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Theater of Lev Dodin in Moscow. Tour of the Lev Dodin Theater in Moscow 2017 will be held in September-October and will be presented with performances: "Hamlet", "Three Sisters", "Cunning and Love", "Enemy of the People", "Life and Fate", "Demons". Theater of Europe Lev Dodin is located in St. Petersburg (Small drama theatre), where in 1975 Dodin's first performance was released - "The Robber" based on the play by Karel Capek.
Lev Abramovich Dodin - Soviet, Russian theater director, teacher, theatrical figure. He was born in 1944 into a professorial Leningrad family. He became interested in theater at school, attended the Leningrad Theater Youth Creativity at the Palace of Pioneers. Then there was study at the theater institute on the course of Boris Zon, years of work as a second director at the Youth Theater with Zinovy ​​Korogodsky, teaching at LGITM and K (Leningradsky State Institute Theater, Music and Cinematography), joining MDT in 1974, where Lev Dodin is an artistic director. On the stage of the Maly Drama Theater, such performances were staged as: "Home", "Brothers and Sisters" by F. Abramov, "Lord of the Flies" by W. Golding, "Demons" by F. Dostoevsky, "Love under the Elms" by Y. O Nile, " The Cherry Orchard”, “A play without a title”, “The Seagull” by A. Chekhov, “Chevengur” by A. Platonov, “Molly Sweeney” B. Frida. In 1995, at the Salzburg Easter Music Festival, the opera Elektra by Richard Strauss was presented, staged by Lev Dodin which was a great success in the West. It was the first performance abroad. Now one performance follows another: Queen of Spades" in Florence and Amsterdam, "Katerina Izmailova" in Florence, "Mazepa" at "La Scala" (conductor M. Rostropovich), "The Demon" at the Chatelet Theater in Paris, etc. Lev Dodin's creative baggage includes more than fifty productions on the stages of Russian and foreign theatres. In September 1998, the Lev Dodin Theater received the status of "Theater of Europe" and became the third after the Odeon Theater in Paris and the Piccolo Theater in Milan. Laureate of State Prizes, Laureate of the Golden Mask Prize, the theatrical prize "Europe to Theatre", the independent Triumph Prize, the Prize of the President of Russia in 2001, the Laureate of numerous prestigious international awards. Outstanding Director Lev Dodin puts on performances about wanderings human soul, tirelessly cultivates in himself and the actors the desire for truth, each of his performances on the MDT stage is necessary and not accidental. Theater of Europe Lev Dodin relies on a superb troupe of actors. Today, the main part of the theater includes students of Lev Dodin of different years: Tatiana Shestakova, Pyotr Semak, Igor Ivanov, Natalia Akimova, Sergei Vlasov, Sergei Kuryshev, Natalia Fomenko, Irina Tychinina, Vladimir Seleznev, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Danila Kozlovsky, Daria Rumyantseva and many others big names. Theater of Europe tickets.
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Just the other day, I learned that there is such a thing as the Union of Theaters of Europe - an association of theaters in Europe, which is fed by the European Commission and the French Ministry of Culture. My attitude towards this phenomenon is ambiguous.

On the one hand, it is good and right that significant amounts are spent on bringing culture to the masses, expanding horizons, acquainting residents of various countries with world artists and their work. So that different cultures get acquainted with the world structure of representatives of other cultures, in each of which people have their own, special way of interacting with the outside world and with each other (and a foreign language has absolutely nothing to do with it, we are talking exclusively about psychosomatics). On the other hand, this, of course, is all very subjective, because the title of “theater of Europe” in our country, it turns out, is the Maly Theater (Wikipedia is our everything!), And he, in my opinion, is as far as possible from Russian culture. There are more and more show-offs of the administration and attendants, and pretentious actors who exist on the stage separately, on their own, who do not want to interact in any way with partners on the stage (they will get dirty more!). The actors of the Maly Theater live in the world of themselves-the Great, and they don’t need anyone else and nothing. They already know that they are brilliant, and the whole world loves them, because it cannot be otherwise. There is nothing Russian there, and how can a union Different countries Europe to decide which theater smells of Russia, and which does not? By what parameters? The length of the nose?

Therefore, when I found out that I had bought tickets not to an ordinary Russian theater, but to a theater that bears the title of European, I immediately thought that, apparently, its belonging to European quality standards would be expressed in the external environment: hall, service, interior ...

The dressing room in the theater is located even before the entrance - in a spacious dressing room where you can sit down, relax, recover from the road and calmly, slowly, delve into your purse and find the treasured ticket. The downside is that, despite the long instructions on the Internet for using electronic tickets, in reality everything looks different: at the entrance there is a list, you say your last name and you go through. And there was nothing to frighten people that they would have to prove with a huge number of documents that it was you who bought the ticket, and not someone else.

The administration does not give the promised tickets instead of electronic ones, this upset me: there was no precious piece of cardboard with a torn control left as a keepsake, the program is still not the same, it does not bear the imprint of time.

It must be said that the theaters of St. Petersburg, unlike those in Moscow, in their architecture fit very well into the general appearance of the city. Still, Peter is already almost Belgium, though very shabby, drooping, with paint peeling off the walls and romantic cracks in all the houses. But Belgium is already Europe, not us)) Finding a theater in this city is not easy, unless, of course, you know exactly where it is. Theater buildings do not stand out in any way, they do not try to shout to the whole world about their exclusivity (and our brick is redder!). On the one hand, it seems to be good that the city administration cares about its appearance, on the other hand, there is nowhere to show creativity, it's sad will not be allowed).

The Maly Theater turned out to be “small” not only in the name: a small cozy lobby, a small hall, a tiny corridor with sketches of costumes on the walls, an unusual bust of Chekhov, portraits of all theater workers, not only actors. On the portraits of faces from the stage, beautiful Russian word"artist", for which the theater from me personally a huge human thanks. Everything is very modest, restrained, but tasteful. There is no piling up and pretentiousness, like Kalyagin's, at the same time they did not abuse the brown color (the walls are painted with plain white paint - cozy and light), which, with its heaviness in the same Moscow Art Theater, creates the impression that you are not in a theater, but in a coffin, only pin the lid. MDT is bright, clean, joyful, the audience is different, there is a decent amount of foreigners. By tradition, not all the guests turned out to be cultured: there were still people who wished to take off their shoes in the auditorium.

The service staff is a charm. Everyone was very polite, attentive, moderately courteous, at the entrance they called me “Irochka” (a complete stranger!), While they were looking for my name in the list of emails. My mood, of course, immediately rose. Giving flowers to artists on stage is as comfortable as possible: the theater has special buckets of water where you can leave a bouquet, and at the end of the performance, theater workers bring all the flowers left in the foyer into the hall and distribute to the audience, there is no need to run around the theater and look for where you left gift to your favorite artist. It's very nice!

For guests of the country, on a special scoreboard above the stage, the performance is translated into English language. It’s better for a Russian person not to read this - SUCH A Blow to the Psyche! Clumsy English is killing Russian culture, but what can you do? It is necessary to somehow convey the plot to foreigners, well, at least through “clean and no-drink” (this is about “a talented person in Russia”, although in America the phrase “ talented person cannot remain clean and sober in Russia” generally sounds like “A man of genius cannot be a saint in Russia” - there are no words, only interjections ...), what can you do? Then in the foyer at the issuance of coats, everyone vigorously discussed "Ankle Vanya" as a mockery of Russian classics. It is understandable - it is a shame for the state, but where is the alternative? On another it is impossible.

The hall of the MDT theater is more like a hall of a small cinema. This is a very big minus. Our halls for film broadcasting have the ability to grow in breadth (because the white canvas is visible from all seats), while for the theater stage there are unified unspoken guidelines: you can infinitely increase the number of rows, but not their width. The theater hall should be elongated or have a rounded stage, otherwise those sitting on the side seats will not be able to see what is happening in the performance. In the MDT theater, in my 3rd place from the edge, I learned what it is to sit on the SIDE. In the Vakhtangov theater, side is when you can see absolutely everything, but if you really don’t want to look at something, then you can deviate a bit and turn your attention to something else. In the MDT theater, I didn’t even sit from the very edge, but I couldn’t see for about a quarter of the performance - the prop table completely blocked us from what was happening in the back of the stage. Probably, the girls sitting next to me in the first two places could see even worse. The hall of the MDT theater is unnecessarily expanded - this is a significant minus. But the seats are entertaining - you lower it and the back rises.

After the end of the performance, I was in no particular hurry to go anywhere, but I didn’t stand in line for clothes, I got everything right away. Lucky.

In general, I had a very pleasant impression of the theater, I would like to visit it again, but, unfortunately, it will be very problematic - I live very far away. But now I will complain less about the fact that it’s hard for me to get to Vakhtangov - by bus + metro with two transfers (with a bouquet of flowers in a crowded metro - absurdity-ah-ah ...). It's still not 8 hours on a train with minimal amenities and maximum fares.

But in my plans for the future, I have a new note: at the first opportunity to get out to MDT. This is a useful thing.

I will not talk about the performance itself yet - this is a topic for a separate entry.

I really don't like to rate, but in this case, I want to add another small fly in the ointment. So far I give the theater "5-", and a minus - for the excessive emotionality of the theater administration in the responses on Facebook. We must be more restrained, gentlemen.

Created in 1944 by the decision of the regional executive committee Leningrad region. Until 1956 it was mobile.
In 1973, a student of G. Tovstonogov, E. Padve, became the chief director of the theater, who attracted the young director L. Dodin to cooperate. In 1975, Lev Dodin staged the play "The Robber" based on the play by K. Chapek at the MDT, and in 1983 he became the artistic director of the theater. Almost every performance of the theater staged by Dodin became an event in theatrical life in the country and abroad.

Theater marked:
State Prize of the USSR ("House" and "Brothers and Sisters" based on the novels of F. Abramov, 1986);
Laurence Olivier Award ("Stars in the Morning Sky", 1988);
Regional English Theater Award (1992);
State Prize of the Russian Federation ("Gaudeamus", 1993);
Italian Theater Award UBU (1993);
Prizes of the BITEF International Theater Festival in Yugoslavia ("Claustrophobia", Grand Prix, Audience Award, "For the Best Director" - L. Dodin, 1995), "Golden Mask" (1998-2000, 2002, 2003, 2004) and others .

He has toured in more than 60 cities around the world, participated in the most prestigious international festivals, including in Avignon, in 1994 he opened the renewed Russian Seasons in Paris.
In 1998 it was given the status of the Theater of Europe.

I love art, but for a long time I bypassed the theater, not risking to face the meaningless, tiresome fuss on the stage, preferring the Hermitage and concert halls where you can get in touch with the masterpieces of world art. MDT freed me from prejudice against the theatre.
In the performances of this theater, several planes of perception were originally laid down - emotional, conceptual, aesthetic. Therefore, it is not boring to watch them several times. The actors play in such a way that the distance between them and the audience disappears, and you find yourself drawn into the action, empathizing with what is happening on stage. As a rule, a few days after watching the performance, perception intensifies. Through the immediacy of first impressions, the idea and concept begin to emerge, more and more meanings are captured.
I was sure that it was impossible to experience the same delight in the theater as in concert halls while listening to music. The game of Igor Ivanov and Peter Semak convinced me of the opposite. Igor Ivanov captures immediately, from the first seconds of his appearance on stage. The enchanting artistry of Lebyadkin is perceived as a flash against the gloomy background of what is happening in Possessed. Professor Serebryakov in "Uncle Vanya", who has inner dignity, enters the stage as a winner and leaves it as a winner. The roles of Igor Ivanov, it seems, lack only a pedestal, the very one that raises art above reality. The highest level of play when created artistic image achieves not only maximum reliability, but also absolute completeness. It's a pity the actor doesn't play much now.
Pyotr Semak fascinated me not immediately, gradually, from performance to performance, from role to role, as his magnificent talent was revealed. An actor with rich natural gifts, with a strong artistic temperament, who masterfully masters the means of his craft, knows how to create completely different images, each with its own unique individuality, has different manners of performance - conceptual, precisely adjusted, and spontaneous, free, improvisational. In his performance, I saw two different Vershinins, Astrovs, Leonts, Lirs, different in mental make-up, character, manners. When his artistic temperament is completely liberated, there is a feeling that the action on the stage is happening here and now, you experience overwhelming delight, mentally connecting with the actor. The game becomes life, and life becomes a game, the discrepancies cannot be distinguished. And maybe at this moment the theater begins to enrich and expand life.
Talented attracts, be it music, painting or theater. But the picture and music are already written, it is impossible to influence them. And the theater is, in fact, a mystery. And it's not just about collective ecstasy. Actors in some incomprehensible way capture the impulses emanating from the auditorium. The performances are filled with vital vibrations, new angles and meanings appear in them. By changing, they begin to live for real.

The Maly Drama Theater was opened in 1944 in Leningrad, when most of the theater groups were evacuated. Created by the decision of the Regional Executive Committee, the theater had neither a specific creative program nor its own home. A small troupe gave performances in the towns and villages of the Leningrad region. A cardinal change in the repertory policy of the MDT occurred in 1973, when the theater was headed by Yefim Padve. He relied on serious dramaturgy and invited young directors to cooperate, among whom was Lev Dodin. Gradually, the theater began to gain fame in the city and popularity among the intelligentsia.

The first work of Lev Dodin at the Maly Drama Theater was in 1974 the play "The Robber" based on the play by K. Chapek. He attracted the attention of the public and critics with the originality of the solution and the novelty of the stage language. This production was followed by others: "The Tattooed Rose" by T. Williams (1977), "Live and Remember" by V. Rasputin (1979), "Appointment" by A. Volodin (1979). The premiere of the play "House" based on the novel of the same name by F. Abramov in 1980 marked the birth of a special artistic phenomenon, later called the Dodin Theater.

In 1983, Lev Dodin became the chief director, and since 2002 - artistic director and director of MDT. In 1984, the play "Brothers and Sisters" based on the novel by F. Abramov was born, which made up a trilogy with "House". For 30 years of its life, the performance has visited all European capitals, was shown in the USA and Japan, was awarded many awards (USSR State Prize in 1986, the award "The Best Foreign Performance of the Year in Great Britain" (1991), the Italian theater award "UBU" (1995) "This work embodies the main features of Lev Dodin's creative method - depth, naturalness and truth. The first generation of students - Tatiana Shestakova, Pyotr Semak, Sergey Vlasov, Sergey Bekhterev and others - established themselves on the stage. Thirty years later, a new generation took over their baton in the performance In March 2015, the premiere of the second edition of the dilogy "Brothers and Sisters" took place with the participation of young MDT artists.

In 1988, the first big tour of the theater took place abroad. The resounding success of "Stars in the Morning Sky" in the UK and "Brothers and Sisters" in France marked the beginning of MDT's international recognition. In 1994, the Government of France awarded Lev Dodin with the Order of Literature and Art of officer dignity "for his enormous contribution to the cooperation between Russian and French cultures." In 1998, by decision of the General Assembly of the Union of European Theaters, the MDT was given the status of the Theater of Europe. Today, only three theaters in the world have this status - the Odeon in Paris, the Piccolo Theater in Milan and the Maly Drama Theater in St. Petersburg.

Most of Lev Dodin's performances have a happy stage fate. "Stars in the Morning Sky" by A. Galina (renewed with a new cast in 2016) - winner of the British Laurence Olivier Award, Gaudeamus based on the prose of S. Kaledin (relaunched with a new cast in 2014) - winner of the French theater and music critics award , the Italian UBU award and State Prize Russia. Demons, the legendary theatrical epic from three performances based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, which celebrated its quarter-century anniversary in December 2016.

The Maly Drama Theater is a regular guest and participant in prestigious theater festivals. The theater trains young directors and actors from the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Spain, Hungary, Scandinavian countries.

Since 1998, MDT has been taking part in the annual Festival of the National Theater Award of the country " golden mask". In 1998, "The play without a title" was awarded the National Prize "Golden Mask" in two categories - " Best Performance and Best Director. In 2000, "Chevengur" based on the novel by A. Platonov was awarded the prize in the nomination "Best Director's Work", "The Seagull" was named the "Best Performance" in 2002. In 2003, the Moscow Choir, based on the play by L. Petrushevskaya, won the Golden Mask in the nominations for Best Actress and Best Large Form Performance. In 2004, "Uncle Vanya" received an award for " best work Director and Best Actor. In 2007, "King Lear" was awarded the "Special Jury Prize" and awarded the Mask for "Best Artistic Work". In 2013, the play "Deceit and Love" was awarded the Golden Mask for "The Best Work of an Artist" and named the best performance. In 2014, The Cherry Orchard was awarded the Golden Mask in the nomination "Best Large Form Performance". The performance "Hamlet" participated in the "Golden Mask" competition in 2016 in five nominations. "Best Large Form Performance", "Best Director", "Best Actress", "Best Supporting Actor", "Best Actor".

The basis of the MDT troupe is Dodin's students of different years: People's Artist of Russia, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR Tatyana Shestakova; People's Artist of Russia Igor Ivanov, People's Artist of Russia Sergey Kuryshev, People's Artist of Russia Ksenia Rappoport, Honored Artists of Russia, laureates of the State Prize Natalya Akimova, Sergey Vlasov, Tatyana Rasskazova; honored artists of Russia Natalya Fomenko, Anzhelika Nevolina, Irina Tychinina, Igor Chernevich, Oleg Dmitriev, Vladimir Seleznev, Maria Nikiforova and many others.

In 2007, with the arrival of the last-year graduates Lev Dodin, the MDT troupe was replenished with bright young talents. Today it is impossible to imagine new performances without Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Danila Kozlovsky, Oleg Ryazantsev, Stanislav Nikolsky, Elena Solomonova, Ekaterina Kleopina, Urshula Malka and many others.

IN recent decades MDT remains one of the recognized leaders in the world theatrical process. Theater performances were shown in almost all corners of the globe - in more than sixty cities in Europe, Australia, South and North America, Southeast Asia, and today about the level of Russian theatrical art foreign viewers judge, in many respects, by the performances of MDT.