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FEBRUARY 2009 www.passportmagazine.ru Nikolay Grishko, ballet-shoe maker extraordinaire Russian Festivals in February Teddy Boys in Russia How to register a car Contents 4 Calendar 8 Russian festivals 10 Editor’s Choice Previews of some of February’s best events 10 14 Art History Antonina Sofronova’s sad yet creative life 16 Film The Russian Film Industry in Crisis 18 Careers An American who learnt to fl y and is not Flying Oligarchs talks about his job 18 21 Book Review “Ten Things To Do Before You Die” by Jenny Downham 22 City Beat A look at Russia’s Teddy Boys; the Stilyagi Tolstoy’s Moscow House 26 Weekend Getaway Vilnius 22 29 Ballet Nikolay Grishko, maker of superb ballet shoes 30 Recreation Ice Fishing 31 Flintstone Fred tries to send a money transfer 32 Recreation 29 Camp Counselors USA (CCUSA) Program 34 Restaurant Review Benihana, a cool Japanese restaurant in Moscow 36 Wine Tasting Sicilian wines 42 Out & About We remember some of January’s best events 43 44 How-To How to register a car 46 Legal column 47 Distribution List 48 Directory 44 Moscow’s main railway stations Letter from the Publisher Th is month Passport introduces several new sections. A “How-To” section has been added, aimed at explaining how-to do a few things here that can be insurmountable problems. For example, how to get your car registered. A new “Russian Festivals” section explores festivals that we should know about, yet somehow don’t; like Sretenie, Maslenitsa, and Th e Fatherland Defender’s Day! Our calendar section is now extended to include a little more that is going on in this city. In this issue, we take a step on the wild side and trace the history of the Stilyagi in Russia, written by an original Teddy Boy from south London, now resident in Moscow. Charles Borden visited the workshops of ballet shoes maker Nikolay Grishko, whose painstaking craft smanship adorns the feet of many prima ballerinas the world over. Our regular wine tasting feature is based on Sicilian wines, all of which are available in Moscow. Olga Slobodkina-von Bromssen continues her art history series with a description of the life of Antonina Sofronova, a talented artist who created her inimitable paintings and drawings in the fi rst half of the 20th century, and died in 1966, a virtually unknown artist. John Ortega James Quentin introduces the life of Moscow-based pilots of private jets, many of whom are foreign nationals. Th is is a fast, dangerous and highly rewarding lifestyle, similar to the lifestyle Owner and Publisher of their clients. Happy Year of the Ox, and as a Chinese friend told me: may the OX of prosperity drag you all the way along a golden highway in 2009. If there are any themes and issues that readers would like Passport to address, please write to: [email protected] Passport is hiring a full-time designer. Candidates should be creative, hard-working team-players. Knowledge of Quark or InDesign essential, English language not required. 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Bremen Musicians (musical) Bayaderka (ballet in three acts) Mir Concert Hall, 14:00 and 18:00 Bolshoi Theatre, 19:00 Through April, visit www.mir-hall.ru for times Also February 7 Monte-Cristo (opera) Troll Gnyot El (rock, Rus) Moscow State Operetta Theatre, 13:00 and 18:00 XO, visit www.xoclub.ru for information Through Feb 8th, for more information visit Festival dedicated to Bob Marley’s birthday (Rus) www.mosoperetta.ru B1 Maximum, 21:00 Tosca (opera in three acts) Living Rhythm: Hip hop from St. Petersburg Bolshoi Theatre, 19:00, Also February 23 16 Tonn, 21:00 The Barber of Seville (opera in two acts) Russian Romance and French Ballads New Opera, 19:00 MMDM, 19:00 Chamber Hall Rasputin (opera) Songs of Our Century, and Winter Waltz (concert) Helikon Opera on the Arbat, 19:00 MMDM, 19:00, Theatre Hall Syava Bodryachok and the Boys (concert) Oh Mozart, Mozart! (requiem in two parts) Ikra, 21:00 New Opera, 19:00 Edwin Krossli-Mercer (baritone, France) and Semyon Skigin (piano) Suturday, 7________________ MMDM, 19:00, Chamber Hall The Enchanted Chest Monday, 2_________________ (children’s drama) Cheryomushki (opera) MMDM, 14:00, Theatre Hall Stanislavsky and Nem.-Danchenko MTh, 19:00 “The main thing is that my mother likes this song” The Best of Pavel Volya) eatre Tuesday, 3_________________ 16 Tonn, 21:00 Kreutzer Sonata (drama based on Tolstoy’s story) Aktsyon (rock, Rus) Chekhov Theatre, 19:00 B1 Maximum, 20:30 Also February 11,14 Triumph of Jazz Festival The Pharoah’s Daughter (ballet in three acts) presented by Igor Butman. Bolshoi Theatre, 19:00 MMDM, 19:00, Svetlanov Hall Also February 4 photo by Natalya Razina courtesy of Mariinsky Th Rossini Divertissement “You, Mozart, Are A God…” (two one-act operas) performed by Vremena Goda Moscow Chamber Orchestra, New Opera, 19:00 Ad Libitum young performers ensemble, and soloists of the Blagovest Ensemble of Sacred Music (concert) Moscow Philharmonic Union MMDM, 14:00, Chamber Hall Taganka Theatre, 19:00, Small Stage Meetings in the Theatre Foyer (concert) Brothers Karamazov (opera) Russian Academic Youth Theatre, 16:00 Premiers of the Mariinsky Theatre in Moscow Olga Guryakova (concert) Stanislavsky and Nem.-Danchenko MTh, 19:00 Stanislavski and Nem.-Danchenko MTh, 19.00 Also February 4 Moscow Symphonic Orchestra Wednesday, 4______________ Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, 19:00 Irina Korina (installations) Moscow Museum of Modern Art Sunday, 8__________________ Exhibition Hall on Ermolayevsky Pereulok, 12:00-20:00 Stories about Animals (Rus) Through March 3, visit www.moma.ru Literary meetings with Pavel Lyubimtsev Also February 18 MMDM, 14:00 Theatre Hall Norma (opera in two acts) The Magical Flute (opera in two acts) New Opera, 19:00 New Opera, 14:00 Dasha Veliko (concert) Gala concert for the jubilee of Marina Kondratyeva 16 Tonn, 21:00 Bolshoi Theatre, 19:00 Peasant Cantata Masterpieces of slavic music Helikon Opera on the Arbat, 19:00 and 20.30 conducted by Jon Marin Thursday, 5________________ MMDM, 19:00 Svetlanov Hall Landscapes… Die Schöne Müllerin (concert) (photo exhibitions, painting and installations) Constellation of Consonances Choral Theatre RuArts, 12:00-20:00 MMDM, 19:00, Chamber Hall Through March 3 Viktor Popov’s large children’s choir Figaro’s Wedding (opera) conducted by Anatolii Kislyakov Helikon Opera on the Arbat, 19:00 Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, 14:00 Also Feb 6, 7, 8 Russian National Orchestra Opening of the Year of Bulgaria in Russia Conducted by Enrique Mazzolla (gala concert) Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, 19:00 Bolshoi Theatre, 19:00 Viva Verdi! (concert) Monday, 9_________________ New Opera, 19:00 Drugie Veshi The King of Instruments Arts and Crafts Fair Carol Williams (organ) at Project OGI throughout February MMDM, 19:00 Svetlanov hall Visit www.drugie-veshi.ru 4 February 2009 What‘s On in Moscow in February Tuesday, 10________________ Suturday, 14_______________ South Ossetia: war and regeneration The Cherry Orchard (photo exhibitions, graphic art, performances) Chekhov Theatre, 19:00, Solyanka, 12:00-20:00 Also February 24 Through March 1 Cinderella (ballet) Hamlet Stanislavsky and Nem.-Danchenko MTh, 19:00 Chekhov Theatre, 19:00 Also Feb 15, 12:00 Also February 18 Cinderella (opera) The Love for Three Oranges (opera in four acts) Moscow State Operetta Theatre, 12:00 Bolshoi Theatre, 19:00 Also February 22, 28 Also February 12 Leonid Fyodorov and Vladimir Volkov Wednesday, 11_____________ 16 Tonn, 20:00 King Lear Bravo (rock, Rus) Chekhov Theatre, 19:00, B1 Maximum, 21:00 The Tortoise (one-man drama) Aleksander Vinitskii (jazz with classical guitar) MMDM, 19:00, Chamber hall MMDM, 19:00, Chamber Hall Giselle (ballet in two acts) Sergei Zhilin and Bolshoi Theatre, 19:00 the Phonograph Jazz Band Also February 11 MMDM, 19:00 Theatre Hall The Violet