the International dance day celebrated on April 29, the portal “Learn Moscow” has prepared a new online quest. It is dedicated to the life and work of the great Russian ballet dancers — Anna Pavlova, Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya, as well as the famous American dancer Isadora Duncan.
Answering questions virtual games, portal users will learn about their life and contribution to world choreography. Online quest “the history of the great dancers” can be found on the portal “Learn Moscow” and in the same mobile application.
Online quiz starts with the question of a new artistic concept immediately took in the Imperial theatre school as the founder of the Russian ballet still managed to do and what stage persona became the hallmark of the diva.
During the quest, users will know the name of the designer, who for 30 years has designed costumes and outfits, but remained anonymous for censorship reasons.
Biography of Maya Plisetskaya is closely associated with the ballet. One of his famous parties she was dancing more than 800 times. How it took years, you can learn from a comment to one of the questions of the quest.
in addition, users will find out about what profession he had always dreamed of, which was called the goddess of dance of the twentieth century.
Dancer has had a brilliant career, her performances came the leaders of the country. That is Ulanova became the model for the famous sculpture “the Ballerina” (1938), which can be seen near the main entrance to Gorky Park. But in life, Galina was closed, modest and unobtrusive, and has earned accurate comparisons with fairy-tale heroine from Anna Akhmatova. As the poet called the dancer — this is one of the tasks of the quest.
the test Results can be shared on social networks. Users will also see photos of the performances of great dancers on the portal “Moscow Museum online.” For this we need to introduce a thematic query in the search string.
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the international dance day has been celebrated annually since 1982. Holiday date April 29 was chosen to commemorate the father of modern ballet by French choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), who was born on this day.
the Portal “Learn Moscow” is a joint project of the city government departments of information technology, culture, cultural heritage, education and science. Interactive guide to the sights of the capital contains descriptions of more than two thousand buildings and structures, monuments, 635, 327 museums, 197 territory��, data on 207 historical figures and 127 thematic walking routes.
Users also available the same application for smartphones “Discover Moscow”, which you can download in the App Store and Google Play.
Staying at home, users can take a virtual walk on the roofs of famous historical buildings or explore the interior of old houses, manors, hotels and palaces. For fans of quizzes on the portal “Learn Moscow” contains 50 educational quests. Among them — online-quest for places in the capital, where the shooting took place the famous Soviet comedies. Answering 10 questions a virtual game, users will learn where she studied the heroine of the film “Come tomorrow” Frosya Burlakova and what street admired Ivan the terrible from the balcony of flats in one of the scenes of the film “Ivan Vasilyevich changes profession.”
Recently, the portal “Learn Moscow” joined the cognitive cycles of excursions and activities project #Mosqueteros. Now users can take fun online quests, developed on the basis of the city’s urban project.