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ARMENIAN CULTURE MINISTRY DENOUNCES BRITISH DANCER
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, ARMENPRESS: In an unusually
harsh remarks Armenian culture ministry has denounced
today a British choreographer and dancer Nigel
Charnock's entrance to Armenia, describing his two
performances here as 'a low quality art."
" In a statement disseminated to media the ministry
said Charnock, who performed twice at a Yerevan
theater, could hardly be regarded as 'a British
national treasure,' claimed by media in UK. Nigel
Charnock was brought to Armenia by the British Council
and performed his "Frank" performance in the Russian
Drama Theatre on January 31 and February 1.
'The English theater and its traditions are known
to the whole world.. We are sure that the Queen in
London and other ordinary Britons take pride in
William Shakespeare's art regarding him truly as a
national treasure, but it appears that the English
perception of treasures has depreciated drastically
and Nigel Charnock is its best evidence,' the
statement says.
The harsh statement may have been prompted by what
the ministry said was 'disrespectful treatment of
Armenia's national flag on the stage.' "The ministry
wants once again say that it will not tolerate
disrespectful treatment of Armenia's national flag and
other state symbols,"
"Charnock may treat the British flag as he likes;
drop it on the floor, step on it, chew it or swallow
it, but it is unacceptable and punishable by law to
treat that way the Armenian flag," it said.
From: Baghdasarian
ARMENIAN CULTURE MINISTRY DENOUNCES BRITISH DANCER
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, ARMENPRESS: In an unusually
harsh remarks Armenian culture ministry has denounced
today a British choreographer and dancer Nigel
Charnock's entrance to Armenia, describing his two
performances here as 'a low quality art."
" In a statement disseminated to media the ministry
said Charnock, who performed twice at a Yerevan
theater, could hardly be regarded as 'a British
national treasure,' claimed by media in UK. Nigel
Charnock was brought to Armenia by the British Council
and performed his "Frank" performance in the Russian
Drama Theatre on January 31 and February 1.
'The English theater and its traditions are known
to the whole world.. We are sure that the Queen in
London and other ordinary Britons take pride in
William Shakespeare's art regarding him truly as a
national treasure, but it appears that the English
perception of treasures has depreciated drastically
and Nigel Charnock is its best evidence,' the
statement says.
The harsh statement may have been prompted by what
the ministry said was 'disrespectful treatment of
Armenia's national flag on the stage.' "The ministry
wants once again say that it will not tolerate
disrespectful treatment of Armenia's national flag and
other state symbols,"
"Charnock may treat the British flag as he likes;
drop it on the floor, step on it, chew it or swallow
it, but it is unacceptable and punishable by law to
treat that way the Armenian flag," it said.
From: Baghdasarian