Message from Taganka shed inclusive theatre company

Quoting the well-known poem by Nikolay Zabolotsky:
“Do not let your soul be lazy!
So that you are not held behind,
Your soul must work hard
Both day and night, both day and night!”

We all know these lines very well from early childhood days, but how often do we think about them and what they really mean?
In the age of free-flowing information and new technologies, consumerist society and race to get knowledge and diplomas, people tend to forget about the very important part of each person – our inner development.
Kindergarten, school, multiple educational groups teach kids to behave in a very restricted way: this is what is right and this is what is wrong. This is what you need to do to get “satisfactory” marks at school and this is what you need to do to get “excellent”. In such system the child loses the ability to make decisions independently, to express their individuality. But remember, each person has a personality.
That is why the aim of Taganka shed inclusive theatre company is first of all to develop the personality, to help the children learn to make their own decisions, to evaluate circumstances, to share emotions with the surrounding world and to not conform to the system just because. They learn to find a way out of any situation, no matter how difficult, and to stop waiting for someone to do it for them, while they stand lonely in the corner unprotected and unequipped with skills to do it themselves.

Theatre also develops communicative skills, respectful attitude to what others do, to their opinions. The child can learn to present themselves and to behave freely, to be part of the team as the theatre is always one big family.
Of course, we do not expect all our theatre company members to become professional actors, though some of them are already members of Moscow Theatres companies, which we are tremendously proud of. But they will certainly find it easier to find their way in life, to be more confident, open, communicative and interesting members of society.