) based on a script by Charlie Kaufman (who came up with the plot of Being John Malkovich). . And apparently, it was the big names of the creators of this mutant film that secured its place in last year’s Cannes competition - if unknown neophytes had made a film with such a plot, they would have been immediately kicked out the door. In any case, the work turned out to be very, very strange, and there will clearly be fans of this kind of spectacle. Watch the film in the 35 MM cinema hall from Thursday, January 31 .

Don't you know yet? - It's about time. The era of matriarchy has arrived in the art life of Russia. Feminist street celebration. Two exhibitions at once disgrace male artists. One of them is “Feminine Art” . Opened in the Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val, 10) . We offer a panorama of women's creativity over more than five centuries - from medieval facial embroidery (veil-icons) to installations of this year. The works were selected from the funds of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Kremlin museums, the Historical Museum, and the Russian Museum. Beautiful handicrafts from the Empress Maria Feodorovna herself were brought from the Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia (Petrozavodsk). Starting from February, in Lavrushinsky Lane you will be able to see the exhibition “A Woman’s View. Graphics of the 17th - 20th centuries from the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery .

At the same time, the feminist program “Women in Visual Culture” is being held at the Museum Center of the Russian State University for the Humanities ( Chayanova St., 15 ). It opened with a conference on this topic. Continued with the exhibition “Self-Portrait of the Artist” . Many of its participants clearly expressed themselves in the era of conceptualism (which, by the way, ended happily). In their works, art ladies speak about vital issues: female identity, the female body, female writing, the authorship of the artist. In short, Vanya plows, Katya dances. And he draws too.

Women's stories are also relevant for book publishers. Did you know that “institute” is not just a swear word that we throw in the face of a breaking or hysterical interlocutor? An institute is a student of a closed state-owned educational institution. The first of them in Russia was the Educational Society of Noble Maidens, founded by decree of Catherine II in 1764 and housed in the Resurrection Monastery (Smolny). The Empress dreamed of “giving her people a new education and, so to speak, a new generation.” The new book in the glorious “Russia in Memoirs” series, “Institutes. Memoirs of pupils of the institutes of noble maidens" (M., "New Literary Review"; compilation, preparation of texts and comments by V.M. Bokova and L.G. Sakharova ). Five memoirists - from the “first Smolyanka” Glafira Alymova (a beautiful harpist, known from a portrait by Levitsky, later the beloved maid of honor of the Empress, and later the wife of the enlightened dignitary Alexei Rzhevsky) to Tatyana Morozova, who dropped out of the Kharkov Institute of Noble Maidens due to its dispersal by the Bolsheviks , - talk about the life and customs of different institutions. Replete with “tasty” quotes from other memoirs and fictional works, the article by A.F. Belousova helps to get comfortable with this curious phenomenon. As a result, you understand what real institutes were like (they were different, different!) and how they turned into characters in the myth - “institutes”.

You must have heard that the Nautilus-Pompilius group has not existed for a long time? Meanwhile, the frontman of this group , Vyacheslav Butusov, is assembling a new group “U-Piter” . And not just a group, but a supergroup of musicians who became famous elsewhere. Thus, keyboardist Oleg Sakmarov is known from “Aquarium”, guitarist Yuri Kasparyan is known from the great “Kino”, Butusov – it’s clear where. Now he will not only sing and play the usual rhythm guitar, but will also take up the bass guitar. Singing and playing bass at the same time is a whole thing. The first concert took place at Gorbushka on Thursday, but it just so happens that we don’t know about it yet. Today in the "Dump" for those who are still stuck in ignorance, the performance will be repeated. Starts at 22.00 .
For those who barely completed eighth grade, go see the play “The Taming of the Tamers” at the Lenkom Theater - you won’t regret it. John Fletcher - a contemporary of Shakespeare - wrote. There are such jokes - you'll get pumped up. There's a guy there who thinks that jasmine bushes are a barrel of urine. The woman arranged a date for him in the jasmine, but he climbed into his barrel, sat there and didn’t say a word. Then other men come to the barrel to relieve themselves, but he is still silent, does not reveal himself. In general, the play is about love. At first it seems that Mark Zakharov directed, but in fact it was directed by some Roman Samgin . His student, apparently. But the main role is played by the real Dmitry Pevtsov . The one from the movies. Cool guy. Handsome, strong. And so it seems from the play that he and his wife cannot cope with theirs. Hilarious. You definitely need to go. Lenkom, January 28 (19.00).

If for you there is no difference between a folk art museum and a Russian Souvenir commercial tent, come see the exhibition “Treasures of Small Towns of Russia” . It is open in the halls of the All-Russian Library of Foreign Literature named after M.I. Rudomino . The event is held as part of the Small Towns of Russia program with the support of the Open Society Institute. Why the Soros Foundation calls souvenirs for foreign tourists “treasures of Russia” remains a mystery. In the corridors of the library there is a typical assortment of trays at excursion bus stops: sundresses (made, by the way, by Richelieu LLC in the city of Puchezh), tueski, boxes, scarves and, of course, sweet Palekh boxes - where would we be without them. The true culture of the Russian province all this luxury treats the same as recording folklore expeditions to the songs of Nadezhda Babkina.

Not only you seem to do, but I really want a sweet life - and right now. The lyrical hero of the majority of the songs of the St. Petersburg group “Bricks” , a purposefully crossing rap and hardcore. The last album of the “bricks” - “Capitalizm 00” was released a year ago. It is dedicated to socio-economic reality, which it is seen by a young resident of the city on the Neva-either a musician or just a dude ... This dude, however, quite soberly (although not without cynicism) evaluates his own life and his being of his being compatriots. The texts of the leader of the group Vasya Vasina can be cut into quotes. There is no mass poverty, Kaifovo is it, do you think, under the communists was there summer? Or: it can be romantic for you, but the wiring of bridges is a commandant hour . Well, where else can you hear this, if not in the club "Chinese pilot Jao Yes"on January 26 at 22.00.
Those who want to please the children with happiness, children do not yet know that "owls are not what they seem." But they will be curious to find out what the acts of an ominous bird from the “Tale of a Stupid Mouse”, who can write owls from “Winnie Pooh” and energetic postmen from the epic about Harry Potter. This opportunity is provided by the State Darwin Museum (57 Vavilova St.) , where on January 29 the exhibition “Night Hunters” opens. The exhibition takes place as part of the project "Animals from the Red Book of Moscow." (It turns out that not only cats, ravens and cockroaches live in the capital, but hedgehogs, hares and sought owls!) Visitors will learn to distinguish between alphabet, inquisitions and siblings and will be convinced that the news of the vigilance, caution and wisdom of high -eyed birds are not exaggerated. After such an excursion, the magical - the owls will seem even worse and/or prettier.

In theaters, children are accepted only on weekends. Here, alas, there is nothing to boast of. But if the child is drunk from the very type of the auditorium, the rustle of the curtain and unusual costumes (such grateful “young spectators”, by the way, are not so few!), Then keep in mind that on Saturday, January 26,the theater named after The Moscow City Council gives the musical “Shivorot-Superior” , the theater of the Russian army-“The Adventures of Chipollino” , the satire theater -the ever-living “baby and Carlson, who lives on the roof” , and Mtuuz is a paradoxical “golden cockerel” . On Sunday, January 27, in the small - “Snow Queen” Eugene Schwartz, at the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky is a permanent “blue bird” , and in the theater. Pushkin - "Treasure Island." Start everywhere, as usual, at 12.00 .

Our children may not understand this little book (although who knows what verses will be a child to a child?), But adults who love their children who are taking their children to live in fret, somehow feel their innermost secrets and bring a fraction of joy to the being of infants, Reading it is very worth it. “Sophia”by Anatoly Naiman (M., “O.G.I.”) - the story of the poet’s granddaughter in fifteen poems. The first is “Sofya one and a half years”: from the place about which/ we know nothing/ and call the paradise, is a child,/ the spirit of milk and apple/ under the royal ermine,/ other nature and brothers ... and you are from there Also, the creation of God Sonya:/ Ladan and poppy still smokes around you,/ You also fall asleep at the stars and the sun-/ but you sleep already in our way-sighing and sniffing. The latter is “Sophia went to school”: the crowds restless in flickering,/ on a huge tiny yard,/ like a calf in a cramped corral-top-top/ two times two to study and a point-type ... Pulling up a backpack on the shoulders,/ never You can’t take it already./ About what you know - silent. Here it goes into offset - / What do not know. In countless circulation.

The poster was prepared by:

Marina Davydova (Theater), Anna Obkhova (classical music), Alexander Belyaev (Neklasic), Stanislav F. Rostotsky (Kino), Andrey Nemzer (Books), Sergey Khachaturov (exhibitions)

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