<p>In the Katona József Theatre’s performance of <em>Ivanov</em>, Hungarian theater director Tamás Ascher, one of Europe’s most respected interpreters of Chekhov’s work, transports the play from its original 19th-century setting portraying the rural ennui of the Russian bourgeoisie to the interior of a Hungarian factory in the 1960s. The Katona József Theatre has steadily toured <em>Ivanov</em> since its Hungarian premiere in 2004, to much critical acclaim. Pictured here is a scene from the show during its run at the 2009 Lincoln Center Summer Festival. (Photo by Stephanie Berger).</p><p>An eagle hunter in the Tsengel Khairkhan mountains in western Mongolia. (Photo by Carrie Thompson).</p><p>Laura Peterson Choreography creates performances that are concept driven and often take their inspiration from visual art forms and pop culture. The work is often minimalist in design and extremely physical in performance. This photograph is from Laura Peterson Choreography’s performance of <em>Wooden</em>, part of a series of works that address the deterioration of structure and cycles of nature, at the <em>2010 International Contemporary Dance Conference and Performance Festival</em> in Bytom, Poland. (Photo by Steven Schreiber).</p><p><em>Dido and Aeneas</em> is the first great opera in the English language, written in 1689 by the then 30-year-old Purcell. In his version, staged while in residency in Brussels, Belgium, Mark Morris originated the roles of Dido and the Sorceress alongside the acclaimed dancers of his company. In spring 2010, Mark Morris Dance Group made its Russian debut performing <em>Dido and Aeneas</em> at the <em>Golden Mask Festival</em> in Moscow as part of <em>the Legendary Productions and Names of the 20th Century</em> program. Pictured here are Morris Dance Group’s Craig Biesecker and Amber Star Merkens as Dido and Aeneas. (Photo courtesy of Mark Morris Dance Group/Discalced Inc.).</p><p>Béla Pintér and Company have worked together since 1998, establishing themselves as one of the most significant and innovative independent theatre companies in Hungary. Their most widely toured production to date is <em>Peasant Opera</em>, which is presented as a ballad-like story and explores the taboo subjects of incest, birth secrets, and infanticide alongside typical motifs of Hungarian folk ballads. This photo is from Béla Pintér and Company’s performance of <em>Peasant Opera</em> at the 2009 <em>Lincoln Center Festival</em>, featuring (forefront) Szabolcs Thuróczy; featured (background) left to right: Sándor Bencze, Sarolta Nagy-Abonyi, Tünde Szalontay, Éva Enyedi, József Tóth and Szilvia Baranyi. (Photo by Stephanie Berger).</p><p>The Nature Conservancy is a worldwide organization active in 30 countries to protect and preserve the natural, global landscape. One of TNC’s primary areas of focus is Mongolia’s 69 million acres of unfenced grassland habitat in the Eastern Steppe—one of the largest in the world—which is increasingly threatened by resource development, climate change, over-grazing, and poaching. TNC began working with colleagues in Mongolia in 2002 and opened its first Mongolia office in Ulaan Baatar in 2008. Pictured here is a traditional Ger with modern updates in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia (Photo by Carrie Thompson).</p><p>Violinist Leonidas Kavakos and Conductor Valery Gergiev, photographed here, perform Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Theater at the 2010 Russian Stravinsky Festival. At the conclusion on the concerto, Kavakos was met by stunned silence followed by roaring applause from both the orchestra and audience. (Photo by Stephanie Berger).</p><p>18th Street Arts Center’s New Media Polish Artists Resident, Kasia Krakowiak. (Photo courtesy of 18th Street Arts Center).</p><p>Ludcia Khabibulina at the 2009 <em>American Dance Festival</em>. (Photo courtesy of the <em>American Dance Festival</em>).</p><p>Performance of 2009 ArtsLink Projects awardee C.L.U.E. (color location ultimate experience) at Société Général Expressbank in Sofia, Bulgaria. (Photo courtesy of the artists and Taxter & Spengemann).</p><p>Vlad Kavriy, one of World Wildlife Fund's main partners in polar bear conservation, with his dog <em>Umky </em>which means “polar bear” in Chukchi. (Photo courtesy of World Wildlife Fund).</p>
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