A mixed display of Russian culture heritage will be on display in Cannes for five days this month. The Russian Art Festival will run consecutively from the 23rd to the 27th of August 2011, attendees will get a true taste of Russian cuisine as well as feast their eyes and ears on classic Russian dance, cinema, music, opera and more. You will also get the opportunity to view Russian arts and crafts as well in one of the largest events exhibiting Russian identity in Europe.

The Russian Art Festival is produced by the Foundation for Russian Culture, the town of Cannes and Cannes’ Festival. Cannes is historically a town well acquainted with Russian monarch’s, notable aristocrats and artists also ventured into France and shared fashion, ideas and culture. This festival is a celebration of Franco-Russian relations, and not just a display of a single culture but also its interactions, notably those with the French in Cannes, as you might imagine.

Here is a brief look at the itinerary courtesy of French Riviera-tourism

Exhibition: traditional art from Khassia – free
23 August Folk dances from the Caucasus
24 August Dinner & show “Russian Night- a Journey across Russia”
25 August Russian Film Day (with subtitles)
26 August Khakassian Symphonic Orchestra and traditional song + dances
27 August Helikon theatrical opera from Moscow “The Tsar’s Fiancée”

Image credit: SPakhrin

To get to Cannes for the Russian Art Festival catch a P&O ferry from Dover to Calais, running 46 times a day, approximately 90 minutes.

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