Russian Ballet I want to tell you about Russian Ballet. At first I tell you about origin of ballet in Russia. The Russian ballet dates back to 1847. It was the year when Marius Petipa, a young French dancer, arrived in St. Petersburg. He found there a well-trained company. Under leadership of Petipa the Russian ballet became extremely popular in the world. The Russian ballet school is recognized among the best in the world. Foreign dancers come to study and appear on the Russian stage. Some of them stay and live in Russia. For example, Xander Parish He is very interesting dancer. I saw him when I watched Swan Lake. In his country he had a minor roles. But when he was invited to Russia he got a lead roles. His dancing is very impressive. We have many different theatres. But the most famous are Big Theatre in Moscow and Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. I tell you about Mariinsky Theatre. The theater began to be called Mariinsky in honor of Alexander II's wife Maria Aleksandrovna. It is very beautiful building. It is painted light-green color. Mariinsky Theatre have the old stage and the new stage. The old stage has finishing of the auditorium such what it was at the emperor. The new stage is a modern building. I was in both. I watched opera and ballet. When I watched the opera ''Dead Souls'' Maya Plisetskaya was in auditorium. She and her husband watched it too. Music for this opera was written by her husband. Unfortunately she died in this year. She was 89 years old. I saw the ballet Swan lake, the Nutcracker, don Quixote and Giselle. Swan Lake is very fantastic ballet. It impressed me very much. The soloist of the ballet who played a lead role was very beautiful. She is fragile and graceful woman. Her dance was very impressive and sensual. We sat in the middle of the hall. It has the best view. Speaking about the Nutcracker I can say that it is very beautiful ballet. But music is very important. It is music by Tchaikovsky. As well as in Swan Lake. Olesya Novikova played a mail role. I love this ballet dancer. I have a card with her photo. Despite it she still dances. It deserves praise. The ballet Giselle is also beautiful. It is similar to the Swan Lake.

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Caravaggio Recently I saw the movie about the excellent artist. It gave me food for thought. Michelangelo Merisi was a genius that dared to defy the ideal vision of the world by the Renaissance painters. He was the reformer of the European painting of the 17th century. Merisi chose essentially new way in art. I think the motion picture reveals to the viewer of feature of cultural medium that he appeared. Caravaggio got an education in the north of Italy. Then he moved to Rome. There he felt like an outsider. He was drawing pictures on religious subjects, but as his models there were dissolute street boys and prostitutes. Society didn't accept it. In any event, his influence on the new Baroque style that emerged from the ruins of Mannerism was profound. I really like it. I think, it is one of the best films ever.