Issue 4269. Last Updated: 11/07/2009

New Bolshoi Brings New Premieres, Hope

By Raymond Stults
On Friday, the Bolshoi presents the first of this season’s premieres, a ballet known almost everywhere in the world except Russia as “La Fille Mal Gardee,” which will be followed later in the season by a new production of "Wozzeck."

Haunting French Winterscapes Hailed at Loft

By Irina Katina
Ivan Boiko's "The Time of Silver” is one of “calmness, covered with a thin layer of ice and acceptance,” French art historian Marie Moignard wrote, adding that Boiko captures the moment when winter shows its nakedness with photos that “cross time and reality.”

In the Spotlight: Boris Moiseyev

By Anna Malpas
Moiseyev has carved out a a career despite the obstacles of being openly gay and, it has to be said, not having a singing voice.

Toys or Not Toys, but Still Art

By Kristina Mettus
The "Not Toys?!" exhibit brings together fifty Russian artists and their toys as a way of telling the history of Russian art through the medium of the toy.

Raw and Rude ‘Medea’ Confronts, Tells Truth

By John Freedman
The notion of someone “liking” or “enjoying” Kama Ginkas’ new play seems absurd, because the truths that it tackles are true, regardless of our reaction to them.



Markelov Killing Linked to Revenge

By Natalya Krainova
The suspected gunman, Nikita Tikhonov, has the same name as a man accused by Markelov in a hate murder three years earlier.

Putin Lashes Out at GM on Opel Sale

By Maria Antonova
Russia had been hoping that closer ties with Opel would help reinvigorate its own flailing car industry, which currently requires huge levels of state support just to maintain operations.

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