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Bard Abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia

Smolny has 14 academic programs (majors) and six areas of concentration (minors), and there are over 130 courses offered each semester. An integral part of the Bard-Smolny experience is the cultural program designed to introduce students to St. Petersburg, Russian history and culture. Please see the Bard Abroad website for more information.

Subjects

  • Russian Language And Literature
  • Russian And East European Studies
  • Literature
  • History
  • Political Science
  • Anthropology
  • Arabic
  • Art History
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Film
  • French
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematics
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Science
  • Earth Sciences

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The work in the studio will be organized around a series of distinct themes:
1: Space
2: Text and Composition
3: Body and Movement/Choreography
4: Sound and Image

The program provides 33 hours a week of instruction, master classes/workshops, and lectures (132 hours over the 4 weeks of the program). There are also guided rehearsals, showings, and feedback time each week. The students attend theater and other performances 2 or 3 times each week as well as other cultural offerings such as museum visits, art gallery visits, and architectural and historical walking tours of the city.
Students become familiar with the theoretical writing of lecturers (Hans-Thies Lehmann’s Postdramatic Theater), writings on the work of faculty members (Rimini Protokoll, Gob Squad, Robyn Orlin etc.), as well as the work of directors whose work we will see (Frank Castorf, Rene Pollesch, Thomas Ostermaier etc.).

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PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504

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Students who have not studied Russian will be offered a survival Russian course at the beginning of the program. Optional Russian, Kyrgyz, or other regional language study is available for an additional fee.

Bard College

PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504

Program Term

  • Academic Year
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer

Stamp Rewarded

Language Acquisition

Studied Foreign Language Abroad

Cost

please see the Bard Abroad website

Housing Option

  • Home-Stay
  • Youth Hostel

Languages Required

  • Russian

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