Yup it happened. The annual Russian school play. I didn't blog about the costume-making this year since it sort of happened on the fly and I didn't have time to take photos of the process. I also didn't make as many costumes this year as I usually do, my job was a bit more organizational.
None the less I wanted to share the costumes with you. No animal or
fish heads this year, but still plenty of fanciful characters.
The play was Snegurochka/Snow Maiden. It's an old story that takes place in pre-christian Russia. It's been made into a
movie, a
cartoon, an
opera and a
ballet. Snegurochka is the daughter of Ded Moroz/Grandpa Frost and Vesna/Spring. She wants to live with the people and feel love. It all turns into an unfortunate love story with her melting in the end after she feels love....
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Spring dancing with the swans |
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Grandpa Frost arrives with his snow minions |
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Snow Maiden with her father |
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Snow Maiden with her mother |
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Maslenitza or MardiGras |
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Snow Maiden falls in love |
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The Tzar and his advisor |
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the village people |
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Spring dances with the flowers |
4 comments:
I look forward to this post each year, Natalya. This year did not disappoint! Sometime I would love to come see a live performance. Maybe next year?
The costumes are always gorgeous! Thank you for sharing them with us.
Lovely as always! Those head pieces are amazing!
Yes, beautiful as always. But I wish you had given us more closeup photos!!!!!
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