Dancing Around the Red Star
The Russian Disco between Nostalgia for the East and Socialist Art
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
Vladimir Kaminer’s Russian Disco in Berlin has achieved cult status. It is an evening of dance for exile Russians and those nostalgic for the East. It deconstructs national stereotypes and plays with Western clichés of Russia. In doing so, the Russian Disco follows the practice of East European artists such as Vitalii Komar & Melamid or Oleg Kulik.
(Osteuropa 5/2007, pp. 109–124)