Saburo Teshigawara visited Russia for the first time with his dance company KARAS​. The legendary dancer personally appeared on the stage of the Theater of Nations, where he performed his choreographic performance “Tristan and Isolde” in a duet with Rihoko Sato. The performance is striking in that it seems to completely lack theatricality and props. Empty ascetic stage. On the sides are two gathered panels of black fabric, symbolizing the sea in which famous lovers swim. Laconic black suits.

The habit of writing about performances makes us take a closer look at them. My history with the drama theater is not cloudless. There are performances that I found difficult to watch. Of course, there are favorite performances in this theater, but I am always wary of productions based on works. More often than not, interest wins and I buy a theater ticket. The play “Dark Alleys” is based on Bunin’s stories. It consists of small pieces of a mosaic, fragments of someone's life.

Could I have thought almost 10 years ago, handing in another boring article about globalization to my supervisor, that I would ever see a performance on this topic, richly seasoned with humor, which would hold the attention of the entire audience and end with a stormy ovation?

Based on the open lecture by Mikhail Yampolsky within the framework of the First Russian Aesthetic Congress, October 17-19, St. Petersburg. One of the main themes of the creativity and research thought of the philosopher and cultural theorist Mikhail Yampolsky is the concept of subjectivity, the place of the subject in history, culture, in the general picture of the world.

Photo: Ernest Yakovlev At the end of summer, a new series of concerts called “Music for the End of the World”, dedicated to ambient and related genres, started at Science and Art . On the eve of the next event, which will take place on October 21 , one of the organizers told syg.ma about the concept of the series and shared plans for the future.