Russian music thrills us with its audacious colours, exuberant force and intense emotions.

These features abound in the masterpieces by two greats of Russian Romanticism featured in this opening Bowl season program. Highlights include Rachmaninov’s scintillating Symphonic Dances and the heart-rending Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece, Eugene Onegin.

Simon Hewett conductor
Antoinette Halloran soprano

Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Letter Scene
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

Sunday January 22, 2012
Beginning at 14:00.
Tickets:
- Family (2 adults and two children) - $ 25.00
- Adult / child - $ 10.00
- Children under 3 years old – free

The performance will be delivered by the parishioners.
For information, phone Svetlana 0415300997

VVERH NOGAMI (Melbourne)
The team was formed in 2009 in Melbourne and its achievements include successful
performances at the Intercontinental KVN Festival in London in October 2011 as the official
Australian KVN team. VVERH NOGAMI delighted London audiences with their enthusiasm,
energy and dynamics. VVERH NOGAMI also participated in “Big KVN” on Russian
television “Channel One Russia” with their video question to famous KVN teams of Special
KVN Project.
Web site: http://www.facebook.com/vverhnogami
London performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zcby9r3JTU
Video question on Channel One Russia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2AQS1x6wnk

Shnurki (Sydney)
A young but very dynamic comedy team from Sydney. It was formed in 2011 to play against
the Melbourne team. Members of “Shnurki” are involved in theatrical activities and participate
in humour project “Comedy Club Sydney”.
Web site: http://vkontakte.ru/shnurkikvn
The battle will be judged, by an expert panel of industry professionals, community leaders, and
politicians.

The KVN battle, has been organised by the Russian Youth Council of Australia (RYCA -
Melbourne), in conjunction with the Russian Representative Council of Victoria (RERC ), with
the help of our sponsors. Profits will go towards the Russian Youth Festival in Melbourne,
February, 2012.
Ticket price: $30
Available for purchase: http://kvn.com.au
Evgeny – 0430 184 110 Grigory – 0432 917 684
We look forward to seeing you there!

When: Saturday 15 October at 7:30PM

Where: Supper Room, Melbourne Town Hall

Cost: Adult $30 / Cons. $25 / Child $15

Tickets: Bookings through Ticketek

Contact: 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

T: (03) 9642 0042
Mob: 61 0408 310 912

Theatre Studio Elena Michaelov presents new performance: family comedy with elements of melodrama in three acts.

Banging Doors

25th September 2011
at 17:00
Phoenix Theatre
101 Glenhuntly Rd Elwood

Ticket Price: $30
Concession – $20
For enquiries and booking please call: 0447 764 689

For more information, please click here.

OPENING NIGHT is Thur 18 August  at the Palace Cinema Como (6pm for 6.30pm start) is $45 per person, which includes the traditional After Party with food, drinks, entertainment and giveaways. Other sessions are $18.50 (adults). To purchase tickets:
IN PERSON – at the Palace Cinema Como, cnr Toorak Rd & Chapel St, South Yarra
BY PHONE – (03) 9827 7533 or
ONLINE http://www.russianresurrection.com/2011/melbourne and look under the RFF reference . Booking fee applies.
For Opening Night tickets, email elena.metlenko@rerc.org.au (no fee) for tickets and film program.  DEADLINE  Wed 10 August!

Bell Shakespeare presents

Julius Caesar

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Peter Evans

with Alex Menglet and Kate Mulvany
To see the future one must only look to the past. Like many who came before him, and after him, Julius Caesar had the support of the people but the loathing of the players.

They conspired. They persuaded. They whispered it was for the good of the country. All they needed to succeed was Brutus. Poor patriotic Brutus. He was like a son to Caesar and a poster boy for the republic. But not even a front-man of such unimpeachable integrity could avert the total and utter disaster their daggers set in motion.

Peter Evans, Bell Shakespeare’s new Associate Artistic Director, takes this momentous piece of Roman history and transports it to the corridors of backroom politics. This time, when Caesar gets the axe, it’s the media who roar like an angry mob.

This sharp political drama puts friendship to the test and reveals a stark contrast between our intentions and our actions. With Alex Menglet as Caesar and Kate Mulvany as the conniving Cassius, we go behind the scenes as yet another leader is forced from office.

“I find this story constantly relevant. We witness the original pre-emptive strike and the irony of the ‘honourable assassination’ with all the carnage that a power vacuum creates. Julius Caesar is a play that is never out of date and even today feels relentlessly modern.” Peter Evans, Director

Frankston Arts Centre – The Theatre

Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 8:00PM

Fairfax Studio,

Preview
Tuesday 6 September, 7:30pm
Evening
6 – 10, 14 – 17 September, 7.30pm
Sunday 11 September, 5pm
Tuesday 13 September, 6.30pm
Matinee
8, 10, 15, 17 September, 2pm
Link

http://www.bellshakespeare.com.au/whatson/2011/juliuscaesar

Alex Menglet, born Alexei Menglet in Moscow in famous Russian family of actors, is an actor who has found success working in Australia.

Address: 118 Greeves Street, Fitzroy.

To register for an appointment, you must ring the Consulate on (02) 9326 1866, (02) 9326 1188, (02) 9326 1702.

Currently, our theatre has begun work on two new productions. In this regard, we invite you to participate in these new projects as lovers of theatre, poetry and art.

Rehearsals and acting classes and artistic expression are held on Tuesdays from 18:30 to 22:00 at: Betty Day Community Centre, 67 Argyle St, St Kilda.

On July 26 at 19:00 we will be selecting participants for the new projects.

For all enquiries, please call: 0425 853 874. Also visit our site www.empyreantheatre.com

Good luck!

DATE: 2nd July 2011

WHERE: Frankston City Art Centre,
corner of Davey & Young Streets, Frankston

TIME: Fm: 1.30pm

COSTS: Full $16.00; Concession $13.00;
Group10+ concession $11; Family (2 Adult 2 Child) $54
Children under 2years free on parent/guardian knee

More Info:
http://www.inspiration.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=53

http://artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au/Whats_On/2011/july_2011/children%27s_multicultural_festival_2011/index.aspx

Tuesday 20 September at 7.30pm—Elisabeth Murdoch Hall

Nikolai Demidenko – piano concert

• LISZT Rigoletto: Paraphrase
• LISZT Sonata in B minor
• MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

Nikolai Demidenko’s passionate pianism means that he is in demand worldwide with frequent appearances at London’s Barbican Concert Hall, Southbank Centre and at Wigmore Hall. He is renowned for his authoritative performances of the Russian concerto repertoire and has worked with many conductors and orchestras throughout the world. He has a flourishing relationship with the St Petersburg Philharmonic and Yuri Temirkanov with whom he performs regularly. His repertoire is wide-ranging including Bach, Clementi, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Mussorgsky and Scarlatti, and he has a special affinity with the works of Chopin, travelling frequently to Poland, most recently to Warsaw to perform at the Chopin & His Europe Festival.

For more information click here

or Melbourne Recital Centre Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm for bookings and enquiries on +61 (0)3 9699 3333

Currently, our theater has begun work on two new productions. In this regard, we invite you to participate in these new projects as lovers of theater, poetry and art.

Rehearsals and acting classes and artistic expression are held on Tuesdays from 18:30 to 22:00 at: Betty Day Community Centre, 67 Argyle St, St Kilda.

On July 5 at 19:00 we will be selecting participants for the new projects.

For all questions, please call: 0425 853 874 (Valeria), 0405 015 321 (Alexander).

Good luck!

The Russian Ethnic Representative Council of Victoria in partnership with Telstra are offering training for seniors in the use of mobile phones and an introduction to computers.

Topics:

1. Introduction to mobile phones
2. Introduction to the internet
3. Introduction to email
4. Taking photos and videos with your mobile phone.
5. Introduction to text messaging

Dates: June 9 – July 7, each Thursday
Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Light refreshments provided.
Venue: Newly upgraded computer laboratory at the premises of RERC
Address: Russian House, 118 Greeves St, Fitzroy, 3065.

To register your interest please call Alexander Abramoff on 03 9415 6444 or email itprojects@rerc.org.au

The Festival of Russian Ballet features a diverse and stunning programme in three awe-inspiring acts.

Act One – Don Quixote
Don Quixote was first performed in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre in 1869. Since then it has been performed all over the world by Russian and International companies.

Former Bolshoi soloist and head of the Imperial Russian Ballet Company, Gediminas Taranda, has taken the four acts of the original ballet with its gradual evolution and transformed it into one impetuous act.

Act Two – Bolero
Bolero is a striking and dramatic ballet. Ravel was inspired to create this masterpiece after visiting a large industrial factory. There he noticed the slow regular movement of the assembly lines and the crash of machine and materials. Bolero is regarded as one of the world’s music masterpieces.

Act Three – Highlights from the world’s great ballets including Giselle, Carmen, The Dying Swan and Le Corsaire. Also in Act Three, Gopak and Ne Me Quittes Pas, Can Can Surprise

The Imperial Russian Ballet Company have performed this three-hour ballet extravaganza all around the world, thrilling audiences and impressing critics. Richard Mays writing in The Evening Standard wrote:

Ballet virtuosity stuns audience.

AN ASTOUNDING and exhilarating three-hour programme brought most ballet fans to their feet last night.

Perhaps the few who remained seated were simply stunned by excess, as this touring ballet treasure trove heaped pleasure upon delight, capping virtuosity with even more outstanding steps, leaps and turns.

Duration: 2 Hours 40 Minutes
Venue: Theatre
Time: 7.30pm 7-9th of  October

Dates are from 30 August to 21 September 2011

In the extensive programme it is intended to include:
the Tomb of Christ
the Church of the Resurrection
Mt of Olives
Gethsemane
Jericho
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Cana
Mt Tabor
Sea of Galilee
Jordan River
and many other holy places in Jerusalem and Galilee.

A trip to Mt Sinai and the Monastery of St Catherine will also be included if it is possible to go there.

It is anticipated that the total cost of the pilgrimage which includes: airfares, taxes, standard insurance, accommodation, meals, bus transport, tour guides and all other travel expenses, will not exceed Aud $5,850

All enquiries should be directed to Archpriest Gabriel Makarov, no later than 31 May 2011

Fr Gabriel Makarov
mob: 0419 308 338
fr.gabriel.makarov@rocor.org.au

Pilgrimage registration is now open.

At the Russian Ethnic Representative Council (RERC), we are constantly seeking to improve the way we do things and enhance the care we provide. We are also committed to ensuring that our clients are as
actively involved in their own care as possible. That’s why we support and have introduced the Active Service Model.

A Victorian Department of Health initiative, the Active Service Model (ASM) emphasizes proactive and/or preventative measures that have the potential to reduce older people’s dependency on healthcare, or slow
their decline, even in the presence of substantial levels of disability as a result of chronic illness.

The ASM is designed to help clients to do as much for themselves as possible, thus reducing their reliance on healthcare providers. The key elements of the Active Service Models are:

• To maintain and promote a person’s ability to live as independently and autonomously as possible
• A holistic person and family-centred approach to care that promotes wellness and participation in goal setting and decisions about care.
• Timely and flexible services that respond to the person’s goal and maximize their independence.
• Collaborative relationships between providers, for the benefit ofpeople using services.

The Active Service Model is a response to the forecast that a high proportion of the growing ageing population will have chronic conditions that result in significant levels of disability in the last
10-15 years of life. This will inevitably lead to increasing demand for community-based services.

The success of the Active Service Model depends on organizations, including RERC, recognizing that client independence will be achieved by the way staff and volunteers relate to clients; their expectations
of clients; and their capacity to engage clients.

It requires a well supported, skilled and adaptive workforce, who support the philosophy of working with people rather than simply caring of them.

Its success is also dependent on service providers with complementary skills working together for the benefit of clients, so that care is designed around the needs of individuals. The Active Service Model can
build on the strengths and initiatives but it may also require the adoption of new tools, techniques, processes, procedures and partnerships to achieve this.

As such, RERC is progressively introducing methods of service delivery that promote an overall wellness or ‘active service’ approach. Change will be incremental and will require building on and improving
existing practices as well as introducing any new practices in a timely and manageable way.