Where did it come from that Navka cursed our dances. Comments from French Readers on International Criticism of Navka Dance on the Holocaust

The recent performance of Tatyana Navka in the program " glacial period' caused a huge wave of discussions. It's not about the skater's impeccable technique or difficult jumps, but about the topic of the performance: the number of Navka and Andrey Burkovsky was dedicated to the Holocaust. Dressed in striped robes, with the Stars of David on their chests, they portrayed the prisoners of Auschwitz during an ice dance. Many considered such a performance frivolous, and the smiles on the faces of the skaters and their gaiety were journalists and public figures considered almost a desecration of the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The British edition of the Daily Mail devoted a whole to Navka, in which journalists cited users' statements about the issue. “Vladimir Putin should oblige Tatyana Navka to apologize for her speech”, “Have you forgotten how people suffered during the war?”, “This is disgusting, she should be ashamed” - these are just some of the comments that gathered scandalous video. The other part concentrated on the figure skater's Instagram: Tatyana posted photos from the performance, noting that it had become one of her favorites, and advising everyone to show it to their children. “Creature, dance and have fun in the costumes of concentration camp prisoners, you will be responsible for this, cow,” they immediately wrote to her under the picture. “You hit the ice and hit your head?! The Holocaust is not a topic that can be used for entertainment, ”the subscribers scribbled. At the same time, there were those who in the comments thanked Tatiana for her performance, because she “does not let people forget all this horror.” The figure skater herself does not see anything offensive in the number and assures that it is dedicated to Roberto Benigni's film Life is Beautiful. In this picture, parents who ended up in a concentration camp assure the child that everything that happens is a funny game. According to Tatyana, that's why the skaters smiled while skating - it was an act of gaiety that the heroes of the film had to play.

But the point here is not even the smiles of Navka and Burkovsky: if they glided over the ice with mournful faces, this would hardly change the situation. The problem is as old as the world - it's just that we still can't decide which themes can be used in popular culture and which ones are not. There is no one standard, so everyone speaks for himself: someone is insulted by figure skaters in uniforms of prisoners of Auschwitz, and someone considers this an excellent occasion to remind humanity of a terrible tragedy. What some people call a desecration of values, others consider to be a creative act that no one has the right to prohibit, otherwise it is censorship, restriction of individual freedom and creativity, and the like. When Pussy Riot danced in the temple, many public figures vehemently defended the human right to dance anywhere and talk about anything, and if it hurts your feelings, then this is only your problem. So Tatyana Navka danced - therefore it is absolutely incomprehensible what claims against her may be from those who used to stand for creative freedom. It turns out that we can fiercely demand our own freedom, but respect someone else's - be it the freedom of thought, speech, or even dance on ice - we have not yet learned.

Tatyana Navka artistically rethought the Holocaust. From the jury, she received the highest score, from her husband - a compliment, from netizens - criticism, from Jews - gratitude.

frame from the official video of "Channel One"

Over the weekend, Channel One's Ice Age became the second most discussed after the death of Fidel Castro. The wife of the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation and figure skater Tatyana Navka danced in a camp uniform with a Star of David on her chest. The interpretation of the Oscar-winning film "Life is Beautiful" turned out to be debatable. The athlete was booed even by the audience of Channel One, but was positively noted by representatives of the Jewish community.

The ninth day of the Ice Age show on Channel One was devoted to world cinema. The couples chose the recognizable bestsellers "Leon", "Kill Bill", "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", "Breakfast at Tiffany's". The Olympic champion in figure skating and the wife of the presidential press secretary Tatyana Navka and her partner Andrei Burkovsky, an actor and a native of KVN, completed the rental.

In the introduction to the performance, the presenters Alexei Yagudin and Alla Mikheeva argued that the name of the Navka number could become the motto of the entire Ice Age.

"Apocalypse Now?" Alla asked with trademark coquetry. “Life is beautiful,” Yagudin replied.

Before the show, Tatyana Navka was also given the floor. “Of course we are looking forward to it. We have a Hollywood movie. We took the music from the movie "Life is Beautiful". This is about a concentration camp, ”said the skater, wringing her hands.

And the number started. Heroes in prison uniforms with yellow stars of David presented a cheerful pantomime. At the end of the performance, the hero was shot, the heroine's face showed pain.

All judges gave the highest score for artistry and technique. Navka and Burkovsky rejoiced and embraced. After the show aired, they tagged themselves on their Instagram accounts: “Watch it for sure! One of my favorite numbers! Inspired by one of my favorite movies, Life is Beautiful! Show this movie to your kids. P.S. Our children must know and remember that terrible time, which I hope they will never know!” – wrote Tatyana Navka.

Burkovsky refrained from explaining: “6.0. 6.0)))".

The film "Life is Beautiful" was filmed in 1997. It tells about the concentration everyday life of a Jew, his Italian wife (voluntarily followed her husband) and their five-year-old son. The Jew convinced the child that the horrors of the Auschwitz camp (Auschwitz) are a game and that the rules must be followed. The child accepts the conditions and is saved. The father is shot. The film won three Oscars, including for music. At the 1999 awards ceremony, director Roberto Benigni jumped on chairs, jumped onto the stage and enthusiastically hugged Sophia Loren.

After the TV show, there was a reaction. User Durevestnik wrote: “Navka showed everyone how fun prisoners in Nazi concentration camps had. And whoever does not agree with this is a falsifier of history.

The information surge has reached the Kremlin. Dmitry Peskov found an occasion to praise his wife. AP Moscow correspondent Natalya Vasilyeva tweeted: “I asked Peskov about Tatyana Navka's dance. He replied, "I'm proud of my wife - that's all I can say."

Navka in a robe was actively discussed abroad. The most popular adjectives applied to dance are "offensive", "disgusting", "inappropriate", "talentless".

American comedian Michael Ian Black also took part in the controversy. He made a subtle joke about the act: "It might have seemed offensive if the Auschwitz-era ice dancing had not been recreated with all frugality."

When Twitter users tweeted that the Russians had effectively liberated Auschwitz and lost 22 million people in World War II, Black replied: “No one questions Russia's incredible sacrifice in the war. Maybe it's just inappropriate to show in ice dancing."

The Israeli publication Haaretz also noted the ambiguity in the use of the Holocaust theme in entertainment programs: "Holocaust on Ice: Putin's Aide's Wife Causes Controversy by Skating in the Uniform of a Concentration Camp Prisoner."

The German Spiegel limited itself to describing Navka's number, her social status (the wife of a Kremlin representative) and the message that the performance "caused criticism from the United States."

“When you visit there, you won’t think of making such numbers,” says bahtinov.design, a Navka subscriber.

“Elitka” no longer knows how to be smart,” igor.mironov.9615 could not pass by.

“Drawing cartoons on a tragedy, for example, as in Charlie Hebdo magazine, is normal, but making a number on ice that does not imply a desire to laugh or offend someone is blasphemy?” - anna_karelina1990 defended the couple.

A fan of Svetlanaleg53 wanted to please Tatyana Navka, but it turned out to be ambiguous: “You are incredibly combined with the image. Bravo".

Following her, many also noted that the striped Tatiana Navka to face.

IN official group"Ice Age" in the social network "VKontakte" historical allusions went unnoticed. The Holocaust was not discussed at all, the British press was slightly criticized, and that was it. Only 48.8% of those who voted (235 people) said good things about the issue.

“But it seemed to me that this was an exploitation of the topic,” Yulia Kalashnikova, a fan of the show, expressed her opinion.

“The dances of Navka are not lived from the inside,” Irina Borzik, the wife of the press secretary, does not believe.

Under the video on Youtube, Navka and director Ilya Averbukh also got it.

“A blasphemous mockery of the memory of millions of tortured...” - Jewgenia Komarova is sure.

User Maya Paz decided to answer for others too: “You spit in the face of every Jew. This number looks as ridiculous as a disco on the grave of parents.

Victoria Razhkovetsky discussed with them: “Great reading (of the film. - Red.) by talented authors and performers of this three-minute production. People are touched to the core."

On the website of Channel One, the release of "Ice Age" caused negative reviews.

“Totally inappropriate topic for entertainment show. After the movie, you leave with a lump in your throat. And here - smiles, applause and marks for technique and artistry. I experienced only bewilderment, how some could come up with such a thing, while others could applaud cheerfully, ”writes viewer Pavel Riazanov.

Mihael Ratinsky drew attention to the fact that the show consists not only of an act in which artistic rethinking is allowed, but also of the public. And her reaction is very controversial: “You are crazy! Smiles in robes with yellow stars! Hall, exploding with applause... No taste, no tact, no understanding... Mediocre directing.

The chairman of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg, Mark Grubarg, said in: “The choice of a topic is not forbidden. But a work of art is evaluated by whether it carries a quality load, whether it wakes people up. How big significant work I can't rate this one. Skating did not cause any special aesthetic impressions. Did the characters manage to evoke a sense of tragedy in the audience? This is a question. But now many are looking for points of contention that are not conceptual.”

Oksana Kazakova, champion of the 1998 Olympics in figure skating, supported Navka: “The program brought tears to many people. The guys did not teach the topic (the Holocaust) in a comical way. Figure skating is an art. We can convey emotions, problems and fear through dance.”

Director Karen Shakhnazarov participates in the jury. He also put 6.0. Here is his assessment: “I remember this film very well and love it, it is outstanding. Never had to about horror Nazi camps in art they spoke in such a way that there was lyrics, humor, unshakable strength human spirit. The guys managed to convey the spirit of this picture, its essence.

Head of the Northwestern public organization disabled Jews, former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps and the ghetto Pavel Rubinchik, who was in the Minsk ghetto, admitted to Fontanka that he had not watched the film, and therefore could only say about the number: “Skating, pirouettes, lyrics are good, but they are not fit in with what really happened. We just wanted to drink and eat, and sometimes we wished we were dead. Unfortunately, I did not feel the tragedy in the performance.”

The head of the public relations department of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, Borukh Gorin, left a post on Facebook: “Am I shocked? I am terrified! Horrified by the response to this number. Do you want to talk about aesthetic dilemmas, about Adorno's maxim? Is this after kilometers of kitsch film "about the Holocaust"? After Schindler's List and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas? "Life is beautiful" you, too, outraged ad nauseam? Nevermind - Navka got under your tail. And it is you who are using the memory of the victims of the Holocaust for your own selfish purposes. And bow to her. Like anyone who is ready to put on a yellow star in memory of them.

Blogger Anton Nosik wrote in LiveJournal: “For today's civilization, the Holocaust is nothing more than a historical plot that provides inspiration for books, films, scientific research and, as it now turned out, dancing on ice. I am not ready to evaluate the dance number based on the film, whether it is good or bad, I just don’t understand anything about choreography. But clearly there is no insult in it either for the Jewish people or for the victims of the Holocaust. This is just an artistic appeal to a topic that has become global in the last 70 years.”

The performance of Tatyana Navka and Andrey Burkovsky in the show "Ice Age" with a number about the Holocaust caused a mixed reaction in society and the media. Peskov declared his pride in his wife, who danced in the clothes of a concentration camp prisoner. And Averbukh accused the Western media of inciting hysteria around the Navka dance.

Navka was surprised by the media reaction to the dance about the Holocaust

Olympic champion Tatyana Navka commented on the mixed reaction about her ice dance number with actor Andrei Burkovsky, writes "MK".

Earlier, as Topnews wrote, the Western media criticized Navka and Burkovsky, who danced in prison clothes. However, the dance was staged based on Roberto Benigni's tragicomedy Life is Beautiful about the Holocaust.

Navka said she was surprised by the strange reaction of the media. She suggested that the critics did not see the picture, the music from which was used in the room. intkbbee about the prisoners of Auschwitz.

Navka and Burkovsky. Speech on the Holocaust. VIDEO

Figure skater Tatyana Navka and actor Andrey Burkovsky performed a dance on ice in the Ice Age show on Channel One, dedicated to the holocaust. Athletes took to the ice dressed as Jewish prisoners of the World War II concentration camp and danced to the song "Beautiful That Way" from the famous Italian film Life is Beautiful.
“Be sure to check it out! Inspired by one of my favorite movies, Life is Beautiful! - Tatyana Navka wrote on your Instagram page. “Show this film to your children, be sure. Our children should know and remember that terrible time, which I hope God will give, they will never know!” she stressed.

Peskov commented on the performance of Navka and Burkovsky

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the performance of his wife Tatyana Navka and Andrei Burkovsky in the form of prisoners of Auschwitz, reports RT.

“I don’t think this is a question that somehow concerns the Kremlin. Due to my work, I am significantly limited in my ability to somehow comment on this. I am proud of my wife, that's what I can say, ”Peskov said in response to a request to comment on the reaction of the world media to the speech of Navka and Burkovsky.

approved by the Jewish community scandalous dance Navka about the Holocaust, and the chief rabbi of Moscow expressed doubt

In a speech by Tatyana Navka and Andrey Burkovsky with a number about the Holocaust on television show"Ice Age" is not offensive, Mark Grubarg, chairman of the St. Petersburg Jewish community, told Baltika FM.

According to him, some bloggers and journalists artificially "inflated the story" on the topic of insulting feelings after watching ice show. The speech by Navka and Burkovsky gave another reason to remember the Holocaust and comprehend the lessons of the past, the head of the community is sure.

“Many are outraged that they are trying to talk about the Holocaust in the language of the show. But after all, a lot is devoted to the topic of the Holocaust. great films. Why is the movie allowed and the show not? Is it worth labeling any genre?” Grubarg was indignant.

All works of art without mockery and deliberate humiliation of this or that community have the right to exist, says the chairman of the Jewish community. In his opinion, does the show of Navka and Burkovsky meet the criteria good taste will become clear after a while.

As explained in the organization, the scandalous dance was conceived as a work of love, faith and victory over hard reality. “And to everyone who breaks spears on the topic of insulting Jews, I advise you to come to the synagogue to seriously study Judaism and the history of the Holocaust,” Grubarg added.

In turn, the Chief Rabbi of Moscow, President of the Council of Rabbis of Europe Pinchas Goldschmidt did not approve of the performance of the wife of press secretary Dmitry Peskov in the Ice Age show in the form of a prisoner of Auschwitz.

In his opinion, Tatyana Navka and her dance partner Andrei Burkovsky should have consulted with the relatives of the prisoners Nazi concentration camp before a dance about the Holocaust.

“Many people liked it, but many people were touched by the dance. The Holocaust and everything connected with it is too big a wound. She won't be alive soon. There are almost no Jewish families in which none of the ancestors suffered from Nazism, would not wear yellow stars, as on the costumes of figure skaters, ”TASS quotes the rabbi.

According to Goldschmidt, the creators of the dance number needed to take care of the feelings of the victims' families and consult with them first. The Chief Rabbi of Moscow expressed the hope that the directors wanted to convey the will to live and the best hopes of the prisoners of the concentration camps.

“Probably, the intentions were good, but every nation has its own pain, and we must try not to hurt the living. I would not like to see anti-Semitism here,” Goldschmidt said.

Ilya Averbukh accused the Western media of inciting hysteria: they confused Navka with Tatmyanina

Meanwhile, figure skater and producer Ilya Averbukh called it wild how foreign media report news about the dance of Tatyana Navka and actor Andrei Burkovsky in the images of Auschwitz prisoners in the Ice Age show, writes Lenta.ru.

“Savagery that this can be discussed at all. Wildness is in everything - in the presentation, in hysteria, in unprofessionalism, which can be seen in the articles of foreign media, ”Averbukh believes.

As an example, he cited an article in the British Daily Mail, which confused Navka with another Olympic champion in figure skating, Tatyana Totmyanina. In the published picture, Totmyanina stands next to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the caption to the photo refers to Navka. Averbukh called it a "big blunder".

From a Facebook message:

"The theme of the program - foreign cinema - and the tasks facing the directors of ice dancing are absolutely understandable. Averbukh, to the best of his ability, made an unsuccessful attempt to recreate the theme of a very subtle and undoubtedly talented film. Why unsuccessful, I will try to explain. Any remark from a genius artwork It is a slippery and dangerous path. Because trying to "re-sing" a genius is almost impossible. There are no such examples in the history of art. Nevertheless, there are works that are aimed at "imitation" of the author-genius in advance. And no less brilliant. Only one condition must be met - a change of genre. Classical/expressionism, postclassicism/modern, modern/pop art, etc... And here the laws of artistic ethics come into play, which inextricably accompany any aesthetic work that is brought to the attention of the public. There is a circle of topics that, by default, according to the prevailing laws of ethics (I'm talking about our modern times, perhaps in two hundred years they will be corrected, even most likely!) Are impossible for such "exercises". These are, for example, scenes of extreme cruelty - dismemberment, scenes of sexual violence, images of child nudity with sexual overtones, images of mockery of physical disabilities, etc. This does not mean that the same topics cannot be covered in art in the form of allegories or associations that do not directly relate to the topic!

The topic of genocide is not an absolute taboo, but the Holocaust has its own limits of depiction and interpretation. Why? Because any genocide is not only a consequence of the mass extermination of people, but also a consequence of the mass participation of people in this extermination. Television is a mass media, not only entertaining, but also shaping the tastes, preferences and worldview of viewers, educating in a certain way. On this account, there is a whole science - about the impact on the worldview of audio-visual information sources. Therefore, the way the topic of the Holocaust is presented on the screen must be strictly subjected to the author's internal censorship (or editorial censorship) and the relevant legislative acts relating to this. This is how things are in civilized countries.
In the case of Averbukh, many of the above traditions were violated: inappropriateness, the subject image of the images of prisoners in a non-stereotyped (non-standard) form, separation from the proportion of the image of the tragedy that was observed in the original (film), bad taste in the image / staging and unscrupulous use of obviously winning topics with in order to receive personal dividends. All this is in no way connected with the traditional use of the Holocaust theme either in art or in sports (!) (The way the theme was used in Lipnitskaya's Olympic performance, where exactly the allegory was used - similar to the one used in less talented!). The educational moment, the goal that is traditionally pursued in the depiction of the Holocaust, was absent, and any other goal is a desecration of the topic."

Such is the detailed answer of the art historian.

Though argue, though not - such words can not be found anyway.

The famous figure skater Tatyana Navka, the wife of Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, performed a dance about the love of Nazi concentration camp prisoners as part of the Ice Age show on Channel One. Tatyana staged the number together with comedian Andrei Burkovsky.

The dance was based on the Oscar-winning film Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni, which tells about the life of an Italian Jew, a prisoner of Auschwitz. Tatyana Navka wrote on her Instagram that "our children should know and remember that terrible time."

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The speech caused a wave of indignation on the Web, Russian and foreign media reacted sharply to the scandalous number. “You are crazy! Smiles in robes with yellow stars! A hall exploding with applause… No taste, no tact, no understanding… Talentless directing,” writes an angry viewer (Spelling and punctuation authors hereinafter. — Note. ed.). Tatyana's subscribers staged a serious argument, and the majority was inclined to believe that "such a performance has no place on television."

The president of the Holocaust Foundation, Alla Gerber, tried to cool the critics on the air of Radio Moscow Speaks and said that the number should not be taken so unambiguously. “The topic is so painful, so bloody, that how to address it, what are the criteria? First of all, it seems to me, it should not be mockery, it should not be irony, it should not be a wry smile.

Tatyana Navka was surprised by the criticism and commented to Life.ru: “I am surprised, of course, by the reaction. Probably, people have not seen this wonderful film "Life is Beautiful", which won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and won three Oscars. Honestly, I have nothing to say. In our project, this is not the first time the topic of war has been raised; it is not the first time that I have personally skated a performance in the clothes of concentration camp prisoners. This is our work, and before it somehow did not cause any reaction in the world. And that means we make people think.”

Ilya Averbukh, head coach and producer of the Ice Age show, also spoke about the show: “This number is my idea. I did a lot of numbers on a military and Jewish theme, absolutely different characters. In the previous program, we had an amazing performance by Catherine Varnava - an Armenian lullaby, also about tragic events. But no one paid attention, apparently because it was not Tatyana Navka who performed it. And this is the whole answer. When you live away from this, you think that maybe our people are exaggerating, distorting ... But the Daily Mail in this article publishes completely unverified facts. But this is not some kind of newspaper, but one of the first publications in the country.