The oxymoricity of сyclization in song performances presented on the modern theater stage

Abstract

The article considers some of the song performances presented as a part of two theatrical productions on Moscow stage: Moscow’s Ermolova Theater musical performance of Dream Orchestra. Brass and stage production Boris hosted by Museum of Moscow. As it is illustrated, some of the songs in each of the stage productions are combined in a way that forms a sort of cycles. However, it is a kind of cyclization which is essentially characterized by oxymoronic nature. Namely the elements of the cyclization find themselves in confrontation with each other. Meanwhile, the paradox is that the oxymoricity highly intensifies the cyclization, for it takes part in creating a complete unity and it even works as a necessary conjunction for the cycle forming. As to meaning forming, the characteristic of artistic creation such as the oxymoricity of cyclization may work as a bright and effective way of representation on stage the versatility of human perception of reality, the complexity of human nature in its actual manifestations; also, it may help to aesthetically comprehend the difficult time, the time of transition, the time that generates abnormal life phenomena, and the time produced by the aberrant phenomena.