In the forefront, ballet dancers in blood red costume, while just behind them the symbols of an eastern superpower: the hammer and sickle. That's what the program and poster for the III Sacrum-Profanum Festival looks like. Its' main subject will be the creative art of the best Russian musicians of the XXth century, presented in novel interpretations by well known, excellent artists.

The Festival will end on a high note: in the old Mill in Nowa Huta, 'Romeo & Juliette' will be presented in a version prepared by Maciej Sobociński. The play will be performed to the music of Prokofiev's ballet. It will be a multimedia presentation, utilizing film projections, and also mixing Prokofiev's music with modern tunes. Recently, the organizers of the Festival were out searching for young lovers who might be interested in taking part in the film projections that will accompany the play. This certainly promises to be an interesting sight. In any event, over the top performances in post-industrial settings have become the norm for this Festival, and they are very welcome. Prokofiev composed the ballet to Romeo & Juliette in 1935, at the behest of Moscow's Great Theater. The music was composed very quickly, over the summer. The beginning of Semptember saw Prokofiev's musical score featured before a test audience. Utimately, the directors of the theater claimed the music c