A play on the history of Russian emigration in new-Йорке, will play on 16 and 17 December. In the premiere screenings will be attended by the author, and Willy Tokarev

In musical Theater Stas Namin on 16 and 17 December there will be premiere showings of the play Mikhail Shemyakin "new-Йорк. 80-е. We".

In the theatrical world the name of Mikhail Chemiakin is known primarily as the Creator of the new libretto by the famous ballet masterpieces and artist-постановщика updated performances. This "Nutcracker" called "shemyakinsky", "the Magic nut", "Coppelia", "the rite of Spring" and others. Here, in the Theater of Stas Namin, first time Shemyakin is the author of the autobiographical pieces.

In new-Йорке in the early 1980-х, fate has gathered an amazing group of exiles from the USSR — dancers, writers, artists and actors. Soviet Russia was still a closed and unknown to the Western world country, where, it seemed, none of them were destined to return.

new-Йорк attracted people to its powerful creative dynamic, crazy world trendy Nightclubs of all kinds, open to new ideas and experimentation. Russian writers-изгнанники began to attract the attention of American readers by the mystery and singularity of their works. A former mathematician from Riga Edward Nahamkin founded Russian world gallery, which he decided to fill with paintings and sculptures of artists-нонконформистов. The filmmaker Slava Tsukerman created the cult film "Liquid sky", reflecting the spirit of the time. Frenzied applause broke Russian dancers are Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Makarova, Godunov. Come on catwalks and in Vogue fashion models Russian.

But all this happened in Manhattan. And was Brighton-бич, densely populated by locals and dubbed it "Little Odessa", he opened the doors of the first Russian Kabakov, which were born and sang the stars of the world Brighton. The most striking of these was Willy Tokarev. Flew to please breitenau and the famous Parisian Gypsy Alyosha Dmitrievich.

Shemyakin moved to this fantastic city from its ' disappointment with his sleepiness of Paris. The basis of the play "new-Йорк. 80-е. We," he laid down his own memories of both happy and tragic time, about known and unknown personalities — and speaks of them in the first person.

In the first two performances on 16 and 17 December, attended by Mikhail Shemyakin and Willy Tokarev.

Source: press-релиз performance of "new-Йорк. 80-е. We"