Parallels

The art festival Parallels, established in 2011, is an annual festival in Norilsk, Russia. The festival has united actors, directors, singers, musicians, painters and photographers from countries along the Arctic Circle.

Different genres of art are presented in the programme, including country and rock music, drama, musicals and sculpturesque theatre.

Parallels recreates the picture of unity and differences in arts of ethnic groups of the Russian North, and their exterior neighbours: Canada, Island, Greenland, the Scandinavian countries and Alaska. Russia is represented by artistic groups, which work on the Northern polar circle latitude starting from the 60thto 70th parallels.