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Choreography Defying Gravity: Radu Poklitaru’s Modern Ballet
If there is a figure representing modern dance in Ukraine at its best, it has to be Radu Poklitaru. Born in Moldova, the eminent...
The Zaporizhia Land Art Festival
Zaporizhia celebrated its tenth annual “Land Art” festival the last weekend of April. Located on Sagaydachne, a territory that boasts a diverse history (from...
Theater On Podil: A Controversial Facet Of The Ukrainian Architectural Revival
The newly built Podil Theater building has proven to be quite controversial with it’s modernist exterior making many observers quite unhappy. If nothing else,...
The Odessa Review’s OIFF Diary: Day 6 — The Distinguished Citizen, Secondo Me, Orpheline,...
The Distinguished Citizen, Secondo Me, Orpheline
By Yevgeniya Seleznyova
After all of yesterday’s challenges, today has turned out to be quite a pleasure. Finally — well-made...
Michael Reva on Michael Reva:
FATE HAD IT SO THAT I LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHICH IS CURRENTLY SICK. AND I HAVE TO TREAT HER.
WE DO HAVE VERY BEAUTIFUL...
Mickiewicz in Odessa by Artur Grabowski
Mickiewicz had been sentenced by trial a few months earlier, instigated by the emperor against a group of Wilno university students for an...
Babel's Extended Ode to Odessa
'Odessa' by Isaac Babel
Translated by Val Vinokur
Photo by Igor Sytnik
Odessa is a nasty town. Everybody knows this. Instead of saying “what’s the difference,” over...
A Stray Dog Wanders Into An Office
The photographer Gennadiy Che took part in Odessa’s Batumi Photo Days festival, but there is one exhibit he treasures for which a festival setting...
The Master And His Time: On Ukrainian Artist Fedir Krychevsky
The Ukrainian artist Fedir Krychevsky, who was a refugee, a very handsome man and a romantic spirit, became a symbolic figure within Ukrainian modern...
The First Annual Golden Dziga
This year saw the foundation of two new film institutions in Ukraine. The National Film Academy and the Golden Dziga Award (which has positioned...
