greetings my lovelies!! i know i said i was going to post more frequently, sorry about that... super busy... also, im not going to write as much educational informational jibber this time, just have some pictures to share. the snow has begun its magic here, the ground is white.
this is on the metro from Nevsky Prospect to Sennaya Ploschat
momma sent me this cool Halloween spirit
here are a few students playing traditional Russian instruments:
this is a lute, not actually of russian origin but check it out!
this is Assol, she plays the Balalaika
The Bayan is the Russian accordian, have a listen!
view from my solfeggio class
this is what the marshootkas (unofficial buses) look like sometimes, totally packed!
the future of vending machines! goodbye crappa-cola and pepsi-killya...fresh OJ straight to your into phenomenal fanstastical love cells!
this is Gorkovskaya Metro, it was built from a stolen alien ship
sunlight is rare around here
on the street, a woman selling some strange fruit carving device
this is the Mariinsky's production of Benjamin Britten's 'Midsummers Night Dream', a magical opera with faeries flying from the ceiling. Benjamin Britten was a good friend of Dimitri Shostakovich
dont tell, but i uploaded a video to youtube here:
the blinking lights above the stage are the faeries
Freddy Mercury is alive
Artwork from the Russian Museum.
Aivazovsky’s greatest masterpiece is considered to be “The Ninth Wave,” executed in 1950. An early dawn after a night storm, the first rays of light touch the surface of the raging ocean and the fearsome ninth wave is ready to crush a small group of people struggling for their lives among the wreckage. Although the situation seems desperate, the picture still leaves the viewer with a glimmer of hope – it’s full of light from the rising sun that brings yet another day.
these Soviet symbols are still embedded into the walls of the metro
fruit= perfect exercise tool! just eat if after done lifting
this is my pomegranate hook up, say hi. 'zdrastvuyte dyevooshka'
my fruit shelf- organization is the key to success
a little note i wrote one night when i stayed up to late to make it class in the morning
charachter* get it? :/
took this photo tonight, after chasing 50 rubles down the street, that fell out of my pocket, and blew in the wind
The Last Day of Pompeii is a large canvas painted by Russian artist Karl Briullov in 1830-33. the artist painted himself into the scene, on the top left, with a box of painting materials on his head. read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Day_of_Pompeii
St. Isaacs Cathedral. climbed to the top and this is the view:
this is Kate, a friend of mine from Moscow, that I met in New York. we went sightseeing! lots to see here, while freezing your ******* off! the little homie in the back seems to be mastering some special gravitational leveraging technique and a young age.
Hermitage Palace Museum
this is during the International Festival at my school
here is part of a my teacher's ballet, that premiered at the festival
saw this the day after my birthday, too late
hand-made birthday card from my favorite Balalaika player
im in love with this kitty witty. she lives in the corner store nearby my dorm.
this one is for jordan, he loves elton john
people came from all these places for the festival
halloween spooks
went to a dance club on halloween, and there were people making out everywhere! ~>
its not creepy to snap shots of all the lust, is it?
livin sweet, world wide!
three friends: Nina, Anna, both very beautiful girls, Russian, and Felix, Chilean/Russian composer. he likes to write music on those BIG pieces of paper like a proper mad genius
these military students tried to make me pay 100 rubles to take a picture of them. until i told them i was from california...pshhh then they upped the price ;)
this is andreas and marina, they can be seen gettin freaky in the halls of the dorm. they are both from cyprus. andreas wakes me up for class some days, the other days i just dont make it..
this is Anna, and Vasily. Vasily is a very talented and successful young man. graduated theater school and now is a director at the Marinsky Theater Opera House. he hooks me up with VIP seats to his shows, so i get to use the special entrance and sit in the nice booths. he has directed an opera by one of my favorite composers, Leos Janacek, and many others
this is what is offered as snack at some bars. the fish smelled good, reminded me of the ocean, and camping at Bodega Bay with all my cousins and family, the wonderful memories. i would of asked for some BP-oil spill dipping sauce and Fukushima nuclear disaster seasoning, but luckily, its already naturally marinated in it. fish anyone?
thats good advertising! a HUGE wall of persimmons
one of Vasily's productions: 'Dead Souls' by Russian composer Riodin Schedrin, based on poetry by Gogol, about a man that buys and trades souls of dead people.
this LARGE axis rolled from the front to the back of the stage,
This is Janacek's 'Jenufa' - also Vasiliy's production, have a listen:
this is a small video of the view from my solfeggio class, beautiful view of St. Isaacs Cathedral
and lastly, this is me! working hard (having fun) in my conducting lessons. now im working on a dance scene from Nutcracker (presents of Drosselmeyer), Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, and Beethoven's Symphony no. 2
