REPORT ON THE WORK FOR THE EXHIBITION COSTUME AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY 1990-2015
A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum
Bakhrushina Street 31/12, Moscow, Russian Federation
First Opening of the Exhibition 06.15.2015
Welcoming speeches by the general director of the museum - Dmitry Rodionov, chief curator of the exhibition - Igor Roussanoff, the director of the Department of Cultural Heritage and Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation - Mikhail Bryzgalov, the curator for Japan - Kazue Hatano, and the curator for Bulgaria - Marina Raytchinova.
Honored guests of the first opening of the exhibition: Irina Akimova, Yuri Ustinov, Tatiana Spasolomskaya, Kseniya Shimanovskaya, Evgeny Nikonorov, Anatoly Chechik, Maria Fyodorova, Andrey Bartenev.
Second opening of the exhibition 06.29.2015
Welcoming speeches by the general director of the museum, Dmitry Rodionov, chief curator of the exhibition, Igor Roussanoff, the curator for the USA and Mexico, Susan Tsu, the curator for Denmark and Norway, Lise Klitten, and the curator for Poland, Paweł Dobrzycki
Honored guests of the second opening of the exhibition:
*The Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, Astra Kurme
*The Ambassador of the Philippines, Carlos D. Sorreta
*The Counselor for Cultural Affairs of the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria, Buriana Angelakieva
*The Public Relations Officer of the Embassy of Mexico, Nayeli Cesena
*The representatives of the Australian and the Slovak diplomatic missions.
*Mrs. Cheng Sher, wife of the Head of the () Taipei Coordination Commission on Economic and Cultural Cooperation in Moscow, Mr. Anthony Cheng
*Theatre director Andrejs Zagars, (Andrejs Zagars speaks about the exhibition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efYO856WqA)
*Prince Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky (Renowned art collector of theatre avant-garde from London, UK)
*Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, theatre director, Pavel Kaplevich
List of the participants who visited the exhibition:
Australia: Julie Lynch
Brazil: Rosane Muniz, Carina Casuscelli, Erika Scwarz, Rosa Maria Freitas, Lenerson Polonini
Bulgaria: Marina Raytchinova, Mira Kalanova
Denmark : Lise Klitten, Maria I Dali
Greece: Sofia Pantouvaki
Italy: Fabrizia Migliarotti
Japan: Kazue Hatano
Mexico: Monica Raya
Netherlands: Sabine Snijders
Poland: Paweł Dobrzycki, Agata Uchman
Spain/Venezuela: Mariaelena Roqué
UK: Nadia Saccardi
Belgium: Rita Geerts
China: Zhao Yan, Zhao Chunfu, Cao Lin, Qin Wenbao, Zhang Mengjie
Russia : Irina M. Akimova, Andrey Bartenev, Kseniya V. Shimanovskaya, Tatiana N. Spasolomskaya, Yury Ustinov
Serbia: Angelina Atlagic
Taiwan: Shaw-Chi Chen, Heng-Cheng Lin, Liang-Yin Lin, Szu-Han Chen, Hui-Jen Leehuang, Yu-Ling Lin, Chu-Ching Sang, Chun-Meng Lin
Ukraine: Andrei Poturyaylo-Mancino
United States of America: Cait O'Connor, Carley Brandau, Natalya Kolosowsky, Carl Gudenius, Pegi Marshall, Olivera Gajic, Heather Lesieur, Sabrina Notarfrancisco, Taylor Pico, Susan Tsu, Alexandra Bonds, Laura Crow, Igor Roussanoff, Sigridur Johannedottir.
Total: 52 participants
3-D Costumes shown at the exhibition.
68 (sixty-eight) actual costumes from 19 (nineteen) countries.
By designers: Lise Klitten, Zhao Yan, Qin WenBao, Slavna Martinovic, Angelina Altagic, Carley Brandau, Mara Blumenfeld, Alexandra Bonds, Laura Crow, Marianne Custer, Susan Hilferty, Susan Tsu, Igor Roussanoff, Lin Heng-Cheng, Liang-Yin Lin, Hu Chia, Yi-meei Wang, and Nuri Dimitrova.
Original renderings on Display at the Curatorial Selection Gallery «FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM»
№ |
Country |
Number of the artists |
Number of the original works |
1. |
Australia |
1 |
6 |
2. |
Bulgaria |
1 |
17 |
3. |
Denmark |
1 |
9 |
4. |
Canada |
1 |
12 |
5. |
China |
1 |
21 |
6. |
Mexico |
1 |
1 |
7. |
Poland |
2 |
16 |
8. |
Serbia |
1 |
6 |
9. |
Slovakia |
1 |
4 |
10. |
USA |
11 |
60 |
11. |
Russia |
20 |
43 |
total |
41 |
195 |
Number of total images on view at the Bakhrushin Museum (by country)
№ |
Country |
Number of the artists |
Number of the images |
|
Australia |
26 |
95 |
|
Belgium |
2 |
17 |
|
Bulgaria |
3 |
12 |
|
United Kingdom |
10 |
27 |
|
Germany |
2 |
5 |
|
Brazil |
6 |
18 |
|
Greece |
2 |
14 |
|
Denmark |
3 |
16 |
|
Norway |
2 |
7 |
|
Egypt |
2 |
3 |
|
Spain |
4 |
31 |
|
Venezuela |
2 |
12 |
|
Italy |
2 |
12 |
|
Kazakhstan |
1 |
4 |
|
Uzbekistan |
4 |
21 |
|
Canada |
15 |
85 |
|
China |
2 |
33 |
|
Korea |
1 |
7 |
|
Mexico |
2 |
20 |
|
Netherlands |
7 |
38 |
|
Poland |
19 |
133 |
|
Serbia |
11 |
48 |
|
Slovakia |
3 |
16 |
|
USA |
44 |
242 |
|
Taiwan |
4 |
19 |
|
Ukraine |
6 |
44 |
|
Philippines |
3 |
31 |
|
Finland |
2 |
9 |
|
France |
2 |
20 |
|
Japan |
1 |
4 |
|
Russia |
30 |
263 |
Total |
223 |
1 306 |
Digital display: Over 3000 images at the exhibition shown on, 15 monitors, 7 TV-sets, and 2 projectors.
1000 copies of the catalogue were printed for the Exhibition in July.
The new edition is intended to be published in the first quarter of 2016, approximately March 2016.
Publications about the exhibition in the media:
National newspapers:
1) "Theatrical Costume at the Turn of the Century at the A.A. Bakhrushin Museum." Kommersant. http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2781387
2) "Fitting the Image." Novaya Gazeta. http://www.novayagazeta.ru/arts/68839.html
3) "Almanac of Theatrical Fashion." Novye Izvestia. http://www.newizv.ru/culture/2015-08-04/224905-almanah-teatralnoj-mody.html
4) "Theatrical Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015." Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
http://www.ng.ru/antrakt/2015-06-26/10_teatr.html
5) "Fashion on the Stage." Kultura. http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/exhibitions/102914-moda-na-podmostkakh
Articles in Specialized Newspapers:
1) "25 Years of Theatrical Costumes." The Art Newspaper. Russia. http://www.theartnewspaper.ru/posts/1807/
2) "Parade of Theatrical Costumes." Screen and Stage Russia. http://screenstage.ru/?p=3155
3) "Costume Exhibit to Open in Moscow." Sightlines. USITT. http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2015/01/CostumesInMoscow.asp
4) "Moscow Theatre Museum to Host Exhibit." Sightlines. USITT. http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2015/04/Announcements.asp
5) "Helen Huang's Work Chosen for Exhibit at the A.A. Bakhrushin Museum in Moscow, Russia." University of Maryland, USA. - http://tdps.umd.edu/news/helen-huangs-work-chosen-exhibit-bakhrushin-museum-moscow-russia
6) "Companhia Nova de Teatro Goes to Russia to Represent Brazil in the World's Largest Exhibition of Costumes." Brazil - http://www.miguelarcanjoprado.com/2015/06/28/cia-nova-de-teatr-vai-a-russia-para-representar-brasil-na-maior-exposicao-de-figurinos-do-mundo/
7) "Designer brings Last Empress to Russia" Korean News, Culture. Korea
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/06/148_180610.html
8) "Turn of the Century Costume Exhibition in Moscow." Sightlines. USITT.
http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2015/09/RussianExhibitOfCostumes.asp
Moscow Newspapers:
1) "Theatrical Fashion Throughout History." Evening Moscow. http://www.vm.ru/news/2015/06/15/teatralnaya-moda-otrazila-istoriyu-289250.html
2) "The Amazing Exhibition Devoted to Theatrical Costume from 1990 - 2015 opened at the A.A. Bakhrushin. Big Moscow. http://bolshayamoskva.info/obshchestvo/s_mira_po_nitke/
3) "Theater Begins with a Costume". Moskovskaya Pravda. http://mospravda.ru/culture_spectacles/article/teatr_nachinaetsya_s_kostuma/?sphrase_id=97650
Magazines:
1) "Theatre Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015." Iskusstvo Art Magazine. -
http://iskusstvo-info.ru/exhibition/item/id/113
2) "Visual Cocoon of Scenic Profile. http://www.profile.ru/society/item/97748-vidimaya-lichina-stsenicheskogo-obraza / http://www.profile.ru/fotoistorii/item/97848-vystavka-teatralnyj-kostyum-na-rubezhe-vekov-1990-2015
3) "Museum and Costumes." Russian Reporter. - http://media.theatre.ru/photo_src/72060.jpg
4) "Theatrical Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015." Scene. http://bakhrushin.theatre.ru/branches/gctm/ex/Scene_magazine/
5) "The Theatre's New Clothes." Where Moscow. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2mKMLc9dqiidnd0OEFZQmhUSDg/view
Informational newspapers and online newspapers:
1) "Chief designer of the Nizhnevartovsk Drama Vyacheslav Bunnies Will Take Part in a Grand International Project." Russia Today. http://ria.ru/culture/20150615/1069999656.html /
2) "Exhibition "Theatrical Costume at the Turn of the Century" at the A.A. Bakhrushin Museum." М24.Ru. http://www.m24.ru/galleries/3775
3) "Theatrical Costumes at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015 at the A.A. Bakhrushin Museum." Teatral-online. http://www.teatral-online.ru/news/13795/
4) "Exhibition "Theatre Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015" at the A.A. Bakhrushin Museum." Posta-Magazine
http://posta-magazine.ru/lifestyle/costume-exhibition-in-bachrushin-museum
5) "Representatives from 31 Countries Will Participate in Large Scale Exhibition at the A.A.Bakhrushin Museum." Online magazine 365. http://365mag.ru/culture/predstaviteli-31-strany-primut-uchastie-v-vy-stavke-v-bahrushinskom-muzee
6) "Theatrical Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015." Cultobzor. http://cultobzor.ru/2015/06/teatralny-kostyum-1990-2015/
7) "Representatives from 31 Countries Will Participate in Exhibition at the A.A.Bakhrushin Museum."
Ugra-news.ru. http://ugra-news.ru/article/17062015/14256
8) "University Theatre Designs Honored" University of Oregon, Department of Theatre and Arts, USA http://theatre.uoregon.edu
9) 关注 | 国际展览《世纪之交的服装设计》 诉说时代演进, Following International Exhibition "Centuries of Fashion Design" tell evolution of the times. China http://www.wtoutiao.com/p/fb4kWT.html
10) "Exhibition "Theatre Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015"
Magazine PROFILE/DER SPIGEL http://www.profile.ru/fotoistorii/item/97848-vystavka-teatralnyj-kostyum-na-rubezhe-vekov-1990-2015
11) "Exhibition "Theatre Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015" CULTOBZOR http://cultobzor.ru/2015/06/teatralny-kostyum-1990-2015/
Interviews on national TV and radio
1) TV and Radio Channel "Kultura" - the first opening 06.15.2015. http://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/135542/
2) TV and Radio Channel "Kultura" - the second opening 06.29.2015. http://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/136442/
3) Public Television of Russia - the first opening 06.15.2015.
http://www.otr-online.ru/news/v-moskve-otkrilas-45123.html
4) TV and Radio Company MIR - the second opening 06.29.2015. http://mir24.tv/video/12878524
5) TV and Radio Channel "Kultura"/ program «"Khudsovet." http://tvkultura.ru/video/show/brand_id/59489/episode_id/1210670/
6) TV channel Moskva 24 / program "Afisha"
http://www.m24.ru/videos/86286 /from 01:05/
7) Radio Kultura / program "Stcena." Project of Marina Bagdasaryan - http://www.cultradio.ru/brand/episode/id/58020/episode_id/1211586/
8) TV and Radio Channel "Kultura"/ program "Afisha" http://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/140306/
3. Performances at the museum
06.15.2015 - Saxophone-Trio: Alexey Kruglov, Sergey Letov (Russia), and Yuri Yaremchuk (Ukraine)
06.29.2015 - Performance: Mariaelena Roqué (Spain, Venezuela) and Sergey Letov (Russia)
- Performance: Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights from the Brazilian company Companhia Nova de Teatro, actors Lenerson Polonini, Carina Casuscelli, and Rosa Maria Freitas.
Cultural program organized by the museum for the participants of the exhibition in Moscow and St. Petersburg
June 14
11:00 am. Visit the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. http://garageccc.com/en
7:00 pm. Performance of Dmitry Krymov «Tararabumbia» at the theatre of the School of Dramatic Art
June 15
5:00 pm. Opening ceremony of the exhibition "COSTUME AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY 1990 - 2015" at the A. A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum
6:00 pm. Performance Saxophone-Trio: Alexey Kruglov, Sergey Letov (Russia), and Yuri Yaremchuk (Ukraine)
June 16
12:00 pm. Tour of Red Square and Kremlin
7:00 pm. Performance Pushkin's Fables, Director: Robert Wilson
June 29
10:00 am. Meeting of guest's curators and participants of the exhibition Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990 - 2015 in the lobby of the hotel Mercure.
12:00 pm. Visit the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. http://garageccc.com/en
5:00 pm. Opening of the exhibition Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990 - 2015. Guided tour through the Main Building.
- Performance: Mariaelena Roqué (Spain, Venezuela) and Sergey Letov (Russia)
- Performance: Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights from the Brazilian company Companhia Nova de Teatro, actors Lenerson Polonini, Carina Casuscelli, and Rosa Maria Freitas.
June 30
4:30 pm. - 6 pm. Excursion to the Bolshoi Theatre (historic building)
7:00 pm. Dinner at the restaurant Mari Vanna http://marivanna.ru/msk
July 1
11:00 am. - 12:30 pm. Lecture hall of the Main Building of the Museum.
Alexander Rubtsov, Deputy General Director of the A. A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum for Scientific-Educational Work, conducts a tour of the collection of costume and scenographic sketches by artist A. Golovin, showcasing his work on the production of M. Lermontov's Masquerade, directed by V. Meyerhold (Saint Petersburg, the Aleksandrinsky Theatre, 1917)
1st group
3:00 pm. Visit the State Tretyakov Gallery.
7:00 pm. Performance of Dmitry Krymov «Tararabumbia» at the theatre of the School of Dramatic Art http://sdart.ru/theatre/perf/tararabumbia
2nd group
3:00 pm. - 5:00 pm . Visit the Museum of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (including a tour of the collection of theatrical costumes)
7:00 pm. Visit the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre. Ballet La Sylphide (Choreographers: Ghislaine Thesmar and Pierre Lacotte).
July 2
1st group (up to 15 persons)
12:00 pm. Visit the branch of the A. A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, the Memorial Museum and Creative Workshop of Set Designer David Borovsky
2nd group (up to 15 persons)
1:00 pm. Visit the branch of the A. A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, the V. Meyerhold Apartment Museum
3rd group (up to 15 persons)
12:00 pm. Visit the branch of the A. A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, the G. Ulanova Apartment Museum
For All Participants (No group limit):
3:00 pm. Walk through the Red Square, the Kremlin, and through the Aleksandrovsky garden
Cultural programme in Saint Petersburg
July , Hermitage Theatre Swan Lake
July, Hermitage Museum
July, Peterhof Museum
July, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood and the Saint Isaac's Cathedral.
July , The Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art.
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