Head of the Moscow Department of Culture resigned – Independent Newspaper

The head of the Moscow Department of Culture resigned

Press and Information Department of Culture of Moscow

 

Yesterday, Sergei Sobyanin accepted the resignation of the head of the Department of Culture of Moscow Sergey Kapkova, this was said at the meeting of the presidium of the city government. The mayor announced Kapkova gratitude for his great contribution to the development of metropolitan culture – “to improve the performance of the Moscow museums and libraries.” And he called the name of his successor. They became the head of the Department of Cultural Heritage Alexander Kibovsky. Obviously, private retirement and was the culmination of the very personnel decisions that Sergei Kapkov week ago promised to surprise the public.

  
 

The last (or one of the last) important decisions now ex-head of the Department of Culture has been providing “Workshop Dmitry Brusnikina” one-year residency at the Theatre Roman Viktyuk.

  
 

Theater receive additional funding and “additive” – ​​encumbrance in goszadanie and talented graduates of Moscow Art Theater School – conditions for rehearsals and stage and about a year – exactly as much time as long as it is assumed that residency – on a quiet development achievements. Although the policy in respect of the capital Kapkova theaters flat or even can not be called successful, this decision should recognize the wise. In the “Workshop Brusnikina” really talented guys who might soon (and timely support) will give the city a new team like the legendary “Pyotr Fomenko Workshop” or Studio of Theatrical Art Sergei Zhenovach. Autumn Sergei Kapkov attended the premiere of the last performance of “Workshop” – “Red Cavalry” the stories of Babel, apparently was satisfied, or at least interested.

  
 

It is interesting that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin thanked Kapkova for specific achievements – in the renewal of museums and libraries, just leave out the theatrical reform Kapkova. It is possible that it is difficult and controversial decisions Kapkova in theaters and led him eventually to resign. Suffice it to say that the first thing promised Kapkov, leading metropolitan culture – is to return to Moscow eminent theater director Anatoly Vasilyev. At some point Vasilyev commissioned by the Department of Culture of Moscow has prepared a concept of his laboratory, but still remained on paper – Kapkov has expressed willingness and readiness to allocate required, however, and a lot of money. Rather crudely done was reshuffle in Moscow theater. Gogol, where Kapkov appointed new head of Kirill Serebrennikov, and although this decision was at least interesting and very soon bring obvious benefits in the form of new plays, but the dismissal of the former artistic director Sergey Yashin was clearly made without compliance with ethical and hygienic minimum. But then, unfortunately, the Department of Culture of Moscow did not adhere to the same principles of openness, and the results of a new artistic director and remain unknown: Yashin was removed because of low attendance. If attendance became much higher when the new leader – and remains a mystery.

  
 

However, the same fact: in Moscow there was a first theatrical center of the new formation.

  
 

Attempts Kapkova connect several theaters under one head, obviously slow down due to the fact that the head of the holding company appointed a person clearly does not have the experience of successful leadership at least one theater. As a result of innovative activity on one flank followed by failures on others. However, at the federal level in few places is possible to carry out such reforms painlessly and effectively.

  
 

The very Kapkov its undoubted success considers fleet renewal, and here in solidarity with him and Muscovites themselves.

  
 

During the three and a half years Kapkov changed the aesthetic landscape of the city: ennobled parks, turning them from paradise beer stand in the place of “culture and recreation”, where on weekdays and on weekends people really began to spend time. Another of his creation – the house of culture, unfashionable, where parents did not want to keep their children. Now – on the contrary, the attendance of cultural centers is growing, they just started to Muscovites “third place” (after home and work), where you can spend your leisure time. The last big project – the library, where the reform was carried out during the last year.

  
 

Of course, Kapkov was unusual manager: to replace the conservative policies of the former unit of the Department of Culture came to an active policy, but very often – which has no coherent concept or the more the system. However, the popular choices, as well as unpopular, but which enhance the glory of a boss who like no one of the main tools in our work done PR. He came up with its personnel reserve tag – “agents of change”: flashy, brightly! Finally created a brand “Sergei Kapkov” and became the most popular official in the government of Moscow. As they say, methyl vice mayors (no surprise there), but the appointment did not take place. Say, why he resigned. Nobody will be surprised if, after returning from vacation Sergey again surprise us with his new position.

  
 

About his successor, we can say that this is a very educated man, with an excellent academic background and experience in the hardware work. The author of the research work on the history of military costume, and ironic study of the historical truth in Nikita Mikhalkov’s “The Barber of Siberia” (alas, in the film, from the point of view of the expert, everything – not true). Most of the work in the public service, he worked on the protection of monuments, including the federal structures. Alexander Kibovsky announced that the revolutions in the department and is not expected that all the initiatives already launched in the work of his predecessor, he intends to bring to the final point. Well, on its own initiative likely Alexander said in the near future.