Ania Aizman

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Ania Aizman is a PhD candidate at Harvard University, where she is writing a dissertation on the reception of the last Soviet avant-garde in contemporary Russian culture. She received her B.A. at University of Chicago in Comparative Literature (2008).

Culture Wars in the Russian Theater

Posted by Ania Aizman | 22nd Apr 2015 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics

As the government continues to censor and cancel Russian theater performances, a group of artists...

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A Pig’s Head at the Moscow Art Theater

Posted by Ania Aizman | 4th Apr 2015 | Essay, Russia

On April 1st, 2015, orthodox activists, calling themselves “God’s Will”,...

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