Creating a cultural exchange between the United States and Russia, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Mikhail Prokhorov Fund have announced a three-year partnership.
Called the TransCultural Express: American and Russian Arts Today, the alliance is to begin next year with a range of performing arts, literary, and film events.
Programming will include a series of contemporary Russian films for BAMcinématek; a visiting Russian author as part of BAM's Eat, Drink & Be Literary series; a Brooklyn public art project by a Russian visual artist; and performances by the Philadelphia-based dance company Illstyle and Peace Productions. The partnership will also feature visits by a prominent American au thor and a program of contemporary American films in two Siberian cities: Krasnoyarsk, where the fund is based, and Novosibirsk.
Subsequent programs for the second and third years of TransCultural Express will also include theater and dance. Founded in 2004, the fund is a private charity started by the Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, who is the owner of the Brooklyn Nets, and his sister, Irina Prokhorova, that supports and develops culture in Russia.
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