«Eifman's performance is on the level of Bob Fosse!»

Broadway superstar Ben Vereen's impressions of the premiere of "The Pygmalion Effect", details of rehearsals and Boris Eifman's sources of inspiration - in a lecture by ballet critic Aleksandr Maksov.

How do methods for composing specific performances become authorial strategies in general?

The Illuzion cinema hall hosted a special screening of L.A.D., a collection of new ballets based on the music by Leonid Desyatnikov, not originally intended for the stage. Theatre expert and contemporary dance researcher Anastasia Glukhova shared her impressions of watching four interesting works by four star Russian choreographers.

"The Opera That Cannot Be Named": Lecture by Alexey Parin at the Premiere of "Macbeth"

Find out how Verdi worked on one of his most important operas, about the importance of Lady Macbeth's role, the interpretation of the role of witches by different directors, the charisma of conductor Philippe Jordan and Krzysztof Warlikowski's thriller.

“Dreams come true”: Q&A with Evgeniy Pisarev at the film screening of the play “THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO”

Director, artistic director of the Pushkin Moscow Drama Theatre, Evgeny Pisarev, and curator of the “Theater in Cinema” project Ekaterina Zhutautaite talked about how the play was born and why comedy is more difficult to stage than other genres.

Adult life of a young man

A warm, lamp-like, well-old-fashioned portrait, where the classics are played by our great contemporary. From country to country; from the syncopated tap-dancing America of wild night lights - to Moscow, illuminated by the stars of the Kremlin towers. From childhood to gray hairs; Tsyganov plays Obraztsov as an eternal boy who desperately wanted to learn to whistle, joked with Lenin and Nemirovich-Danchenko, and forever remained the Seryozha who played with the glove doll...

Arena di Verona

Horses, donkeys, carriages, ceremonial processions - the Arena di Verona is created for epic spectacles. The great Franco Zeffirelli considered it the ideal stage for his monumental, colorful and breathtaking productions. These are exactly the ones presented in our collection for the big screen.

Solve the mysteries of the planet's most important surrealist

A fascinating story-trip by Tatyana Pigaryova .at the screening of the film "Salvador Dali: In Search of Immortality": Dali’s famous mustache, his childhood memories and relationship with Gala, Vermeer’s “The Lacemaker”, Luis Buñuel, the Cap de Creus rocks, a girl with a skipping rope and much more.

Jiří Kylián. Favourites

Jiri Kylian is one of the most important names in the world of dance of the XX-XXI centuries. Philosopher and joker, sage and hooligan, Kilian choreographs dances in his own special style, recognizable from the first cadence. The production is incredibly musical; he not only hears, but sees and feels the music. A master of plotless works, he nevertheless knows how to work with both narrative stories and purely illustrative tasks. The very different performances of our special project “Jiri Kylian: Favorites” once again confirm this.

Are humor and satire appropriate in ballet?

Bolshoi Theater soloist Anastasia Vinokur and journalist Alexandra Zager at the premiere of the evening of Jiri Kylian’s ballets “Ironic Dances” at the Illusion cinema talked about whether it is difficult to joke in dance. Anastasia also shared stories from her creative life, secret dreams and plans.

KOMMERSANT: A Tale of Protest

The TheatreHD project is showing in cinemas the opera-ballet “L' enfant et les sortilèges” by Maurice Ravel, directed by Jiri Kylian. An action-packed performance, atypical for a choreographer, composed in 1984 and transferred to the screen in 1986, has only now reached Moscow

THE ART NEWSPAPER RUSSIA: Memories of Goya as a portrait of the 20th century culture

An intelligent man in a coat rides on a train and sings an old folk song in Occitan, the language spoken in French Provence for centuries. This 89-year-old screenwriter, actor and writer Jean-Claude Carriere sets off on a journey through museum collections in Europe to reveal to viewers the secrets of the paintings of the great Spanish painter Francisco Goya...

Theater an der Wien

Theater an der Wien is not only a place of historical significance where the masterpieces of Mozart and Beethoven were born, but also a place where classical opera performances continue to come to life. Recording, especially as perfect as today's, allows us to stop time and watch all the best. We can watch outstanding performances from past seasons together. Immerse yourself in the world of music and art in Vienna.

Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) - online

Introducing the Royal Shakespeare Company repertoire, the legendary theatre company from Stratford-upon-Avon, in our online cinema TheatreHD/Play. Stars of British theatre and cinema in William Shakespeare’s plays: David Tennant, Anthony Sher, Simon Russell Beale, Lucian Msamati, Christopher Eccleston, Paapa Essiedu, Kathryn Hunter and other artists loved by the audience.

Dmitri Tcherniakov: The Russian Opera

Stellar opera productions by the most famous Russian opera director, staged in Moscow, Paris, Berlin, Brussels and Lyon, will be available online and in cinemas nationwide.