A concert in the dark is more than a simple concert. It is a combination of live music and immersive performance. Concerts are held in the dark, which does not exist in nature.It is created specifically for full immersion. In the absence of vision, which we use to perceive 80% of information, other
Journey to yourself
Darkness makes it possible to disconnect from the outside world and hear yourself present. In the dark, all unnecessary things that could distract you disappear. There is just you and the music. Become the director of your inner performance unfolding in your imagination! Let the darkness become a
Social significance
Absolute darkness does not exist in nature. It is only available to blind people who are the creators of this project. For us, darkness is a safe and familiar space in which we act as your responsive guides. This project is an example of a social business implemented by a blind team.
Concert in the dark is an offline project that requires you to be present!
What makes you happy? What makes us closer to each other?
The time of quarantine proved that a person needs a person and real live emotions. Our project is just about this.
CONCERT IN THE DARK
All concerts are held in absolute darkness, which does not exist in nature. You are diving into visual weightlessness, where the perception of music becomes physiological, and darkness — a professional sound architect. In the dark, there is only music and... your imagination.
PERFORMANCE BLINDFOLDED IN THE DARK
These performances take place in a different format, in which the audience puts on blindfolds and stands in the center of the stage. The actors move freely, creating the effect of immersion and presence. Stories are told using voices, smells, and other immersive elements. Performances that focus on the audience's emotions.
All performances take place in absolute darkness, which does not exist in nature. A performance that is born in your head... In our performances, the audience is the director, and darkness is the assistant director. In the dark there is no external light, but there is an internal one...
A performance in which the story is told to all viewers with their eyes closed, not only with the help of the actors' voices, but also with the help of smells, sounds, and touches.
Joseph Brodsky, Maxim Voloshin and Konstantin Balmont walked here. Their works will be performed live, accompanied by accordion and guitar. Sergey Sanatorov
Ethnic instruments with legends collected from different parts of the world, original songs and interactive, where everyone will become part of a musical orchestra. Collective Length of Breath
You are waiting for an immersive touch of mystery and a complete immersion in the atmosphere of this fabulous country, to its uniqueness and awesomeness.
Such a close and such a distant dad. Dad, who is always there. A kaleidoscope of sad and funny stories about the most mysterious person of our childhood.
The concert is an improvisation where two musicians play the piano in absolute darkness, relying on their emotions and feelings!
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29 May | 8 pm | 2200 rub
Sax in the dark
A unique combination - vocals and a saxophone quartet! Jazz hits will find a different interpretation and sound in a new way at the concert. The darkness will allow you to immerse yourself in a new dimension of art, where you can see the musical landscape and disconnect from the outside world.
The performer is «Salvatore band». The lineup: Alexandra Kozlova, Yulia Bykhovets, Nataliya Belova, Maximov Alexander, Maria Zvereva, Vasily Komkov
Director: Timur Kaznov
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
24 April | 8 pm | 2200 rub
Sax 2.0. The city
A unique combination - vocals and a saxophone quartet! Jazz hits will find a different interpretation and sound in a new way at the concert. The darkness will allow you to immerse yourself in a new dimension of art, where you can see the musical landscape and disconnect from the outside world.
The performer is «Salvatore band». The lineup: Alexandra Kozlova, Yulia Bykhovets, Nataliya Belova, Maximov Alexander, Maria Zvereva, Vasily Komkov
Director: Timur Kaznov
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
3 May | 7 pm
Performance blindfolded. It all started with shower curtain
First row: 2000 rub Second row: 1500 rub
The performance is based on the story of Ksenia Stern about a young man Sammy, who works in an old furniture store. One day, Sammy notices an old man with curly glasses sitting in an antique chair. He sits motionless, makes no sound, and disappears as quickly as it appeared. A Ghost, a vision, or a city madman — this is what the audience will find out.
Director: Timur Kaznov Screenwriter: Ksenia Stern Composer: Andrey Kuzkin Sound Engineer: Marina Cherepanova, Tatiana Smirnova Starring: Artem Kuliyev, Ioannina Isaikina, Vasilisa Galsanova, Anton Krainiy, Georgy Antonov, Alice Preobrazhenskaya, Alexander Hitew
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
30 May | 7 pm | 2200 rub
Ethnika in the dark
This concert is a journey around the planet Earth under the author's compositions and legends of the peoples of the world The concert is an interactive experience in which every spectator takes part and creates a concert together with the artists. The concert is a mood based on love of life and philosophical reflections.
Performs the group Length of Breath. Line-up: Augustin Grishin, Sergey Semashko, Yuri Kaplya, Ilya Nikolaev
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
23 November | 8 pm | 1800 rub
When I have something to say!
"I live a life in every song" - Alexey Gerashchenko
If you appreciate the sensuality of soul, the rhythm and groove of funk, a positive attitude as an active lifestyle, then this concert is for you!
Friends, we have great news! Singer Alexey Gerashchenko, a member of the famous vocal group "Moscow Gospel Team" and the show "The Voice", will perform his own musical project. At the age of twelve, he became a prize-winner of the international competition for blind musicians. At seventeen, he was honored to sing in the choir with the great opera diva Montserrat Caballe. The musician has performed with pop stars, participated in TV shows and studio recordings.
You will find soul classics from the repertoire of Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones and Al Jerro; funk from the Average White Band; songs by current pop-jazz stars Gregory Porter and Jamie Cullum; neo-soul from Tom Misha, and many more wonderful and diverse music - you definitely won't be bored!
Performed by: singer and saxophonist Alexey Gerashchenko
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
12+
19 January | 8 pm | 1800 rub
Christmas in the dark
Just imagine: a cozy winter evening in the heart of January, filled with anticipation of the most romantic and sincere holiday of the year: You come to our concert in the company of relatives, friends, loved ones, and we: we give you all our love and create a festive atmosphere!
We read for you deep and beautiful, fateful and timely, wonderful poems like Christmas. Poems by actress Marina Lisovets, in the author's reading, giving answers to many spiritual questions and responding in every hearing heart. And, weaving into a unique mix filled with light, a sense of magic, the fantastic voice of Alexey Gerashchenko, a jazz vocalist and saxophonist, will sound... So, we sing for you a delightful, gentle and passionate, good old jazz!
Have you ever been read poetry? And poems complemented by your favorite jazz compositions and darkness? This is updated version of program with a new instrument - the guitar and new mixes. This time in the dark is almost the full composition of Marina Lisovets's jazz-poetry project "For Love"!
Actress Marina Lisovets is the soul of modern poetry. She will read her own deep poems to you that give answers to many spiritual questions and resonating in everyone's heart. The fantastic voice of Alexey Gerashchenko, a jazz vocalist and saxophonist, will sound intertwined into an unique mix with poetry. The creative duo of father and son – Anatoly and Anton Machulenko (guitar and piano) will emphasize the beauty of meanings.
Line-up: the poet and actress Marina Lisovets, singer and saxophonist Alexey Gerashchenko, guitarist Anatoly Machulenko and pianist Anton Machulenko.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
29 February | 7 pm | 2200 rub
Twins Piano Duo
Igor Sviridov, Max Markov – the Twins Piano Duo team, film composers, professional sound designers.
The concert is new in its format and perception. Piano improvisation is unpredictable, like a live conversation, which depends on the emotional state of the artist. And now imagine that there are two of them in complete darkness, not seeing each other, creating music.
Twins Piano Duo will perform improvisations from their own album "Wanderer" and shape the most comfortable conditions for our visitor to return to his roots, to his inner selves.
31 January | 7 pm | 1800 rub
Melodies Of Naples
Love, the gentle sun and the azure sea are the eternal themes of old Neapolitan songs.
On this wonderful evening, you will hear the famous, amazingly beautiful masterpieces of Italian music. You will hear the world-famous Neapolitan songs, which for many years have not ceased to excite the hearts of listeners, and will allow you to make a bright journey to the shores of fabulous Italy in the dark.
Vocals and musical accompaniment: Sergey Sanatorov
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
17 April | 7 pm | 1800 rub
Melodies Of Naples
Love, the gentle sun and the azure sea are the eternal themes of old Neapolitan songs.
On this wonderful evening, you will hear the famous, amazingly beautiful masterpieces of Italian music. You will hear the world-famous Neapolitan songs, which for many years have not ceased to excite the hearts of listeners, and will allow you to make a bright journey to the shores of fabulous Italy in the dark.
Vocals and musical accompaniment: Sergey Sanatorov
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
8 May | 7 pm | 1800 rub
Memories of the Luxembourg Garden
The Luxembourg Garden is one of the most famous and iconic places in Paris, laid out in 1611 by order of Marie de' Medici. These spaces were supposed to remind her of her homeland, Italy. The Luxembourg Garden has been glorified and sung in their works by many writers, poets and singers.
Joe Dasin, a French singer, composer and musician, noted: "As a child, we launch boats in its central fountain, in our youth we skip lectures and fall in love, and in adulthood we come to remember this."
Writers, poets, and artists loved to come here. Joseph Brodsky, Maxim Voloshin and Konstantin Balmont walked here, whose works will be performed as part of the concert along with compositions by Paulo Pizzigoni, Zhenis Iskakov, Alexander Sukhanov, Igor Nazaruk and Irena Vetchinina.
Famous melodies in jazz performance. Guitar, keyboard, percussion, and of course, velvet vocals. And an easy, witty female stand-up will dilute the event!
Band performing: Jazz Reflection Director: Boris Shaps
Duration:1 hour 30 minutes
1800 rub
On the road to Jericho
Like the Holy Grail, Israel has attracted and excited the imagination of people for centuries.
Absolute atmospheric darkness, the charming soprano of Svetlana Tsvetkova and the mysterious saxophone of Alexey Gerashchenko will allow you to make an unforgettable journey to the shores of the Dead Sea.
You are waiting for an immersive touch of mystery and full immersion in the atmosphere of this fabulous country, to its uniqueness and awesomeness.
In the program: Svetlana Tsvetkova – piano, vocals
6 June | 8 pm | 2200 rub
Duduk in the dark. Life in moments
These are the notes of a happy person. Film of life stages of the concert in the dark: childhood, youth and maturity with the sound of duduk music. Experiences that will resonate with everyone.
«Duduk in the dark. Life in moments 2.0» is a continuation of the cult program and a dialogue between generations. The main characters are the life stages of a person. Experiences that will resonate with everyone!
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
15 May | 7 pm | 2200 rub
Mantras in the dark
The best recipe for wellness! This is a meditation concert where in the dark you may tune out the outside world and hear yourself. Mantras helps to clear your mind and brings inner calmness. And the legends about 3 main Hindu Gods allow to travel through the land of miracles and contrasts - incredible India
The PANGOLIN project performs: Daria Yalinskaya (vocals), Ekaterina Lobanova (vocals), Yuri Kaplya (flute), Alexander Lokhonya (guitar), David Gabrielyan (bass guitar), Ilnar Galiaskarov (percussion)
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
21 September | 8 pm | 1800 rub
VLNY in the dark (Acoustic)
Hits full of warmth and exciting mood, friendly atmosphere and soulful vocals of Dmitry Artemyev under the constant sound of guitar are what you need to meet a beautiful autumn.
Waves of sincere lyrics and honest love songs, permeated with the soft light of romance, sensual melancholy and an unobtrusive feeling of quiet happiness.
The frontman of the band "VLNY" performs: Dmitry Artemyev - vocals, Yuri Kazachansky - guitar.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
3 April | 7 pm | 2200 rub
Armenian duduk in the dark
Authentic concert program of the Armenian duduk.
The artists will introduce you to the folk music of Armenia. National instruments, as well as possible, will guide you through the sacred places of the country, and the darkness will create an invisible landscape of sounds in which you abstract from routine affairs.
The team of the DUDUKIST project is performing: Harutyun Khachatryan (duduk), Alex (vocals), Artem Khachatryan (dhol), Dmitry Ignatov (bouzuki), Marina Selivanova (vocals) Director: Timur Kaznov
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
25 May | 7 pm
Ave Maria
The concert contains the best classical compositions inspired by the ancient prayer to the Mother of God. Immersive musical performance is in the dark.
Performers: Natalia Chernyavskaya (mezzo-soprano) Maria Alumyan (piano) The text is read by Svetlana Tsvetkova
23 May | 7 pm | 1800 rub
Seasons
The concert will feature wonderful music: familiar and beloved romances, Russian folk songs, fragments of instrumental compositions. And the velvet tenor of Sergey Sanatorov will make this evening atmospheric and romantic!
Vocals and musical accompaniment – Sergey Sanatorov.
24 May | 7 pm
My dad
First row - 1800 rub Second row - 1500 rub
Such a close and such a distant dad. Dad, who is always there. A kaleidoscope of sad and funny stories about the most mysterious person of our childhood. We will visit Africa with him and laugh at stupid adults, look into the lion's mouth and fly with an elephant on an airplane. And most importantly, let's talk about Dad, the most unusual person in the world.
The performance is recommended for children from 12 years old and adults.
Director: Egor Salnikov Starring: Egor Salnikov, Anton Krainy, Ekaterina Sysa, Nikita Malyshev Musician: Anna Monakhova
1800 rub
SOUL
Moments are particles of the life of each of us. They can be exciting, joyful, sometimes frightening, but most importantly, they are unforgettable and you want to live them again.
Soul in the Dark is a cocktail of energetic funk, romantic blues with Afro-cube elements and, of course, soul, served with the stories of the brightest moments from each of us and decorated with absolute darkness.
Band performing: Jazz Reflection Director: Timur Kaznov
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
1800 rub
Retro in the dark
At all times, each generation had its own favorite songs, dances, idols. Retro hits are not accidentally popular for many years. These are symbols of an entire epoch that do not lose their relevance today. They are interesting to people of different ages: both the «generation of dandies» and the «generation of pepsi».
Thanks to our concert, on a musical «time machine», the audience will escape from modern workdays and be transported to the years of their childhood, youth. Youth, when eskimo was tastier, the trees were taller and the sky was incredibly blue and bright!
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TO AN EVENT IN THE DARK Please yourself and your loved ones now!
Before visiting events in the dark, read the rules carefully. By purchasing a ticket, you agree with strict compliance of the rules. If you do not comply with these rules, the organizers reserve the right not to let you into the hall and not to return the money for the purchased ticket.
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The darkness
To visit the dark room, you have to leave your bags, mobile phones, and all items that emit light in the lockers. The lockers are secured throughout the event.
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Security
It is forbidden to attend events under the influence of alcohol or drugs. If these conditions are detected, the organizers reserve the right not to allow the violator to attend the event. In order to ensure security, video surveillance is conducted in the dark room.
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Timing
The gathering of the participants starts 30 minutes before the event. If you are late for the start of the event indicated in the ticket, the organizers reserve the right not to let you into the hall.
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Age
Children from the age of 7 are allowed to attend events only if accompanied by their parents. From the age of 12, you can attend the event on your own. The organizers reserve the right to impose age restrictions depending on the content of the event.
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Public order
If public order is not observed, the organizers reserve the right to remove the violator from the event.
Dear guests, beware of frauds, do not buy tickets from individuals.
REVIEWS OF YOUR VIEWERS
If you want to try everything in life, then this definitely applies to concerts in the dark. The unusual format of concerts allows you not only to hear, but also to see music! Despite the fact that there are several dozen people in a small cozy black hall, you feel one-on-one with music and musicians. It seems that this is a cozy party in a circle of favourite friends. These are the tricks the dark does to you. Dive in!
Julia
Concerts and performances in the dark are an immersion in a new space and the discovery of new facets of yourself. When the external light turns off, the internal light turns on. The visual channel of perception is not always the most truthful. Once you close your eyes, the world becomes completely different.
Kira Feklisova
In short, it's cool. Not to say that you will see something completely new. You won't actually see anything. Because it's dark. But what happens in the dark is admirable. The performance «Demon» is about sounds, music, words, and a constant feeling that you are right on the stage, in the center, alone. And everything is happening around. Horses gallop, a demon hisses, someones bargain in the market (it smelled of tangerines), they fight with sabres. I don't know how many pictures were drawn in my head during the performance. But the pictures were beautiful and lively. And there was a very nice concert of Georgian music about Tbilisi. It's like sitting in a dark room with the city living behind the walls. People sing songs, beautiful Georgian songs, talk about something, and you are an unwitting witness. It is very beautiful.
Ivan
Recently, I received a completely unexpected gift for my birthday — a ticket to a concert in the dark!
Doubts, skepticism, even distrust — these are the feelings that arose in my soul at the first moment. However, having overcome internal resistance (and I did not want to offend the friend who gave me this gift) on February 6, after a hard day of work, I was in the very centre of Moscow, on Tverskaya street, 14.
It is very difficult, almost impossible to describe all the feelings and emotions that I experienced that evening to the music performed on the DUDUK! A tornado, a tsunami, just a storm of sensations swept over my troubled soul! My whole life flew by in less than an hour of the concert! I wiped away a tear, remembering happy childhood, and smiled at the emotions of the youth…In the dark, there are no limits to our imagination, only music and... you.
Work problems, household chores — so small and insignificant in the dark.
Now I know exactly where I will rush if I need to clear my mind and rest my soul.
Sabina
Complete and dense darkness. Somewhere you can hear the Megrelian «Asho Chela», the Gurian song of farmers, the folk Suliko and other impeccable Georgian chants. Clean and curly songs like a vine. Your senses are calmed, you can hear your heart beating, and you know that if you try to look up, God is there. The world of blind people is quite different.
Today I was invited to report on the project «Concert in the dark», where the vocal ensemble Saqartvelo performed.
All concerts of this project are held in absolute darkness, where no one and nothing distracts. The project is implemented by the team «Dialogue in the dark. Moscow».
Blind people meet and accompany you. There is nothing to be afraid of, except to be alone with yourself and the music.
At the entrance, you must hand over your phones, watches, and anything else that might distract you in any way. In the dark, there is only you, the music, and... your imagination.
I definitely recommend visiting. You won't see it, but you will feel it.
Andro
It was an amazing journey inside yourself! Or a trip to another world, or another life, or a country... No matter how to call it, but the impression from #concertinthedark #dudukist are incredible! It was a dream in reality, because when the blind guides very confidently, with jokes, brought us to the hall and sat us down, leaving us in complete darkness, I blinked my eyes several times to understand whether they were open or closed! I moved my hands in front of my face, hoping that my eyes would adjust and I would see at least the outline of my hands, but in vain... I sat there all the concert, listening to the amazing music (I have a special, tender love for DUDUK, which arose after traveling in Armenia) and seeing pictures-dreams with my eyes open! This is a must-experience, because when one sense is blocked, others become more acute... and everyone has their own! By the way, the entrance to the hall itself is already a small adventure, because for some it is very difficult to trust someone else, and even a blind person, to take you somewhere, just putting your hand on your shoulder. Before entering, you will be asked to leave your personal belongings (including your watch) in the storage rooms so that nothing can disturb the absolute darkness of the concert hall! Thanks to «Dialogue in the Dark» for the excellent implementation of the project! It's a pity that concerts are so rare and it's almost impossible to get tickets! In my case, it was a gift for birthday, I myself was already desperate to buy!
Ksenia
In the dark, I stopped adding pictures to the sound and stopped hearing music with my ears. The perception of sound has become physiologically different. Not single-channel. It's as if there's been a drastic compensation. Touch, vision began to work on the perception of music.
The most amazing, absolutely crazy moment was when during one song the audience began to applaud in time. This was a new level of «feeling» and intimacy. People who didn't see each other were synchronized in their reactions, actions, and attitudes to what they were hearing.
Natalya Loseva
Those images and pictures that appeared in my head in the dark, due to the lack of real ones… I'm not even sure that in a normal situation my imagination can work like this. Colours, emotions, feelings. This is all our internal, it is not necessary to have a picture.
Cleo Kolpak
The darkness really brings us together. So quickly dialogues between strangers in the light do not start! And the laughter begins to pour out so loudly that in the light you would definitely be embarrassed for your uncontrollable state!
Any Hovakimyan
Here you can fully feel the completeness of music that penetrates you without the participation of other senses, such as vision, when you look at the performers and get into their emotions…so here you rely mainly on hearing and touch... when you start to feel the touch of the bow with the strings, and the voice sounds so piercing that goosebumps begin to rush in a panic from the top of your head to the carpet!
Before entering, all guests are asked to close all items in the lockers that can emit at least some light. Then the guides (all of them blind) accompany the guests to the hall. Behind the curtain is not a hall, but a dark maze that blocks your connection with reality and plunges you into the world of the blind, where you have to trust completely different feelings... and then everything collapses!
Yes, it was so dark that the eye wouldn't get used to it in a few hours...nothing at all... And even if I wanted to turn around and get out now, I couldn't do it, because I didn't know where the exit is anymore.... The only thing that calmed me was the thought that people don't die of panic. But the body said otherwise..my heart was pounding, and I was panting and thirsty. And when I groped for a chair, I wanted not to sit down, but to lie down next to it and crawl in the direction from where we came. It was complicated by the fact that I couldn't remember where we were coming from…
Anastasia Orlova
The first thing that caught my eye is the depth of penetration of the authors of the action into the meaning of what is happening.
From the very entrance, we moved in the semi-darkness, gradually sinking into the atmosphere of mystery, and found ourselves inside of the amazing world presented to us by the authors and organizers of the project. This is a special experience. We had guides in the Dark, guides for whom it is familiar and friendly. We trusted them when they met us at the entrance to the Darkness, although the guide is only a voice, a name, and a warm shoulder on which we put our left hand.
When the voice of the host appeared in the Darkness, I wanted to burst into tears from the rush of emotions. Then came the music… At first, no visual images appeared before the eyes, or rather in the imagination. As the musical events unfolded, a blurry string of amazing images ran before my mind's eye.
When the concert came to an end, we again went the same chain, but in reverse order: the voice, the name and the warm shoulder are also in front, we are behind him. At the exit from the Darkness we were greeted with words: "Welcome back to the light!" If only we could say the same to them in gratitude…
Lada Vdovina
I listened to every sound and seemed to lose myself in it! (I melted in it like a snowflake falling to the ground). I gave myself up to the flight of word and thought. I found myself in the lines of poems and songs. I was present at the center of the events! And that's probably the best part!
Anastasia Malta
This is a visual weightlessness, where everything becomes thinner, is perceived more sharply and very vivid images appear…
Yuriy Kaplya
This is really cool!)) After the concert, I even tried to feel the absence of an image a couple of times…at least mentally…
Maxim Boytsov
Look Not see To be afraid Listen Visualize Sink Lose Travel To fly Admire Feel Feel
Granislava Artemieva
We have an incredible luxury to soak up the beauty of the world around us, but we do not pay attention to this routine. Imagine for a second that you are plunged into a darkness that does not exist in nature. I will remember my personal feelings about this for the rest of my life. I couldn't see the people sitting next to me, but I could feel them. There is a mad desire and childish curiosity to touch everything around. And when the music starts playing, something new lights up in you, as if you've never heard or felt anything like it before.You begin to feel the sounds as something alive and something that can be touched by invisible hands…
Anna Stern
The love of those people who make this amazingly sensory and emotional project is felt straight «from the hanger» and sounds in every sound and word. This is a culture that you want to share…
Darina Ezepenko
It is absolutely DARK. You open your eyes, you close your eyes, nothing changes.
Ekaterina Perelygina
These wonderful people [blind guides], they actually create that very special, intimate atmosphere, an atmosphere of calm and no fear for musicians and spectators. They are guides to a world without light and they do this job perfectly.
LimonCello band
This concert is not only about the darkness and the music: to get to the hall, we had to go through a small maze, which was also immersed in darkness. And in this we were helped by blind guides — people who are oriented in such conditions, and, perhaps, feel in their element there. This way of "holding" a concert draws attention to the problem of accessibility of the environment and equality of opportunities. Unfortunately, we do not know how to interact with people whose perception of the world differs from ours, but thanks to such meetings, it seems that positive changes will not be long in coming.
Albina Kudryakova
It's more than music. More than a way to integrate and develop empathy for people who live in the same world, but in a different way. This is a project about emancipation, about switching the focus of attention from reflections in mirrors to a wide range of ways of knowing time, space, our own capabilities and what human civilization has given us. And there is no physical awkwardness.
Kristina Smirnova
The darkness contributes to the activation of the imagination — there «optimists have dreams come true, the pessimists see nightmares». And under no other circumstances people are able to recognize the positive and negative aspects of their previous behavioral habits so quickly. This new and unexpected awareness serves for subsequent changes.
Olesya
It seemed that if the artists suddenly fell silent and in addition to complete darkness, there would be complete silence — our communication would still continue. Because souls understand each other without words. Emotions so overwhelmed us all that we came out of the dark dumbfounded, unable to contain our emotions. It was... COSMICALLY beautiful!
Olga Sorokina
It was an absolute process. Immersion in the sound, in yourself, the opportunity to stop the hustle and bustle of life for a moment and just be yourself, relax and enjoy the music.
Marina Andrianova
This a good life hack for a date :)
Maxim Igorevich
Total darkness. It is also called pitch black. This is wildly unusual. There is a feeling of complete helplessness. Although there are other people and blind guides nearby. How they navigate in the dark is a mystery to me. Yes, I understand that they are used to walking stick and skills... But still... Such strength of spirit!
Marina Shnar
The sounds took on a different meaning, a completely different one, from what we hear in the light.
Nikita Chernov
Not a single speck of light — just music.
Tamara Ogen
As soon as you sit down in your seat "according to the purchased tickets" and the concert begins, you forget about all your worries and enjoy live music.
Natalya Fedorova
Touch and hearing become more acute, you begin to feel your body in order to somehow understand where you are — at least according to your body. Space and time disappear and you completely trust your senses, not your brain.
Irina Struchkova
It's magic — all the barriers between music and you are erased.
Maksim Pavlov
Personally, I have not experienced so many different emotions in 1 hour for a long time: from fear to utter delight and then peace. Darkness is a great way to discover yourself, although the approach is not quite standard.
Aleksandra Lepilova
You reach a new level of perception, not just listening, but feeling the music with every cell of your body.
Elena Kalashnikova
This is something absolutely cosmic!
Polina Kozina
The music seems to penetrate you.
Ekaterina Holodnaya
I would call this experience at least amazing — hearing and smell are sharpened, and the border between dream and reality is blurred. This is almost a meditative state in which you hear familiar music, and it switches you to a completely different mode.
Albina Kudryakova
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