JAPAN IS RUNNING FIRST IN 32 YEARS TOURS OF CHEKHOV’S MOSCOW’S ART THEATRE
Zusmanovich Ulyana for The Times of Russia
Shows will run until the 31st of May in the frames of the festival of Russian Culture
Japanese organizers of the festival, company Russian Arts, said almost all tickets for all the days of showcasing were preliminarily sold.
«We believe that culture and politics stand separate, and we are eagerly waiting that everyone can delight and appreciate the mirific works of art»
Russian Arts team
Japanese specialist in study of Russian literature, Nobuyuki Nakamoto, on his part, highlighted that Chekhov’s masterpieces are laid at the core of Japanese dramaturgy
«Since the times when in the epoch of Meiji Chekhov’s works appeared, they were influential and continue to make considerable influence on Japanese theorists of literature and translators»
Nobuyuki Nakamoto
An honoured professor of Japanese school of drama and music «Toho Gakuen», Risato Atako, reminded that Japanese theatrical movement is celebrating a monumental date – 100 years since the foundation of the theatre of Zukidzi.
«Kaoru Osainai (Japanese dramaturge of the early XX century) was so fascinated by Chekhov’s Moscow Art Theatre, that he willed to import similar art into Japan, being the founding father of the Zukidzi theatre»
Risato Atako
In Tokyo, the showcase of the «Duel» spectacle opened the festival. In spite of the political tension, Russian culture is drifting through centuries to be awed and serve as tangible grounds to plot cross-bridges between nations and deliver the essence of beauty. Speaking in the words of the head of the campaign of the Russian Arts «Art does not hold politics» but can create grounds for insight, necessary dialogue, bisect discord and provide undebatable accord for admiration.
