CULTURE

"Bridge to Wonderland" extends to JINR

From 30 August to 1 September, the 3rd season of the Theater Festival "Bridge" was held in Dubna that has been founded and is held by the theater-laboratory "Kvadrat".

On the first day, fans and the citizens of Dubna witnessed a festive procession of the heroes of the plays of the theater "Kvadrat" along the Komsomolskaya embankment, poems, songs, excerpts from the plays were heard. Afterwards, the participants received good parting words from the three graces: Terpsichore, Thalia and Melpomene.

In 2018, the long-awaited bridge opened in Dubna, not only uniting the two banks of the Volga River, but also bringing the citizens closer together, giving new opportunities and beauty.

"The theatre laboratory "Kvadrat" has decided to immortalize the epochal event and to continue the idea of the bridge in its work. This is how the Theatre Festival "Bridge" was born and currently develops. The topic changes every year, but the idea is unchanged every time. Last year, it was "The Bridge Uniting Hearts" and guests brought performances dedicated to the topic of love. This year, the Festival is called "The Bridge to Wonderland", the participants played out the role of a miracle in a person's life," the artistic director of the theater Yuliana Kukarnikova says.

The performances by the theater groups from Dubna, Moscow, Konakovo, Zaprudnya, Dmitrov, Arkhangelsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Stavropol, Khimki, Tver, Rybinsk and Vidnoye were shown at the Festival. The groups from Arkhangelsk, Zaprudnya, Dubna and Stavropol made their debut at the Festival "Bridge".

Excursions to the Joint Institute were organized for the guests of the science city. "The Festival participants visited VBLHEP, they were shown the legendary basic facility of the synchrophasotron, the old control room," assistant to JINR Chief Scientific Secretary Varvara Fufaeva says. "Afterwards, they visited the NICA accelerator complex, where the participants asked a variety of questions about the laws of the universe. And one of the questions even was a subject for the discussion about the existence of God. I would like to thank Dmitry Dryablov, a researcher at the Scientific and Experimental Department of Heavy Ion Physics at VBLHEP, for his passion for his work and his ability to choose the most accurate and accessible images and metaphors when answering. In the evening, the exhibition "Basic Facilities at JINR" in the Cultural Centre "Mir" was shown to the Festival participants by the author of the exhibition Yury Panibratsev. The visitors were impressed by the chronicle and the periodic table of Mendeleyev, where you can see each element with your own eyes. After the Festival, the participants shared their delight at the tasks that scientists meet and some of them began to widely think about how to apply the questions that arose in their work.

Thanks to the support of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, the jury was provided with accommodation and an educational programme. The Youth Centre "Initiative" provided a stage for the performances in addition to the chamber stage of the theater "Kvadrat". The Ecomebel Company, headed by Alexey Zakharov, provided memorable prizes for the Festival nominees.

Based on the information from the theater "Kvadrat" VK group