ART
me from talking about him. His name is
Stepan Zvezdin.
Stepan mentioned that he would apply
for a grant from the Prokhorov Fund, and
asked me what I would like to stage…
After thinking about it, we decided that
this should be a piece based on the
Ostrovskiy’s play The Snow Maiden. I invited
the composer Alexander Manotskov,
already familiar to me (we have a long
joint history), Oleg Zhukovskiy – the plastic
director, and Anton Bolkunov – the artist.
Regardless of the fact that A. Manotskov
positions himself as a composer existing
for music and for the good of music only, I
see him as a very theatrical person. When
I asked if he wanted to do something
in theatre at the level of conception, to
experiment on something, he responded
with a willingness to try. And a long work
season began.
which I observed, very great masters and
experimenters have come to this theatre.
Semyon Alexandrovskiy staged a play.
Lyosha Lobanov – the artist – works
perfectly. Maxim Didenko’s play is released.
For the Russian market these are very big
director names.
Julie: How did it happen that a
Kazakhstani director staged a play in
Russia? How does it work in the theatrical
world?
Galina: It doesn’t t come easily, and it’s
the first time for the Golden Mask award.
The status of the Mask is the national
clearly understand the meaning of the
national prize of Russia.
I have worked for two years in the
Russian theatre as a director by contract,
without changing citizenship. Before,
when prizes have been considered for
works in festivals with other countries
participating, these works have usually
never won any awards. This applies
not only to Kazakhstan, but also to
other countries. The plays have been
considered, but not nominated, because
the objective was to grow up their
directors in Russia.
Sasha became acquainted with the actors
through a casting. He held workshops
where actors mastered a new method for
sounding in plays. Sasha worked on the
score as well, and when it was completed,
Sasha introduced it to me as the director.
The material turned out to be “against all”.
The Old House is a unique theatre,
known for its many experiments and
excellent direction. For the two years
Russian theatre prize. It is so established
and highly esteemed that Russians’ works
are nominated and the prizes viewed as
distributed with a reputable fairness that
isn’t questioned. And so this award takes
the theatre to a whole new level in the
country. The most serious theatre, in my
opinion, exists today in Russia. And the
Golden Mask has contributed to this level,
as well as the people who created this
award. Many theater critics and experts
have directed and significantly influenced
the overall growth of theatre in Russia,
based on trends and development of
the theatre world market. This is why I
But in this year the Golden Mask
experienced a metamorphosis, some
innovative approach, which perhaps
guided the jury. In this year, the prizes
were distributed among representatives
of other countries and production groups
that included foreigners. Apparently, it
is time to recognize such works. In this
sense, one of the foremost institutions is
the theatre. Otherwise, it will not survive.
You can take a look at our theatre, to
which directors from different countries
come to stage performances.
I cannot speak about it yet, but we in
ARTiShock are currently preparing a joint
project with one of the leading theatres of
supported by EUROBAK
79