'I Sing My Moscow': a 12-year-old American woman with a Russian soul talentedly read poetry about the capital of Russia

On October 3, in Zurab Tsereteli’s Art Gallery in Moscow, the winners of the Nationwide rally were awarded "I sing my Moscow". For a whole month, the jury watched videos of hundreds of participants who confessed their love for the Russian capital in poetry, prose and songs. An unexpected and wonderful gift was the number of 12-year-old American woman with Russian roots Vasilisa Seneko, famous american girls, which called the second Shirley Temple.

Photo from the archive of Vasilisa Seneko

Vasilisa recorded a video with Nino Sabanadze’s poem “To Moscow with Love” and sent it to the competition from Princeton, where she lives with her family. Following the video, a letter came from Vasilisa’s mother, she thanked the organizers of the project, noting that this year she visited Moscow with her daughter and the joy of meeting this great city is still alive in the girl’s heart. He writes about this “Evening Moscow«

“She was so happy! My daughter wants to learn Russian again and again and even dreams of moving to live in Russia! Vasilisa is an American in whom the Russian spirit lives!” — noted the mother of the talented girl.

The poetess Nino Sabanadze liked Vasilisa’s performance so much that she wrote a poem specially for her, called “Morning in the Village”. The young artist and her mother are grateful to the poetess for such a sensitive attitude and for the fact that she appreciated the work of the girl in preserving the Russian language and culture. In addition, the family of the young artist I am grateful to the honored artist of Russia, maestro Avner Verius for supporting Vasilisa in her creative projects.

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At the same time, Vasilisa’s parents are disappointed with the attitude of the competition organizers towards their daughter’s efforts. Seneko is the only one of all the participants who is not a native speaker of Russian. She makes a titanic effort to study and preserve the Russian language and culture, although she lives overseas. The girl put a lot of effort into preparing and reading the poem without an accent, which she ended up doing very well. But the organizers did not celebrate her or even mention her at the award ceremony, which Vasilisa certainly deserved with her efforts and talent.

Photo from the personal archive of Vasilisa Seneco

“It’s wonderful and wonderful when Russian children read poetry in their native language. But our situation is different. Vasilisa was born and lives in America, and she makes great efforts to know, read and speak the great Russian language. And it was precisely this kind of work that the organizers simply needed not to ignore, but to notice, celebrate and encourage in every possible way,” the girl’s mother emphasized.

She admitted that the members of Vasilisa’s family “were very surprised when the name of Vasilisa Seneco was not uttered at the Award Ceremony”.

“It would be possible to present her with a personalized Diploma in memory of the action. It wasn't hard to do. Next time, Vasilisa simply won’t want to believe in the fairness of the competition.” - noted the child's mother.

Photo from the personal archive of Vasilisa Seneco

Vasilisa Seneko known in the USA as the second Shirley Temple - An incredibly popular Oscar-winning child actress. Vasilisa was born in America, her dad is an American, and her mother is a Russian ballerina. In her 12 years, the young star has already managed to perform on the Avenue of Stars in Hollywood, at the world famous Apollo Theater in New York and participate in the show "Best of All!" On Channel One in Russia.

The nationwide rally #PoyuMoyuMosku was organized by the Moscow Department of National Policy for Interregional Relations and the non-profit foundation International Integration Technologies with the support of the Federal Agency for Nationalities.

Residents of Moscow, near and far abroad read their own poems, works of Russian poets, sang songs and even danced. In total, the action gathered more than 1600 people.

12-year-old Vasilisa Seneco was born in the United States, but speaks Russian without an accent: this is the merit of her mother, who was able to preserve her mother tongue for her daughter. In the summer, the family often leaves for a vacation in the Russian outback.

Photo from the personal archive of Vasilisa Seneco

Parents early noticed the girl's artistic abilities and supported her talents: Vasilisa easily and with pleasure studied and continues to practice acting, music, dancing, singing, delighting not only herself, but also those around her. The girl managed to complete several Acting Programs for children in New York and California, such as Acting Studio for Kids (NY), Young Actors Program at Beverly Hills (CA), The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute (NY & Hollywood), Modeling and Career Center (PA).

Photo from the personal archive of Vasilisa Seneco

Ahead, Vasilisa is also waiting for a new project in Los Angeles, in which she will take part this winter. This will be a big project, so let's wish the young artist good luck.

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