Singer Venera told why she switched to fashion, can her duet with Denis Shpitalnikov "Dee Bronx and Natalie" return to its former glory, and why she hides her husband from the public.
Venus, not so long ago, your first collection of women's suits and coats was shown in one of the capital's shopping centers. How do you feel as a young designer?
I feel great, I wanted this since childhood. I sent the ambassador in a not very large income: my mother raised me alone, she worked in a factory. I always wanted to look beautiful and fashionable, so I cut and altered my grandmother's dresses. I always had a soul for needlework, I knitted and sewed soft toys - and amazed everyone. Recognition for a creative person is the main thing. Now I also want to carry the culture of clothing to others. But I do not consider myself a designer - in order to correctly position myself in the profession, you need a special education. Although there are nuggets. Maybe I am a nugget - I haven’t realized yet ... Let’s just say, I consider myself a manufacturer of trendy clothes!
- How did it all start?
The first recognition came at Mlyn a year ago. My clothes were not just bought - they just grabbed girls from Germany and Japan, from St. Petersburg and Dubai, and a couple of things flew to America. If not for the success at Mlyn, I would not continue to do this. Now I give my clothes to a store where they sell products of Belarusian designers. And the hostess invited me to participate in the show. It stimulated me to complete the collection faster. There was no excitement - never before have I been so confident in myself and my abilities as now. The collection includes furs, jackets, raincoats, coats and suits.
- How do you create outfits?
I can talk to a person and tell him what he needs. I am for women to have sexuality and elegance, but not vulgarity. I adhere to the canons of classical designers: Gauthier, Dior, Lacroix. From them I take the base and on its basis I create something that delights everyone. I do not hide the fact that I watch how fashionable world bloggers dress. I follow trends and novelties: in the wardrobe there should be basic sets and always a trendy thing.
- Do you sew on a sewing machine?
I do not sew myself: three tailors work with me. I would have opened a mini-workshop, otherwise they can’t cope.
- Who are your clients?
Mostly well-known ladies in business, bloggers. was my first client of our stars. And now she called, telling me: “When you are already free, I need to change my wardrobe!” Yesterday I asked: “Are you going to work with me?” And I already came up with a dress for her! I would love to dress up all our stars.
- Did you start designing because you can't earn much in show business now?
In no case! I already have 42 concerts planned for the New Year holidays. I became interested in creating clothes not for the sake of money, but to realize my inspiration. At the same time, I'm not going to quit singing: I'm recording a new amazing song right now. I work with unknown young guys - they offer creative, fresh ideas. I don't even know what it's like to watch TV and lie on the couch. I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke, and I draw thoughts from outer space. I am absolutely convinced that a person who drinks alcohol and creates at the same time uses only the knowledge that he has. And when you stop drinking alcohol, which poisons the body, you begin to draw information from space, some chakras open, thoughts come and go from the Universe, and you grab them and filter them!
- And you don't drink alcohol at all? Since what time?
Since February 18th, Dee Bronx's birthday. When I worked abroad, there was everything - both whiskey and cigarettes. But over time, you understand: you are beautiful, you don’t have to spoil yourself - over the years, because all this begins to affect your face. Therefore, I decided not to drink alcohol anymore - I don’t even eat sweets with liquor. I feel great!
Everything has happened in my life before: I tried all the benefits of a party life, I didn’t sleep at night, I drove at high speed, I got behind the wheel drunk. Now I think - how could I! I was bad, unrestrained, and suffered from it! Even now it breaks through in my character - but I fight with myself, I try to be a lady.
- The last song "Dee Bronx and Natalie" was released in 2014. What's going on with the duo now?
On October 1, a concert was held in Slutsk. But now the work is going on very hard! We need an administrator. In October, with Denis Shpitalnikov - Dee Bronx - we plan to go to Moscow for a couple of months. If everything goes well there, we will stay, if not, we will simply close the project beautifully.
I remember that the duo originally had another vocalist, Natalya Artemova, who later accused you of not only performing her songs, but also using her image. How did this story end?
Nothing ended. She is still boiling: she constantly writes petitions, some nasty things, Denis receives letters from her, and in such sizes. I can't see what she writes because she deleted it from everywhere. I did not sit up with anyone - I was invited to the project, and I came to work. Why is she complaining to me? I do not understand! For me, this story ended 20 years ago, I earned a name for myself, and I'm happy! I am now a singer, an actress, and a designer. And she clings to the past and blames everyone for her failures. To be honest, I feel sorry for her.
- Your daughter Ariadne is 11 years old. Tell about her.
Ariadne, like me, is not a girl in a polka-dot dress. She is the leader in the class, the ringleader, is friends with both boys and girls. Tall and slim. Goes to music school. She doesn’t like it terribly, she does it under duress, but she is talented. I do not insist that she become a pianist, but a musical education is necessary. She draws beautifully: she studies in two art schools. I just take you there and back. I want to deepen into computer science, because the computer is the future. I want to give my daughter a good education.
And we don't know anything about her husband...
I don't make my personal life public. I can only say that I have never cheated on him and do not intend to change. I am a very strict person in this regard. If I give a reason to be jealous of me, then not on purpose, it happens by itself. You always need to be interesting, always on the verge of losing me. It’s bad if a man is sure that you won’t get away from him - it relaxes him.
- Who is the boss in your house?
He is the head of the family. But he does not like outrageous, does not like to show off. He could go to Siberia, start his own farm. He says: “I would have left a long time ago! But since our mom needs fame, we're sitting here." My husband disciplined me a lot, thanks to him I became restrained, somewhere even wise. He suffers a lot from me. I sometimes do such things ... Now I’m asking him for forgiveness for everything right now! Previously, she lied a lot: it is necessary, it is not necessary - it escaped by itself. I promised a year ago that I would not cheat - and you know, it became so simple: you are not afraid that something will be revealed. I respect and love him so much that I don't want to upset my husband. This comes with time ... I think that he raised me with an awesome wife!
Text: Evika Otto
You may know Natalya Kudrina from the duet "D Bronx and Natalie", which tore radio stations at the beginning of the 2000s. Or by the creative pseudonym Venera, under which the singer worked for quite a long time. Or as a Belarusian designer who launches his own clothing line. In an interview with Onliner.by, the artist spoke about a personal tragedy, career reset, recalled the years of work with Finberg and Antonov, and talked about sexuality and Russian show business.
“It seemed to me that it couldn’t be worse in this life.”
- How are you?
Fabulous. See, it just arrived.
- Did you rest?
Yes. She was resting.
- Why Cyprus?
Cyprus, because a few years ago I made very good friends there. When we go abroad or somewhere to rest, we do not always do it with friends. And when you go alone, you get very bored. And so we call up, agree and live together. Again, saving - in our time it is more relevant than ever.
- It is truth too.
And you know, people are very interesting. They are from St. Petersburg, from Ukraine. I am very satisfied: there is much to learn and teach. That is, I combine business with pleasure.
- Judging by the photos, we had a good rest.
Oh, and how many more there will be. I'm embarrassed to post some...
In fact, I really don’t like being photographed, but I understand that this is necessary for work: for some kind of movement to constantly occur. Even though I just can't stand it. I do not have these diseases, which are now called smart words. When I leave, I want to relax and not worry about the need to do make-up, take care of my hair. Hair in the south is always dry, and you always want to look good. And it begins ... And I want to relax to the fullest. In general, I want to do everything both professionally and to the fullest.
- How long have you been working on the picture, which will eventually be published?
I approach photography like this: the more natural, the better. Therefore, I first have an idea: I love action, movement - in movement I am very good at it. I figure it out and then it starts. We rented an ATV, and I knew that it would look very impressive if I drove along the beach, all these splashes ... There were splashes, but the photo was out of focus, you know? Unfortunately, we could not post the most beautiful photo!
Have questions. Cyprus is quite a popular place for vacationers, so it's hard to find a beach without people. This is not the Maldives. But nothing is impossible for me: I found a beach that fully meets this light brutality. There is no such luxury, white sand… Everything coincided! And I was photographed by my child, she is 13 years old. I show her a certain place and say: “This is where you have to shoot. From below, so that there are long legs ". And there a funny thing happened. I lie down on the sand, next to a wooden bobbin. I tell my friend: “You climb up there and take off me from above, and I will lie all so beautiful.” I lie down, the heat is unbearable, my friend takes pictures. Then I get up, and everyone starts laughing. They say: "You have a bull stuck to your back".
- You are talking about luxury on vacation. Is it important to you?
It's not about me at all. We cannot be everywhere due to various circumstances. The company I travel with is important to me. All these “all inclusive” are not my format at all, it was a very long time ago when I was just starting. I don't like to be under someone else's control, I have to do everything myself. I have a certain diet, this is not in restaurants: everything is so fatty there! And I am a squeamish person, I won’t eat with a licked spoon even after a child.
Freedom is very important to me in everything. This is my main criterion. I like to manage my time myself: lifting, jogging, talking with the sun, sea and air, exercising. The more extreme, the more interesting events and places, the better. I think this is very important for all young people now - they are no longer interested in the all-inclusive format. Now it is important what we nourish our lives with: travel, knowledge, events, new people. This year 2017 turned me a little...
- Why?
He was turning. I have had some changes in my personal life. Cardinal. Everyone gained freedom of choice in life, and it so coincided that this event also had an impact, and due to my age, I began to reconsider all my life positions: how I lived before, what I achieved and achieved, who am I now, what's next? Such a period in life has come. I read a lot of correct literature: I chose, filtered.
- What is this literature?
Now a lot of all this is written. About how you behave with people, how you feel about life, how you act, what thoughts you have. I saturate myself with this fucking word "positive" and brush aside all unnecessary thoughts that are dragging me down.
I think 2017 was the worst year for me. Depression, when you are suffocating and you do not have enough air - it seemed to me that it could not be worse in this life. Previously, I could not tell this without tears, but now time has passed, and I have understood a lot. Freedom is not in what you do. Inner freedom is within your limits. When you control yourself, do not allow yourself rudeness, negativity, actions, for which you will be ashamed later.
Have you allowed yourself to act like this before?
Yes, I have acted very badly at times.
- What are you ashamed of?
I'm ashamed of the lies. I shouldn't have been lying, it was just in case. These were not such severe cases, for which I am directly ashamed, ashamed. This is such a useless and unnecessary lie that it simply does not upset a person. Once - and lied. And then you have to think about what I said. My memory is bad: I forget everything and then I look stupid. And you understand: what is it for? I am an accomplished person and I can afford to speak the truth, looking into my eyes. I learned to say no and acquired such qualities that probably always lived in me, but due to life circumstances were somewhere inside. Now I got that pure, sincere, trusting girl, but already with a light life experience. When you can say something, and when it is better to remain silent. Answer only the questions you are asked. Do only what you like. I can afford it.
Thanks to this year, I have four very important songs that tell about all my experiences. These songs were written for me by my partner in "Dee Bronx and Natalie" Denis Shpitalnikov. He and I were online almost 24 hours a day. This is the person who supported me. And mom, of course, supported, but we can’t always tell mom everything that we are going through. Some intimate things I can no longer tell my mother. And Denis turned out to be that person. Although when we worked together 20 years ago, the relationship was very strained. They slept on the same sofa, but, let's say, they did not respect each other much.
“Well, I have big breasts! Do I need to hide it under the golf course?
I understand that rebranding is also associated with these radical changes in personal life. You are now Kudrina. Why has Venera become irrelevant to you?
Venera - it was a project that has outlived its usefulness. It started well and ended well. I had a period when good songs stopped appearing. A crisis of creativity has occurred in our entire show business: there are no songs that become hits. Yes, there are spiritual songs, there are songs dedicated to some events. But no hits. And then we complain about radio stations that don't play our songs. And I understand them perfectly: radio works for ratings and advertising, these are the rules of business. Everyone plays by their own rules, so you have to work. Never stop. Even if you are a star. Sometimes you need to give a good gift pendal so that you move to another stage of development. This is what happened to me. I look different, I feel different. I used to have constant doubts. I felt some kind of disrespect for myself and was offended, but now I am not offended, but draw conclusions. Being offended is the privilege of servants.
- Venera was quite a frank project.
According to the title?
Yes? Horrible! I remember nothing.
- Even if we google it now, the first thing we will stumble upon is your photo in the bathhouse.
Oh listen! This bath does not give me rest. It was such a mistake! I'm so fat there, phew.
How were you persuaded to do so?
Everything was supposed to be completely different, but the girl was not entirely honest with me. I tell her: "Won't you see me?" Answers: "No, only to the elbows". I trusted like a fool. And then I saw a photograph ... She said: “Why do this? You're setting me up. This is an ugly photo, I'm ugly, fat. In general, some kind of woman in the bath!
- Yes, and the association "singer in the bath" is so-so.
Disgusting! Moreover, I had such an elegant image. And then a bathhouse ... I was very unpleasant: I cried, I asked. But, unfortunately, we love fried news. It was one of them.
You know, we had groups visiting us and we touched on the topic of sex in the Belarusian stage. They wondered why there was so little of it. It seems the most grateful topic for speculation!
Are you calling me to discuss the Belarusian stage?
- Including.
We're not going to get personal, are we?
- Of course.
How to say it more beautifully so as not to offend anyone ... Let's start with the fact that for me sexuality is the same quality as honesty. These are some feelings of taste, love - a certain state in which you are. In principle, it should be, because it is natural. God created women and men in order for them to multiply and continue the race. Why are we ashamed of this? It just doesn't need to stick out and turn sexuality into vulgarity. These are two absolutely opposite qualities and concepts. Sexuality is not about making a deep neckline and a languid look, licking your lips and becoming in some kind of protruding pose. Sexuality is such a sacred quality within a man and a woman that either exists or not. It must come from within. The hackneyed word "charisma" means that you do something better than the rest, with creativity. Now we have a ten-point system: nine is excellent, and ten is ...
- …creativity.
It's sexy.
- So we have a problem with this?
The problem is that we always have it a little crushed. We were embarrassed about it.
- Or were you afraid?
And they were afraid. Everything has to be so restrained with us ... We are stuck in the nineties and are no longer moving.
And sometimes, when you come out bright enough… Well, I have big breasts! Should I hide it under golf? Of course not. I dress normally, it just looks different. Perhaps I present it in a different way. But that's how I feel and I want to be myself. The period when I wanted to be better than I really am has passed. Yes, I'm bright. Should I be ashamed of this? If I don't want to sing, I'll do something else. I'm pretty good at design. It goes very well with me: in St. Petersburg, Moscow, the USA, Great Britain, girls are asked who the designer is. I am very pleased. The main thing is the idea, and money is only a means to achieve high goals.
Why did I have such a long break… I stopped finding good songs.
- I understand that he was connected with family problems.
You know, I didn’t even have a director, I was left alone. I would take it, but I relaxed! She shrugged it off, felt sorry for herself, procrastinated. She acted stupidly, but, so it was necessary. I'm tired of sawing and eating myself - I almost ate myself. Then I realized that if I don’t stop and pull myself out by the hair, like Munchausen, then I’ll just disappear.
During this period, I thought this: there are no songs, so I will not sing bad ones. I already felt that I was not singing my own songs, I began to dress like all our Belarusian stage. I was erased and ceased to be a bright personality, individuality.
“Temperature under forty, and I barely crawled to the stage”
- Do you identify yourself with the Belarusian stage?
What does "identify" mean? I'm just an artist. And what kind of stage others refer me to is their business. I wasn't interested in it.
Past merits during the "sabbatical" were forgotten. Do you have any suggestions now? Performances, corporate events...
This is by acquaintance and is very rare. Very rarely, because many people know me as a designer. Then they find out that I am also a singer. I'm not upset about this at all, although at first I thought: "Oh, what will happen!" And nothing will happen. I release a good song and it all comes into play. I don't worry at all. Even if it does not arise, I will not disappear: I am now having good negotiations with Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ukraine, Germany ...
- Negotiations about what?
About performances. Now I am preparing a video, a video is being released, and they are waiting for this in order to collaborate with me later.
- Are you a designer or a singer now?
Artist. Of course, an artist. Especially with the songs that I have now appeared.
- You recently performed at a corporate party. Then they described it: "Swinging a stadium is easier than a corporate party." What was that story?
It was Director Victoria's birthday. This is my employer, he often gave me speeches at New Year's corporate parties, and I am very grateful to him for this. I couldn't help but perform at his party. Everyone had fun and were happy.
You know, I want to say that I haven’t performed for a long time, and my knees were trembling.
- Truth?
No, well, that artist is bad who does not worry before going on stage. I just haven't spoken in a long time. But after the first song and conversation, I came to my senses. What are you! When there is a return, when there is an exchange of energy with the audience ... You receive only when you give. It happened that I had a temperature of over forty and I could barely crawl to the stage, and then I went out, gave myself up, and no one noticed that you had a temperature. And then she came and fell. But what satisfaction! It's cooler than sex. Believe me.
- At the beginning of the 2000s, this corporate history was very large-scale for you.
Yes. Ukraine Russia. There, the fees are different, and the audience is different.
- Surely had to deal with the game.
For me, the game is when some kind of familiarity begins on the part of men. I had rather revealing outfits, and this gave them a reason to think that a girl is available and possible both there and there for a certain amount. But this was never discussed - we always left quickly. Although there were questions with violence: they tried to dissolve their hands, started conversations in the spirit of “but you can agree.” Because in Moscow this is normal, but we are from Belarus, everything is different here.
- You have a very rich track record. You even worked as a backing vocalist for Antonov for some time.
This was all a very long time ago. I somehow sat down and asked Denis to write me a biography, and he dashed off! I say: “Listen, is that all me? What am I worried about then? I'm good".
- How did you work with Antonov? Judging by the press, he is not the most pleasant person.
Yes, this is a very complex and closed person with his own philosophy. He really has a lot of cats and smells very strongly in the apartment.
- Did you visit him?
Oh sure. We've worked together for quite some time. He is an incredibly kind person! Just a kind soul.
- Seriously?
- You won't say that.
Do you know why? Everyone wants a piece of the glory of such popular people, and because of this "wonderful" public that bites all the time, people put on masks. The same thing happened to me: the more they bite you, the tougher you become. You put on a mask, and then it's hard to tear yourself away from it. Even sometimes with loved ones you are in it - you get so used to it.
Antonov is tight-fisted: that's just this amount and no more. Although there Finberg tried to raise the fee a little. Yes, and that was enough. At the time when I lived in a hostel and studied at the institute, it was generally wonderful. I had love there with one of the trumpeters, right up to the butterflies in my stomach. But I'm chaste, I'm from Belarus. I remember those days with such pleasure! When you sing a song, and you still have love in the orchestra.
Antonov's songs are hits and hits. Although I still don't know if he actually wrote them. I heard that they wrote for him.
- History is silent.
Yes. And he has no more songs! For what reason?
- Perhaps he wrote everything he wanted. Or maybe it was timely then, but not now.
But after all, ABBA once offered big money, and they refused. And now they are reunited.
- Money tends to run out.
Yes, stop it!
- After Finberg's orchestra, you received an invitation to Dee Bronx and Natalie. How it was?
In Molodechno, they gave me a car, which allowed me to develop well and go to college. Then there was Finberg, after that we went on tour in Russia with Antonov, and, in my opinion, an offer was received at the same time. Then I left the orchestra, and Mikhail Yakovlevich was very offended by me. Although, perhaps, already forgiven.
We went to work in Moscow, worked for two years, and conflicts began. My partner got love, that's all. If a woman appears, terrible things happen. I never climb and bite my teeth, although I probably should have. Because it was not a man, but a project - the work of my whole life. It was necessary to bite, but I was internally insecure and weak. Thought: "So they're doing the right thing." And she let go - went abroad, worked for three years in Bahrain.
You know, everything was in a sluggish mode for me. I will not say that there were no investments: there was money. But it was like a sausage...
- Pure Belarusian style.
That's right. And so it goes. It was wrong. Probably, there was no person who would simply write out Pendel. Now I am such a person myself. We are always waiting for help from people, but you need to do everything yourself.
Then there was Venera - quite a bright project. Although I want to say that the song The Thing was somehow very sluggish for half a year. It then she already sounded from each iron. Probably because it's in English.
- When you listen to it now, do you like it?
Well… I never listened to my songs. I treat them differently than strangers that I like.
- Why was it in English? Aiming for the West?
No, I just collaborated with Alex David from the Atlantica group - he also wrote in English. Somehow everything went well, everything grew together.
But you have a terrible accent there.
Terrible, disgusting! So what? Of course, now I listen and think: how could I sing like that? The accent is disgusting. Although Alex David and I recorded this song, and he followed it.
- Didn't follow up.
I am by no means saying that I am perfect and everything I do is wonderful. Of course, I admit my mistakes: yes, this is bad and of poor quality. But that was all. I do not use it and do not live in the past. Now I'm making a completely different product.
“We always come to Eurovision to participate, but I want to win”
- Let's go back to the past when you received an invitation to "D Bronx and Natalie."
Denis invited me through friends. We had a common girlfriend, and they were looking for a soloist, because they parted quite scandalously with the former one. She still haunts, and seriously.
I thought for a very long time. You know, it was not easy for me to leave Finberg's orchestra: he was like a father to me. Although now I understand that you can’t stick to people, because then it’s hard to leave. I trust my fate so much that I let go of everything and go where it leads me. So I trusted her, and everything worked out. We rewrote the album in a week, and it became successful in Moscow. We are on the first lines of the charts, we rocked cars at the stadium, collected full houses, worked on stage with such masters as Boney M, Masterboy, E-Type - in the same dressing room we changed clothes with them, hugged and performed. I believe that not everyone has managed to perform like this in their creative life. For Alla Pugacheva, the song "Balalaika" was recorded for her birthday, all these Christmas meetings ... We were there - in the first echelon of artists. If not for this moment ... Who knows what would have happened.
When you received the invitation, were you embarrassed by all this background? Some easy money, financial pyramids ...
I found out about all this later. What are you, I didn’t go anywhere at all! I was not interested in anything other than creativity. I was captured by this moment - there I could show my voice.
In general, Mikhail Yakovlevich told us that the main thing is the repertoire. And where to get it? Belarusian composers wrote songs for us. You understand what was there: about grass, about clouds. I never liked this abstraction about anything. When you are old, everything inside burns, are you going to sing about clouds? And when you start showing some melismas, they start to stop you: "Don't do that, don't do that." You were constantly clamped down, strangled this freedom of creativity.
- Did you want her?
Of course I wanted to! For example, when you go to a competition, you want to show your voice, give “meat”, melismas, but they don’t promote you - they mark the one who sings, like in solfeggio, do you understand? And it keeps pushing you. Well, how not to break? Many people do this and become like that - they sing like in solfeggio. The same thing happens in our stage: the same people are invited to all government concerts who sing the same songs - covers that are liked by the entire age audience, and maybe a little bit of their own songs that no one interesting. I don't want to sing covers. I broke up with my director on this basis. He told me: “We collect a musical group, a cover band, and go to restaurants to sing”. I said: "Never! I'd rather not sing. Better in karaoke, for yourself beloved ". When did you go through such a creative path, and then go and go to a restaurant? I think it's humiliating. I'm not saying that singing in a restaurant is humiliating for an artist. But this is when you are just starting, and not when you already sang with Alla Pugacheva, and then went to a restaurant.
- Were there other options at that time?
Yes, I had other songs. They just needed to be dealt with. We parted, and these songs lay on the table - they still lie there. Then I had such a period that I didn’t want to do anything at all, so I took up clothes. That's when I was on fire, inspired. Until two or three in the morning I sat on the Internet, peeping ideas. It was very interesting for me. Now I continue all this, but I am interested in a career as an artist.
- Do you have a plan?
Of course. We compiled it.
- Tell me.
Well, how to talk about plans? They don't talk about plans. I will talk about what is happening now. Four songs were recorded - I did it in November, in Israel in Denis's studio. You know, when we wanted to release the first song in February, we sent it to Russia for auditions for several hundred radio stations. They listen and give their assessment. They gave her points, and we changed our minds - first we released the song “In Part”, which is more suitable for me in spirit.
- Such a hymn to the strong and independent.
No, I'm not saying I'm independent. I don't want to be an Amazon. I just told about myself, about what I feel inside. In no case do I want to be independent and say that I will tear everyone apart now. I respect and love men very much. For me, men are the highest class to be inspired. If there is a man, I just want to be free, not independent. Independence is nonsense. All these women who feel like that, are torn somewhere, shake all parts of their bodies ... I myself, myself. This is so stupid and utopian! I want to be behind a husband, a man. But this is another topic for conversation.
- Yes, we will go into the wilds now.
We have offers from Moscow. We are very happy about this and are now preparing for the shooting of the video. Denis arrived for a short time, and we will start discussing all the moments of the video. Then we will send it to the rotation - and the work started. There are some other plans, but I don't want to talk about them.
Perhaps I will go to the Eurovision qualifying round. I will listen to myself and decide whether I am ready for this internally. We have an idea, and this is the main thing. We always come to Eurovision to participate, but I want to win.
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Books
- Sociology. Methodology for conducting sociological research. Textbook for undergraduate and graduate students, Natalya Nikolaevna Kudrina. The publication contains information about the essence, specific features and purpose of sociological research, reveals the interdisciplinary nature of sociological methods, describes in detail ...
Venera (Venus)- solo project of Natalia Kudrina, vocalist of the second part of the duet "D-Bronx and Natalie". After the end of joint work in a duet, Natalia decided to pursue a solo career and began working under the creative pseudonym Venera. The main author of the first solo songs was Alex David (leader of the band "Atlantica"). Venera participates in many concerts and events in Belarus, a welcome guest of TV channels, various talk shows and social events.
Projects
In October 2009, Venera joined Svetlana Loboda's project - Social Initiative Say No! Violence in the family, ”where she appeared in the form of a beaten woman.
Clips
The Thing
The shooting of the video for the song "The Thing" (the singer, along with her ballet, appears in very revealing outfits) took place in the pavilion of the Belarusfilm film studio, the director of the video was Andrei Dubrovsky
Discography
Studio albumsAn excerpt characterizing Venus (singer)
“Well, where did pg fall?” Denisov said.- Where had you been? I followed the French,” Tikhon answered boldly and hastily in a hoarse but melodious bass.
- Why did you climb during the day? Beast! Well, didn't you take it?
“I took it,” said Tikhon.
– Where is he?
“Yes, I took him first of all at dawn,” Tikhon continued, rearranging his flat, turned-out legs in bast shoes wider, “and led him into the forest. I see it's not good. I think, let me go, I’ll take another more carefully one.
“Look, rogue, it’s true,” Denisov said to the esaul. - Why didn’t you pg "ivel"?
“Yes, what’s the point of driving him,” Tikhon interrupted angrily and hastily, “not a busy one. Don't I know what you need?
- What a beast! .. Well? ..
“I went after another,” Tikhon continued, “I crawled into the forest in this manner, and I lay down. - Tikhon unexpectedly and flexibly lay down on his belly, imagining in his faces how he did it. “One and do it,” he continued. - I'll rob him in this manner. - Tikhon quickly, easily jumped up. - Let's go, I say, to the colonel. How to make a noise. And there are four of them. They rushed at me with skewers. I attacked them in such a manner with an ax: why are you, they say, Christ is with you, ”Tikhon cried out, waving his arms and frowning menacingly, exposing his chest.
“That’s what we saw from the mountain, how you asked the arrow through the puddles,” said the esaul, narrowing his shining eyes.
Petya really wanted to laugh, but he saw that everyone was holding back from laughing. He quickly turned his eyes from the face of Tikhon to the face of the esaul and Denisov, not understanding what all this meant.
What exactly brought them to the gym and became the main motivation for gaining a better shape. Our today's heroine is the singer Natalia Kudrina
I tried all types of loads - from passive to extreme
Natalia, you have always been in great shape, but your latest pictures on social networks from training are impressive - you look like a professional athlete in them! What was the starting point for such serious sports?
I can’t say that healthy lifestyle suddenly fascinated me. The general notion that fried potatoes do nothing good for the body has been instilled since childhood. Yes, when I studied and lived in a hostel (by the way, in the same room with my friend Larisa Gribaleva), there was no time for frills - students eat everything. And the beginning of the 90s was not the easiest time. But there was never such a thing that she gorged herself on anything to disgrace, lay on the couch for weeks or drank beer.
I have been a good swimmer since childhood, at the age of 14 I learned that there is such a thing as aerobics. A little later, a new word appeared - fitness. Over the years, I have tried, probably, all types of aerobic exercise - from passive to extreme. I studied occasionally, and every day, gradually deducing my schedule and program.
- And what do your sports loads look like today?
Training three times a week, in the morning. Only in the morning! They charge me for the whole day. There was Thai boxing, Pilates, crossfit, gym equipment and much more, but now tabata is a very intense 50-minute workout for all muscle groups, 8 sets of 20 seconds for each exercise and a 10-second break between them. This practice differs in that it is aimed specifically at endurance: no matter how strong or flexible you are, both beginners and advanced ones will get tired the same way if they don’t fumble. I achieved the most desired result in these trainings. Of course, nutrition is also important, the complete absence of alcohol and cigarettes, water balance, vitamins ...
- Do you have your own nutritional chips?
I know my body so much that I feel even 100 grams of excess weight. As soon as chocolate appears in my life, I immediately gain weight. Therefore, I replaced sweets with dried fruits and nuts within reasonable limits. Flour, potatoes, pasta replaced with vegetables. Excluded carbonated water in any manifestation. I start the morning with a tablespoon of flaxseed, washed down with warm water with lemon and honey. And only with good positive thoughts. I drink two liters of water a day. I love green tea - it removes excess fluid and toxins from the body.
- Looking at you, did your relatives also get carried away with a healthy lifestyle?
Unfortunately, my daughter Ariadna still cannot decide on the sport she wants to do. And, like all teenagers at the age of 13, she is drawn to eat everything that is harmful. I fight, I explain, I convince by my own example. Once a week, my daughter promises me to start a healthy lifestyle.
“After the divorce, our relationship with my daughter became even closer”
Usually, they start to improve themselves dramatically when there is motivation - for example, someone said something wrong, you don’t like yourself in the photo, your loved one left ...
I have always been unsatisfied with myself. I wanted to improve in every way: whether it was career, character or figure. As psychologists now say, this is the wrong position - constant discontent destroys a person and drives him into complexes if expectations are not met. Fortunately, the complexes, if they were, then resolved with experience. But what I firmly believe, and it has only intensified with age, is that you need to strive to become the best version of yourself. Without fanaticism, but working on yourself at least a little bit day after day.
Is self-improvement connected with the fact that you decided to abandon the artistic pseudonym Venus in order to return to the name Natalia Kudrina?
In 2003, when the D-Bronx & Natalie project, in which I was a vocalist, paused, I realized that I was ready for solo work. Pseudonyms were in vogue, so Venus appeared - a symbol of beauty and perfection. Venus for me, rather, is not a pseudonym, but a project that I honestly dealt with. Gradually, it began to decline - firstly, creativity always comes in waves, and secondly, I discovered the profession of a designer, it took the lion's share of time. But singing is the main thing. And I realized that I really want a new round of stage career. Then I realized that I would no longer wear masks. I want to be called by my real name and sing what I want.
- It turns out?
And how! Not only did several 100% hits appear at once, which have already been recorded, I also became different behind the scenes - more open, direct.
Natalya, a difficult topic, but I can’t help but ask: they say you broke up with your husband. But a couple of years ago, in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, you spoke about him with love, you looked like an ideal couple ...
I didn’t tell any of the journalists about this ... We met in the early 2000s, when I returned from abroad, where I worked. Grisha is one of those who doesn’t really ask, and women are always captivated by this. I fell in love, God gave us a daughter, we sold our apartments and bought a house ... At the same time, she took up solo work, Grisha helped me in everything. But I made a mistake - completely adjusted to it. All her friends said: “Kudrina, it’s not you, you don’t need to be so dissolved in a person. You are strong-willed, but here it’s like jelly. ” And I wanted to. I have a naturally low voice, and then I began to coo, I learned to cook all sorts of goodies! But he took it as a weakness on my part, began to put pressure ... Gradually, nothing was left of me. Behind the scenes, on the set, at events, I'm always smiling, fire, everything is always good ... but at home it's getting worse. The husband became more and more sharp, irritable, the pressure on his part became monstrous - a bad housewife, a terrible mother, no singer. Jealousy, some kind of envy, when everything works out for me, but he doesn’t. I was saved by work, fashion design - I just could not sing, a lump in my throat, ligaments like a string, I was afraid to enter the studio.
- How did your daughter take your breakup?
Surprisingly, our relationship with my daughter has become closer. She is not small, she understands everything, she worries. She is now at an age when she especially needs support. The mood changes every minute, it can close at any moment. Therefore, I try to be always there, but do not press. I support her personality, teach self-respect.
“But you don’t give the impression of an unhappy woman now ...
Luckily. About a year ago, I realized with horror how absurd both our relationship and my life had come. I realized that a little more - and something irreparable will happen. And I have a daughter, a mother ... She went cold at the mere thought of a divorce, she was so crushed. Step by step, with the help of my closest friends, a psychologist, my mother and, oddly enough, my daughter, I began to return my former self - the one I was 15-20 years ago. For hours, my close people talked to me on the phone, sat next to me at night, convinced that I was doing everything right. Without their support, I don't know how things would have turned out. It was the most difficult path for me. So much despair and tears - but the word "reborn" has become my meaning.
The word "reborn" became the meaning of Natalia. Photo: Gennady AKHMADULIN
- Aren't you afraid to open your soul? This is unusual for artists, besides, you have the image of a fatal beauty ...
No I'm not afraid. I have changed internally. I'm not afraid of age, I'm not afraid to show that I don't know something. Oh, how ashamed I am for how harsh I was with people, sometimes caustic and unfair - I hid family problems behind bravado. But maybe someone who is having a hard time right now will read this and think that she can too! There is always a way out, and often we see it, but we are afraid of the unknown.
“Thanks for brand clothes KUDRINA even come from London"
- Natalya, why did you start sewing clothes?
The idea did not come suddenly. Even in my deep childhood, my grandmother complained to my mother that I had cut her favorite dress. Creating a stage image, costumes, your own style - this is what went naturally. I always improved the clothes I bought, corrected something. Then she began to give things a second life, altering, combining, adding. Somehow I created a couple of products for myself - and my friends literally took them off me. At their request, I began to create clothes, and immediately it became very popular. I've been captured! I worked on the creation of clothes and shoes for days, decorated, sewn, flogged ... It was such an inspiration! There were so many ideas that I did not have time to implement them. I learned a new profession and business for myself.
- Do you develop models yourself or involve designers?
Each product is like my child. I design and draw sketches myself. Ideas are more than enough not to be repeated. At the discussion stage, a good tailor can correct me in details, offer his own version, for example, of fabric. I always listen to professionals, but I try to leave the last word to myself. Fad - high-quality fabric, materials, accessories. It's important for me. I often fly to European countries for material.
- Where can I buy your things? By the way, we have a journalist wearing a coat of your brand, she really likes it.
Well, you see, I'm not in vain trying! In Minsk, this is a pavilion at Nemiga, 3. Also at virtually all designer exhibitions taking place in the city. For several years now, clothes under the KUDRINA brand have been walking around the world, and thanks come from Moscow, London and other cities, and this is very nice. Twice I tried to seriously expand production, but it didn’t work out the way I wanted. But recently everything began to turn out, and now it allows you to take on a men's clothing line. I always dreamed of creating a men's gouging suite.
- So you're on the rise?
Last year was the most difficult in my life in personal terms, but also very rich in good events related to both the singer's career and design. For me, this is a sign that everything is going as it should. It is important not to want and wait, but to want and do! And when the Universe sees that you are burning and striving, it helps!
ADVICE FOR A BEGINNER
1. You need to drink water, and I didn’t come up with this. Starting the day with a glass of water, helping to start the body's metabolic processes - it's so simple. During the day, it would be good to drink two liters of water, not counting soups, juices and other liquids. But not twice a liter, but evenly.
DOSSIER "KP"
Natalia Kudrina was born in Mogilev. Graduated from the Institute of Modern Knowledge named after A.M. Shirokov in Minsk. Vocal teacher, singer. In 1994 she became a soloist with the National Academic Concert Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Finberg. For several years she toured with Yuri Antonov, was a backing vocalist. In 1996, she became the soloist of the popular duo Dee Bronx and Natalie. In 2001, in parallel, she began a solo career as Natalya Kudrina, and in 2003 she took the pseudonym Venus. Now back to her real name