For the first time in the repertoire of the Lviv National Opera and the national opera houses of Ukraine - the premiere of the modern ballet "Know yourself" to music by Dmytro Danov.
On the three hundredth anniversary of the Ukrainian philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda, Lviv National Opera presents a modern ballet "Know yourself".
Our origins and modernity, beginning and end, birth and death, good and evil - the modern production of Vasyl Vovkun is the quintessence of the ideas and thoughts of the great thinker and demonstrates how relevant and timeless they are.
In order to do good to others and drive away evil from them, a person, according to Skovoroda, must recognize good and evil in himself and learn to overcome sin. The true happiness of a person is in himself, it is not in honours, but in satisfying the most necessary needs, so we must try to KNOW ourselves and master this happiness perfectly.
"By knowing himself and the world around him," the philosopher believes, "a person asserts himself, develops his natural inclinations and abilities, chooses his own path and fulfils his earthly destiny with conscious and "kindred" work.
