Is History Shutting Down Culture in Times of Crisis? About the Relevance and Irrelevance of Performing Arts

Abstract

In times of crisis, is history shutting down culture? This is a question that must have haunted our minds as authors and culture hunters as well. The moments we are living right now can stir in ourselves nostalgia for our past daily life, but also can reveal the new substance of the society we have been creating until now. As the most affected by the Pandemic, the performing arts could find in the turmoil and despair of the solitude of the multiple lockdowns a new identity and the confirmation of their own necessity.