The Center of Socio-Cultural Programs «People IN» won a grant in the First Competition of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives in 2025 with the project «Concert in the Dark. Inclusion 2.0»
«Concert in the dark. Inclusion 2.0» is an inclusive musical and educational project. Its goal is to popularize the best examples of world musical culture, to get acquainted with world and domestic literary and musical traditions using new forms of performance and demonstration, as well as to develop inclusive forms of creative activity in the creative industry, humanize society and understand the social model of disability.
The events will take place in several regions of Russia. Inclusive «Concerts in the Dark» will be available in the Moscow, Penza, Novgorod and Ryazan regions.
The project is being implemented by blind specialists in absolute darkness, which does not exist in nature. Within this project, people with disabilities can find themselves in different roles: guide, spectator, volunteer or performer. This is one of the main inclusive socially oriented missions of the project.
Nevertheless, there are no restrictions in the musical direction, format and composition of the performers in the project. The only condition for both the speakers and the audience is darkness. The main criterion for selecting performers is professionalism, not the absence or presence of certain forms of disability. Therefore, both people with and without disabilities can become participants.
With this project, we want to create an inclusive environment through musical art that unites different people, promotes the disclosure of creative potential and professional realization of people with disabilities and the preservation of world and domestic literary and musical traditions in modern society.