Life in a Dance: Famous dancers of the past, who were applauded by half the world

What Russian operas need to be heard if only because the world applauded them

Russian opera was born at a time when French, German and Italian were already in their prime. Soon, the Russian opera school not only caught up with, but also surpassed its competitors, winning its audience in different countries. Today, classical operas by Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich are staged on the best stages in the world. In our today's review - the best Russian operas that enjoyed success abroad at different times

As a half-blind, one-armed hero of the First World War, he became a world famous artist: avant-garde artist Vladislav Strzheminsky

He was born on Belarusian soil, called himself Russian, and entered the history of art as a Pole. Half blind, one-armed and without a leg, he became a famous avant-garde painter of the first half of the last century. The obsessed dreamer of the world revolution, he was also ruined by it, lived an incredible life, full of heroism and suffering. Today in our publication is the life story of an extraordinary person who went through the meat grinder of the First World War, endured incredible physical pain, lived and worked in

To lose a job and become famous all over the world: Why famous writers were fired

Writers and poets, just like everyone else, experience failure in their own lives in different ways. Losing a job for them can turn out to be both the greatest blessing, allowing them to find themselves, and a huge grief, pushing them to vagrancy and drunkenness. However, for many writers, the dismissal later turned into worldwide fame. But the reasons why writers were deprived of their jobs deserve more attention

Half-humans - half-trees and half-birds: photo collages by Alexandra Bellissimo

Los Angeles-based photographer Alexandra Bellissimo goes beyond black and white photography. Her photo collages tell about strange creatures - half-people, half-trees and remind that we are all connected with nature: just someone has a wind in their head, and someone has a forest. However, it's not just about nature. We can say that the characters of Alexandra Bellissimo think differently. Half-human, half-human strife. Someone's judgments grow from one root, branching out and shit

Life in Dance: Conceptual Photography of Ballet Dancers by Rachel Neville

Rachel Neville is a New York-based photographer. She herself danced in ballet at one time, and now she specializes in filming a person in motion. She loves experimenting with movement. And the result of such experiments was a conceptual photo cycle dedicated to dance. The photographer placed the accents in these shots on expressive movements, which in themselves are an interesting story