Staged by famed Lithuanian choreographer Anzelica Cholina, this multiple award-winning Vakhtangov Theatre production of Anna Karenina tells the story of Tolstoy’s classic novel entirely in contemporary dance. In this way, Cholina succeeds in finding the equivalent of Tolstoy's words in harmony and movement, with every gesture holding meaning. The distinctive music of Alfred Schnittke helps to reveal the inner turmoil of the characters and their depth. Captured on film before a live audience from Moscow's Vakhtangov Theatre. Duration: 2 hours 15 min (with one 15 minute intermission).
After years in the garment trade, Eddie Aronoff moved to Moscow in 2008 as an ESL teacher. In 2016, inspired by the remarkable stage productions he visited, Eddie hatched the idea of bringing small live Russian theatre performances to NYC. Unable to pull that off, but still very much interested in sharing these works, he convinced Russian theater managing directors to allow a team he assembled to film the productions with the promise of delivering them to cinemas worldwide, thus launching Stage Russia HD. By the end of their current 4th Season, Stage Russia will have presented over 20 films on the big screen in over a dozen countries.