{"id":15864,"date":"2011-11-13T06:03:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T13:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=15864"},"modified":"2011-11-13T06:03:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T13:03:58","slug":"baryshnikov-in-tel-aviv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=15864","title":{"rendered":"Baryshnikov in Tel Aviv"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mikhail Baryshnikov and Dmitry Krymov at Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baryshnikov is in Tel Aviv and there is an air of excitement in anticipation of his performance in Dmitry Krymov\u2019s stage adaptation of Nobel Laureate Ivan Bunin\u2019s (1870 \u2013 1953) short story In Paris<\/em><\/a>. The play will be performed in Russian with Hebrew subtitles at the Suzanne Dellal Theatre from November 15 \u2013 21, 2011.<\/p>\n

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Dmitry Krymov met the Israeli press this morning at the Suzanne Dellal Centre, responding with warmth and humor to the flurry of questions. Baryshnikov made a memorable appearance on the Israeli stage last year in his performance with Ana Laguna, this time however, he will be appearing onstage as an actor rather than a dancer. Although there is a small dance segment at the end of the play, Baryshnikov does not see it as a dance number, but rather an integral part of the play as a whole, and said, \u201cIt\u2019s just a minute and a few seconds. This is not a conventional play. Krymov works with dance, movement, music and song; they are part of his palette as an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comparing In Paris to his duet with Ana Laguna in a work by Mats Ek, Baryshnikov said, \u201cIt\u2019s not that far apart. When I\u2019m onstage I don\u2019t think about dancing or acting. I do not know who the hell I am\u2026I\u2019m motivated by my instincts and my partners onstage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krymov has adapted and developed Bunin\u2019s very short (just a few pages) story to a one hour and thirty minute play, in which Baryshnikov will star alongside Anna Sinyakina as two Russian immigrants who meet in Paris. Krymov said, \u201cOur idea was to take a small story and give it a powerful stage presence. It takes place in the \u201830s, a small immigrant, a man thrown out of his country, falls in love with a waitress in a dingy restaurant. God does not even give them this possibility of happiness, the man dies after two weeks.\u201d Baryshnikov recalls meeting Russian immigrants in Paris in the 1970s, and said, \u201cI remember the say they spoke and stood,\u201d and recalled seeing \u201ctristesse in their eyes.\u201d However, Baryshnikov said, \u201cI do not think this performance is about people lost in one country or another, I think it is a more internal loneliness\u2026it\u2019s not a story about immigrants, it\u2019s a story about people that resonates in every language.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saying that he is \u201cstill kind of a dancer who will always be a dancer\u201d Baryshnikov spoke of the importance of art recalling that on his performing tours around the world \u201cI went to see everything.\u201d He said, \u201cIt\u2019s no secret that introducing young people to art is the most essential task for parents and schools,\u201d and referring to a comment made by Joseph Brodsky, he said \u201cinstead of grilling politicians about the economy and other issues, we were to say let\u2019s talk about Dostoevsky, Zola, Stendhal or Dickens, it will be faster to understand who is who, and who will govern better. I think it is an interesting proposition.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mikhail Baryshnikov\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baryshnikov spoke of his visit to Jerusalem, saying that \u201cit was one of the most memorable experiences of my life; I\u2019m telling you from the bottom of my heart. I understood the expression \u2018a city where the sky meets the earth and stone.\u201d Yet he declined to comment on political issues, and said, \u201cI\u2019m not taking sides in any conflict. Art should heal and not divide. I would not give advice to any person; I don\u2019t live in Israel and am not entitled. I deeply admire this country and love these people.\u201d Recalling his first visit to Jerusalem 17 years ago, Baryshnikov said, \u201cI think the city belongs to all of us all around the world. It\u2019s a privilege to be in Jerusalem and walk on those stones.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Paris will show at the Suzanne Dellal Centre (5 Yechieli St, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv) from November 15 – 21:
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuesday, November 15th, 21:00
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wednesday, November 16th, 21:00
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thursday, November 17th, 21:00
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday, November 19th, 12:00 AND 21:00
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sunday, November 20th, 21:00
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monday, November 21th, 17:00 AND 21:00
\nSuzanne Dellal Centre: http:\/\/www.suzannedellal.org.il\/ or 03-5105666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baryshnikov is in Tel Aviv and there is an air of excitement in anticipation of his performance in Dmitry Krymov\u2019s stage adaptation of Nobel Laureate Ivan Bunin\u2019s (1870 \u2013 1953) short story In Paris. The play will be performed in Russian with Hebrew subtitles at the Suzanne Dellal Theatre from November 15 \u2013 21, 2011. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}