Culture.ee’s weekly recommendations: 3–9 Jun 2019

The marvels of daily life are so exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street, said Robert Doisneau (1912-1994), a French photographer famous for his poetic, gently humorous and timeless moments taken on streets around Paris and its suburban areas. Doisneau’s ability to find and capture subtle personal emotions and simple yet meaningful episodes of quotidian Parisian life has been admired by millions. No wonder he is considered as the pioneer of the modern documentary and street photography.

Kachanovskaya’s affectionate approach to painterly traditions stems from her diverse art education in Estonia and St Petersburg. But the content of the works is connected to the negative emotions that she has developed through the actual life of an artist and the role of artists in contemporary society. In her first personal exhibition in Tartu, Kachanovskaya creates a small world where the heritage of classical paintings intermingles with installation and video works inspired by the conservation of art.

With the current exhibition, the artist is observing the borders of the personal and the public, dreams and waking, the permanent and the changing. Anna Kaarma focuses on the living environment of the district of Lasnamäe in Tallinn – the architectural and social superstructure is being unravelled to fragments charged with personal meanings and experiences.

World premiere was on January 15, 1890 at Mariinsky Theatre

On her christening day Princess Aurora is cursed by the wicked fairy Carabosse: one day the Princess will prick her finger on a spindle and die. But the kind Lilac Fairy tempers the curse so the Princess will instead fall asleep for 100 years until Prince Désiré will break Carabosse’s wicked spell. With a classical score by Tchaikovsky, new redaction of Petipa’s choreography by Thomas Edur and fantastic design by Peter Docherty, the ballet will offer a visual feast to all lovers of magic and fairy-tales.

Fashion show held by Pallas University of Applied Sciences.

Mood-Performance-Tants is a fashion show that has been held by Pallas University of Applied Sciences for 20 years already. Originally meant for showing the textile department’s collections it has now grown into a truly unique production that combines interesting fashion experiments with elements of dance and performance. The audience is presented a visual feast that differs from all other fashion shows in both its fashion collections as well as the setup.

A dance performance born in the quiet of Estonia and raised on the loud streets of Palestine.

In a world where noise has become the norm, it is the silence that terrifies us. Noise is a physical meeting of sounds, bodies, space and vibrations; soaked and served with all kinds of noise we have grown accustomed to, regardless of their disruptive effect on our lives.

Tallinn Street Food Festival celebrates its 6th birthday! The festival has selected caterers, who combine quality ‘classical’ street-food with fresh, surprising and exotic flavours.