BR brings you the best of Bucharest’s cultural highlights for the weekend ahead.
PERFORMANCE
Cinderella Ballet (in picture)
Bucharest National Opera
March 8-9, from 19.00
Cinderella, one of the most cherished childhood stories, is turned into a real gem ballet on the music of Sergei Prokofiev, on this weekend at the Bucharest National Opera. The ballet will perform under the magic wand of the conductor Adrian Morar.
The Cinderella ballet is signed by Mihai Babushka, who made the libretto, and was also the director and choreographer, while the main roles are played by Bianca Fota, Oana Babushka (for Cinderella) and Ovidiu Matei Iancu, Vlad Toader (for Prince). More details about this performance, here.
CHARITY EVENT
The Viennese Ball by J.W. Marriot
March 8, The Palace of Parliament
J.W. Marriot invites its public to the superb elegance of the Viennese spirit, the fairytale atmosphere, the high-strung young couples of debutants, and most of all the thrill of the waltz and its immortal rhythm. All over world, between November 11 and the beginning of March, Vienna and other capital cities bring back to life the splendor of the traditional ball season. More details about this event, here.
FILM PREMIERES
From March 7
Closer to the Moon
Director: Nae Caranfil
Staring: Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd
Synopsis: A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie. (provided by IMDb)
More info about this movie, here.
300: Rise of an Empire
Director: Noam Murro
Staring: Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green
Synopsis: Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy. (provided by IMDb)
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Director: Felix Van Groeningen
Staring: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse
Synopsis: Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He’s a romantic atheist, she’s a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial. (provided by IMDb)
Dallas Buyers Club
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Staring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto
Synopsis: In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease. (provided by IMDb)
EXHIBITION
Contemporary Norwegian Architecture
The National Museum of Contemporary Art
Until March 22
The “Contemporary Norwegian Architecture # 7” Exhibition travels around the world starting with 2011, being so far hosted by Brazil, Cuba, Poland, Croatia, the Czech republic, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany and Bulgaria. In 2014, with the support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Romania, in partnership with the National Museum of Contemporary Art and Zeppelin Association, it comes to Bucharest. More about this exhibition, here.
Q.E.D. by Mircea Cantor
The National Museum of Contemporary Art
Until April 2014
More than 1,200 people have attended the opening of the first local solo exhibition of one of the most important young artists to emerge on the international scene over the last decade: Mircea Cantor, winner of the Prix Marcel Duchamp Award 2011. The QED exhibition, the largest survey of the artist’s works to date, comprises 30 pieces. More details here.
Oana Vasiliu