Figure skating suddenly became a new stumbling block and an occasion for high-profile disputes between Russia and the West. And we are not talking about major sports competitions, but about one number from the television project "Ice Age".
On November 26, 2016, in the next edition of the Ice Age program, the couple Tatyana Navka - Andrey Burkovsky presented the number "Beautiful That Way", in which the participants appear as Jewish prisoners of a Nazi concentration camp. The number received the highest scores from the judges of the project.
In the West, this number attracted unexpected attention from the press. First of all, the partner became the reason: Tatyana Navka, the Olympic champion in sports ice dancing, is the wife of Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of Vladimir Putin.
In the Western media, the number was considered "tasteless" and allowed an incorrect tone in relation to the victims of the Holocaust.
“We have sunk to such baseness for the sake of glory”
"Vladimir Putin's press secretary's wife criticized for ice dancing about the Holocaust," according to Time.
Tatyana Navka, the wife of a Putin aide, drew criticism with her on-ice performance on the Holocaust.
CNN channel quoted the words Jeremy Jones, Director of Foreign Affairs of the Australian Council for Israel:"The frivolity that led to the decision to put this number is maddening ... After they are forgotten as skaters, they will be remembered as people who have sunk to such bases for the sake of fame."
The Russia Today TV channel published a commentary by the Chief Rabbi of Moscow, Chairman of the Council of Rabbis of Europe, Head of the Rabbinical Court in the CIS and Baltic countries Pinchas Goldschmidt:“I would like to believe that the directors of the dance wanted to convey the will to live and the best hopes of the prisoners of the concentration camps. Many people liked it, but many people were touched by the dance. Because 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 would have suffered from Nazism, would not have worn yellow stars, as on the costumes of figure skaters. The feelings of the victims and their families had to be taken care of. consult. Probably, the intentions were good, but every nation has its own pain, and you should try not to hurt the living. I don't want to see anti-Semitism here."
Some Russian users of social networks also reacted quite emotionally, among which, however, there were quite a few Ukrainians:
“So they really think that everything is fine?”
"Ernst in the furnace"
“In Germany, they would definitely give a deadline”
“Time to ask for a fence with Mordor from Santa Claus. I don't see any other options."
“You can only discuss skates”
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “I don't think this is a matter that has anything to do with the Kremlin, and because of my job, I am significantly limited in my ability to comment on this. I am proud of my wife. That's all I can say."
The reaction was extremely emotional. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. On her Facebook page, she wrote: “I would name it, but they will ban me....
Haaretz, Daily Mail, Huffington Post and dozens of others have all written about Tatyana Navka's Holocaust-themed dance number.
They didn't like the number. The image of the prisoners of Auschwitz, you see, is not as embodied on the ice as it should be. Defenders of Tolerance? Nothing like this! Hypocrites and liars. Moreover, cowardly hypocrites and liars working out a political order.
Where are you all hiding when monuments to those who fought the Holocaust are being demolished in Europe? For 30 years in the Baltic States, veterans of the Second World War were humiliated by being denied citizenship - you, ..., where were you? It was you who mocked the victory parade in Moscow in 2015, calling it "a manifestation of militarism." And when shaved guys with a swastika and torches march in Ukraine, in which direction do you turn away? And where do you scatter when the Waffen-SS legionnaires are parading? And when officials in Poland said that Auschwitz was liberated by Ukrainians, and not by Soviet troops, thereby insulting the memory of soldiers of many nationalities, why didn’t you point out to them that the politicization of an immortal feat is unacceptable?
Then you were all silent. You can only discuss skates.”
What was really
Tatyana Navka herself in an interview with Life said: “It is not the first time that the topics of war are raised in our project, it is not the first time that I personally roll a number 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. I hope that many simply have not seen this film, and when they do, they will see our wonderful number with different eyes, ”she added.
The idea of the number, which was shown by Navka and Burkovsky, belonged to Ilya Averbukh, vice-champion of the Olympics and world champion in ice dancing, and now a successful producer of ice shows.
In the Ice Age project, he acts as a coach and producer.
The room is a reimagining of the movie Roberto Benigni"Life is beautiful", which in 1998 was awarded the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival and two Oscars.
According to the plot of the film, the Italian Guido, a Jew by nationality, finds himself in a concentration camp with his son. Trying to protect the child from horrors, Guido explains to his son that everything that happens around is a game. The boy in it needs to score 1000 points to get the main prize: a tank. Points are given with the unconditional fulfillment of a number of rules: it is forbidden to appear in the eyes of soldiers, cry, complain and ask for food. The child believes his dad, despite the death, pain and blood around.
At the end of the film, the prisoners are released, the boy is reunited with his mother, but his father is killed by a Nazi.
For the performance of Navka and Burkovsky, the music from the film "Life is Beautiful" was taken. As in the film, the protagonist dies in the room: automatic bursts are heard, and he disappears into the darkness.
“90% of the speakers didn’t see the number at all”
Ilya Averbukh reacted very harshly to the criticism of the number: “90% of the speakers did not see the number at all, they do not understand what was discussed. For such people, I am ready to explain once again: the theme of the program was "world cinema", the performance was entirely based on the great film "Life is Beautiful" directed by Roberto Benigni, which received three Oscars. The family ends up in a concentration camp, where in order to save their child, they play out the story throughout the film that it's all just a big game. For those who did not watch the movie, the text sounded specially for 15 seconds, a direct quote from the film, when Tanya and Andrey were really standing with faces full of sorrow, where it was said: “Son, this is just a game.” It was for him that this number was played, in which there was everything: a dramatic story, and struggle, and ridicule, and the severity of the loss when Andrei passes away, leaving his family. This is an exceptional quote from the film. An absolutely normal reaction associated with the fact that you really want to bite. There is a direct road: Navka - Peskov - Putin. That's all. A photograph has been snatched where people in the clothes of concentration camp prisoners are smiling. Without thinking about anything, we might as well snatch a frame from the movie "The Great Dictator" Charlie Chaplin, where he portrays Hitler, this level is exactly the same, just to bark.
Head of the Public Relations Department of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia Borukh Gorin in an interview with Interfax, he said: “The turn that the discussion of this number took - an attempt to condemn it from ideological or moral positions - seems to me completely inappropriate, since the appeal to the topic of the Holocaust as such, especially with artistic comprehension, when the performers associate themselves with the victims , worthy of all respect and gratitude ... All the condemning reactions that we have witnessed are not just exaggerated, but catastrophically exaggerated ... Talking in 2016 about whether it is worth creating various kinds of works on the Holocaust, it’s all the same, what to argue about whether the wind is needed. It exists, and it is part of the cultural space.”
Daily Mail "replaced" Navka Totmyanina
And the last. The British newspaper Daily Mail, which considered the smiles on the faces of Navka and Burkovsky unacceptable, since they “do not fit well with the monstrous theme” of the Holocaust, managed to make a gross mistake in the material. In the material on the website, under the photo with the explanation “Peskov’s wife is on the right of Putin,” a picture was posted in which Tatyana Navka is not standing next to the president, but Tatyana Totmyanina. She is also a figure skater, also an Olympic champion, but not Dmitry Peskov’s wife, but figure skater Alexei Yagudin. It is clear that the Daily Mail knows little about Russian beauties and Olympic champions. But maybe then it’s not worth talking about what you don’t understand?
Published on 29.11.16 10:29The 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 Andrei Burkovsky performed an ice dance dedicated to the Holocaust in the Ice Age show on Channel One. 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.
The Jewish community approved the scandalous dance of Navka about the Holocaust, and the chief rabbi of Moscow expressed doubt
There is nothing offensive in the speech of Tatyana Navka and Andrey Burkovsky with a number about the Holocaust on the television show "Ice Age", Mark Grubarg, chairman of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg, told Baltika FM.
According to him, some bloggers and journalists artificially "inflated the story" on the topic of insulting feelings after watching the ice show. The speech of 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 there are many excellent films dedicated to the Holocaust. 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, whether the show of Navka and Burkovsky meets the criteria of good taste will become clear after some time.
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 relatives of Nazi concentration camp prisoners before staging 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 you should 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 Totmianina. 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".
On the program "Ice Age" on Channel One, Tatyana Navka and Andrey Burkovsky showed a number about prisoners of a concentration camp. The performance of the artists caused a mixed reaction from users of social networks: some were outraged by it, while others did not see anything offensive in it.
In the episode of the Ice Age show on November 26, Tatyana Navka and Andrey Burkovsky performed the number Beautiful That Way based on the painting Life is Beautiful. Set during World War II, the film follows an Italian woman who voluntarily follows her husband and son to a concentration camp. During the performance, Navka and Burkovsky were dressed in prison uniforms with yellow stars of David on their chests.
The number drew mixed reactions from social media users. In particular, blogger @Lndcalling declared that on Channel One went crazy.
The post got over 500 retweets and many replies. Users mostly condemned the artists and the editors of the TV channel.
But there were also those who stood up for the production.
The judges of the "Ice Age" responded positively to the performance - they rated the artistry and technique of the performance for the maximum six points.
Earlier, users of social networks about the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of one of the most terrible correctional institutions of the USSR - Usollag. The correspondent, speaking about the history of Usollag, described it as a place where the department harvested almost 100 million cubic meters of timber.
And this fall, the administrator of the public about St. Petersburg wanted to originally wish the subscribers a beautiful night, but overdid it and accidentally wished a repetition of the pogroms against Jews in Nazi Germany in 1938 than.
Published on 28.11.16 09:23The performance that caused fierce controversy took place as part of the Ice Age show on Channel One.
A real global political scandal flared up in the media and the blogosphere after the First Channel broadcast of the Ice Age program, where figure skater Tatyana Navka and her partner Andrei Burkovsky showed a number about concentration camp prisoners.
In the November 26 edition of the project, Navka and Burkovsky showed a performance called Beautiful That Way based on the film Life is Beautiful, which is set during World War II. The picture tells about an Italian woman who voluntarily went to fetch her husband. intkbbee and son to a concentration camp.
During their speech, Navka and Burkovsky were dressed in prison uniforms with yellow Stars of David on their chests.
The number on the "Ice Age" with the participation of the wife of the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov was highly ambiguously assessed by the world media.
For example, the American online publication The Huffington Post simply noted that the Olympic champion in ice dancing and actor Andrei Burkovsky took to the ice in the form of prisoners of Auschwitz, and Nicola Piovani's song Beautiful That Way from the film about persecution was chosen as the musical accompaniment for the number. Jews during World War II "Life is beautiful."
In turn, the Israeli publication Haaretz stated that this is not the first time on Russian television when the theme of the Holocaust is used in an entertainment project. The journalists recalled that in April 2016, Russian state television had already apologized for the number in the project "Dancing with the Stars" to the composition of Frank Sinatra's Fly Me to the Moon, which told about the romance of a German soldier of World War II and a Russian girl who was expected to be shot in end of the number.
The performance of Navka and Burkovsky caused a strong reaction in social networks. So, the blogger @Lndcalling said that they went crazy on Channel One.
His publication has collected over 500 retweets and many responses. Most users condemned the artists and the editors of Channel One.
However, there were those who stood up for the number.
In turn, the members of the jury of the "Ice Age" positively assessed the performance, giving the artistry and technique of the performance a maximum of six points.
