'La Sylphide,' Alexander Labas and nominated puppet show ?€“ What to Do in Moscow on Monday

By The Moscow Times

April 5, 2015

La Sylphide: Pierre Lacotte's reconstruction, based on Filippo Taglioni's original choreography that was danced to music by Schneitzhoeffer and first performed in Paris in 1832 by Filippo's daughter Marie Taglioni. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. At 7 p.m.

Golden Mask: Showpiece/Awakening (Eksponat/Probuzhdeniye): Anna Abalikhina's contemporary dance performance. Alexandrinsky Theater production. Meyerhold Center. 23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa. Metro Mendeleyevskaya. 495-363-1048. At 7 and 9 p.m.

Alexander Labas. Etudes: Works by this acclaimed Russian avant-garde artist, to April 19. Roza Azora Gallery. 14 Nikitsky Bulvar. Mon. to Sat. noon to 8 p.m., Sun. noon to 6 p.m. 495-695-8119, www.rozaazora.ru.

Grammar of Freedom. Five Lessons: Works From Arteast 2000+: Works from the 1960s to the present from the Ljubljana Museum of Contemporary Art, to April 19. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. 9 Krymsky Val, in Gorky Park, near Pionersky Prud. Metro Oktyabrskaya. Noon to 8:30 p.m. 495-645-0520, garageccc.com.

Golden Mask: Shakespeare's Cook Cafe (Kukkafe U.Shekspira): Ilya Epelbaum and Maya Krasnopolskaya's puppet staging. Ten Theater. 5 Oktyabrskaya Ulitsa. Metro Dostoevskaya, Marina Roshcha. 495-681-1516, www.tttttttttt.ru. At 7 p.m.

Foreign-Language Movie

The Water Diviner (Iskatel Vody, 2014): Russell Crowe's war drama follows an Australian man (Crowe) who travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to locate his three missing sons.

Pioner cinema at 7:10 and 11:35 p.m. In English and Turkish; Russian subtitles.

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