Thursday, January 31, 2008
Bolshoi to reopen late in 2009 after rescue work
Yahoo! News: "Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre will reopen after restoration in November 2009, a year behind schedule, after emergency work to save it from collapse, officials said on Thursday."
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I'm really glad to hear about this project. Renovations of old spaces can be incredibly expensive, as the article points out, but I think this sort of project is culturally important. It would be heartbreaking to lose something architecturally and ideologically representative of Russia's cultural development under Catherin II, and as a world center for performing arts. I think the space where art is created can be as important as the work, and keeping this space means continuining and honoring a tradition.
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