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Ideological Defile. inspired by “Me-Ti. Book of Changes” by Bertolt Brecht
General concept, script, staging, light –
Vadim Zakharov, Maria Porudominskaya
Costumes – Vadim Zakharov
Composer: Alexei Sysoev
Producer – Anna Gor
Curator – Ivetta Vechhayzer
Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod, 2013
CAST
ME-TI (MO-ZI) - Dmitry Savrasov-Perelman
KIN (BRECHT) - Igor Besschastnov
MI-EN-LEH (LENIN) - Mikhail Morozov
KA-MEH (MARX) - Ivan Vlasov
NI-EN (STALIN) - Lev Harlamov
EN-FU (ENGELS) - Alexander Schulpinov
LAI-TU (RUTH BERLAU) - Natalia Pshenichnikova
MEISTER HE-LEH (HEGEL) - Alexander Barkovsky
SA (ROSA LUXEMBURG) - Evgenia Denisova
HI-JEH (HITLER) - Alexey Kapralov
TO-TSI (TROTZKI) - Anton Schagvin
FE-HU-WANG (LION FEUCHTWANGER) - Evgeny Kalabanov
RO (SCHÜLER VON ME-TI) - Alexey Danilogorsky
Gesamtkonzept, Skript, Szenografie, Lichtkonzept:
Vadim Zakharov, Maria Porudominskaja
Kostümdesign: Vadim Zakharov
Komponist – Alexey Sysoev
Vocaltraining: Natalia Pshenichnikova
Musiker:
Percussion – Dmitry Vlasik
Solo Vocal: Natalia Pshenichnikova
Das Ensemble “No Name” in folgender
Zusammensetzung :
Klavier: Mark Buloshnikov
Flöte: Maria Stetsyura
Violoncello: Anastasia Butorina
Violine: Valeria Silkina
Perkussion: Yana Kozulina
Producer – Anna Gor
Curator – Ivetta Vechhayzer
Übersetzung des Werkes “Me-ti Buch der Wendungen”
aus dem Deutschen: Sergei Zemljanoi
Kostümschneiderin: Elena Gladysheva
Lichttechnik: Evgeni Kamenski
Tontechnik: Svetlana Vasenina & Dmitry Sychev
Hair / Make Up: Tatiana Dmitrievskaya
Umsetzung des Schuhwerks:
Atelier “Elita“ (Nizhny Novgorod)
Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod, 2013
Sometimes, to understand the present we need to look to the past. We lack in dimensional vision. We need a different point of reference. But it is no easy task to find it. The work «Me-Ti. Book of changes» of Bertolt Brecht concentrates on historical figures, philosophers, poets. Brecht did not risk approaching analysis of his epoch alone. His thoughts are contradictory, much like his life. The book does not always present an obvious answer to whose views the author shares. However, perhaps it is this fact which gives the feeling of insight into reality of the contradictory times.
The characters are well familiar to everyone – Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky, Marx and Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, Feuchtwanger, Hegel, and Brecht himself together with Ruth Berlau – his lady friend of the certain period of his life. All the characters appear under pseudo Chinese names: Ka-Me, Eh-Fu, Mi-En-Leh, Ni-En, Hi-Eh, To-Dzi, Fe-Khu-Wang, Sah, Lai-Tu, He-Le, ancient philosopher Me-Ti. Topicality and effectuality of the book at present are unbelievable. Many of the names mentioned above took an active part in forming our current mad life. We are still rummaging through disgusting waste left by them, crying out to the sky – How could this happen?! How people of the twentieth century let it happen? And, of course: can all of this repeat in future?
Vadim Zakharov