{"id":1233,"date":"2015-03-17T18:48:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T16:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yanaross.com\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2016-08-29T23:13:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T20:13:27","slug":"mikhail-bulgakov-heart-of-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yanaross.com\/?p=1233","title":{"rendered":"Mikhail Bulgakov “Heart of a Dog”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yana Ross<\/em><\/p>\n

Bulgakov’s parabale about eugenics experiment gone wrong presents a great hybrid of animal and human gaining momento in the current political arena. Or is it a new messija? Does he promise salvation or distruction and who will take responcibility for bringing him into this world?<\/p>\n

Performance shifts focus in a modern adaptation from bloshevik opportunism to the rise of right wing governments in Europe. Dealing with a refugee cricis current government faces a problem of finding housing for all newcommers to Sweden. A housing committee aproaches a famous plastic surgeon to take in a few refugees from Syria until the government decides what to do with them.\u00a0 Professor keeps his eyes on science and is not interested in either politics or humanitarian relief.<\/p>\n

Production questions current values of Western society and our attitude towards the “other”- a question of nature vs. nurture is at the core of performance. Who is responcible for bringing up a human being, does society have a better influence or a private circle of immediate family? What happens when family neglets and ideology imbraces? Is there a chance for reabilitation or is the process of forming personality an irreversible catastrophe?<\/p>\n

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