On October 14, "Fall in love with Russia in thirty days" – a documentary about foreign students studying dance at the "School of Innopraktika and Russian Seasons" in St. Petersburg was exclusively released on the PREMIER Online Platform. The Russian Seasons video platform www.russianseasons.orgwill immerse you in your memories.
Throughout January, video diaries of a new international project encouraging young artists interested in Russian culture are released. It was filmed in 2022, when the second School of Innopraktika and Russian Seasons took place, bringing young dancers and choreographers from all over the world to St. Petersburg for a choreographic session.
They spent 30 days of intensive training at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy. Students studied Russian ballet and contemporary dance, studied centuries-old traditions of Russian art, and embraced Russia in all its cultural diversity.
On Tuesday, January 24 , the unusual series "Overcome Barriers" will tell the audience about the power of the spirit . New choreographers from Russia appear on the project's busy schedule, with foreign choreographers battling with Russian students trying to establish work with their groups.
On Thursday, January 26, the season finale for viewers and only the beginning for students in the "Dress Rehearsal". The program is submitted to the consideration of the project board. The productions of Russian and foreign choreographers receive appraisals and recommendations. Who is destined to enter the Alexandrinsky Theater's stage, and who will remain in the audience?
"Fall in Love with Russia in Thirty Days" was created so that students from different countries, together with the help of Russian mentors from the country's leading educational institutions, could grasp the common patterns and find the intimate particularities that make the world we live in a world of shared global values. A world of people striving for unity through art - these principles on which the Innopraktika and Russian Seasons School has been based since 2020.
A whole team of experienced and creative specialists worked on the video diaries. Script writer - Andrei Lysyakov, composer - Andrei Dobrov. The general producer of the movie was Alexei Lebedev, director of the Russian Seasons.
As usual, the broadcasts will be available at 19:00 CET.