For artists pandemic coronavirus has become an ordeal, but to create social distance for ballet companies is not possible, said the President of Russia Vladimir Putin during a meeting with artists held in the format.
during the meeting, Putin asked the artistic Director of the Mariinsky theatre Valery Gergiev. According to him, the team doesn’t want to stop. Gergiev suggested taking “a break” for cultural institutions that emerged as a result of the pandemic, a more active phase of activity. The President replied that he fully shared the concern of the team, but first we need to think about your health.
“If artists can still create a social distance, in the hall, you can create social distance, for ballet is not” — said Putin. As noted by the head of state, if the athletes can train on closed bases in terms of quarantine, in respect of art workers, the situation is more complicated — “this is a disqualification in fact, it’s an ordeal.” “But, nevertheless, still to this we have to go”, — concluded the President.
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