Showing posts with label Russian Folktales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russian Folktales. Show all posts

MONDAY, April 29th at 7pm: MORE TALES FROM OLD RUSSIA!

"What marvels there! A mermaid sitting
High in a tree, a sprite, a trail
Where unknown beasts move never seen by
Man's eyes, a hut on chicken feet,
Without doors, without windows,
An evil witch's lone retreat;
The woods and valleys there are teeming
With strange things....

~ From Alexander Pushkin's narrative poem Ruslan and Ludmilla

Caledonia presents more of the classics from the Steppes and the Asian plains, where wise women and witches fly in a mortar and besom, and animals are wise and helpful, and it is hard to distinguish between peasants and nobles.  Live in Voice.

MONDAY, April 8th @ 7:00pm: TALES OF OLD RUSSIA

Caledonia presents some of the classics from the Steppes and the Asian plains, where wise women and witches fly in a mortar and besom; animals can speak, are clever and helpful; and sometimes it is hard to distinguish between peasants and nobles.  Baba Yaga, Princess Vassilisa, Prince Yvan, The Firebird, The Magical Pike are all stock characters in this old folkloric tradition.

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