FLASHY DANCE

Members of the Elisa Monte Dance troupe hit the heights in one of several one-act ballets on view this weekend at St Petersburg's Maly (Musorgsky) Theater.

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CULTURE & LIFESTYLE GUIDE

Medieval tale inspires classic gems
Written by Belgian symbolist Maurice Maeterlinck in 1892, "Pelleas" is a sort of "anti-drama," a medieval dream which inspired three fine composers to interpret it within 15 years of publication...

Petersburg's grand old lady of art gets a makeover
In common with most human beings of its age, the Russian Museum receives very little money and has various internal structural ailments. Its prognosis for the future is bright, however, because its complex of palaces are home to one of the world's greatest art collections...

A new spin for an old favorite
St Petersburg used to have its own New Musical Express; soon it will have its own Spin. The longest-lived Russian music newspaper Rock Fuzz has regained its financial independence after 14 months of servitude to its former publishers and sponsors...

Master's abstract ballet challenges Mariinsky
In Soviet times, it was traditional for schoolchildren to buy presents for their favorite teachers. This month, the favorite teacher at the Mariinsky Theater was the American choreographer Patricia Neary, who was recognized by the theater's leading dancers with diamond earrings...

Head to Tallinn and kill those Petersburg blues
Tallinn, Estonia, is the perfect weekend getaway for those entrenched in the front lines of St Petersburg. Only an overnight train ride away, the laid-back pace of this town of 500,000 combined with the modern setting of a European capital to make the chaos of Russia seem like a distant memory...

WHAT'S ON GUIDE

Petersburg Gig Guide

Rock & Jazz Venues

Classical Program

Dramatic Program

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Sizzling, strange-sounding creations a hidden treasure
Although the Arirang Korean restaurant opened in St Petersburg more than two years ago, it appears to have resigned itself to a dignified obscurity...