Russian American Theatre (RAT) project took two years of my life. Maybe more. Two years in Russia. In 1994 with the 3rd RAT Summer Conference at NYU the RAT died.
The University of Alaska couldn't maintain this International program; Russia got expensive and I ran out of energy. For more details go to my RUSSIAN page.
NYU'94 Russian-American Theatre 3rd conference, see RAT Index Page
Stage reading of DEATH OF VAN HALEN in New York. [Photos of the conference by Mark Sherman, 1994.]
For scenes from the play go to PLAYS
I have two years of the archive materials I collected in Russia (part of my Fulbright job assigment) and I will continue with new pages in the RAT directory.
Theatre-Studios of Russia, the list of contacts, directories, new names. The big theatres are well covered already.
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Garik Chenyakhovsky, Vakhtangov Theatre director, Moscow, and Lev Shekhtman, Theatre in Action, NYU (this group is no longer exists). The Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow has a new (very good) group under directions of Petr Fomenko, who staged my first play in St. Petersburg (Leningrad in 1978) "Smarties" at the famous Akimov Comedy Theatre.
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Pushkino. Interstudio 1992.
Kxusim is probably the best known Russian puppet director, more of the scenes from Interstudio on ACTING page.
Terra Mobile, Vadim Micheenko with his group didn't make it to New York. Rat had no money. Read about them on DIRECTING page. Vadim trained his actors in his own theory of moving points. According to Dr. Micheenko, each movement is created by a single and only spot in a body. Actor defines it and lets the rest of the body follow it. More on mechanics of acting in Acting Directory.
Two shows by Terra Mobile were presented in St. Peterburg for the First and Second RAT Conferences in Russia. "THE OVERCOAT" is based on Gogol's short-story.
If you plan travel to Russia, go to the RAT-Russia where I list the places and theatre groups I recommend. In many cases you should use their home numbers, if you want to get in touch with people. The listing is a part of RAT project "Small Theatres of Russia" -- call before you go, it's okay, tell them that I gave you the number.
If your institution has some money for guests, consider studio-theatres, all it takes is the tickets and accomodations. Most of them are never more than a dozen company members.
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My students -- left, Sven Holmberg (actor) and Daniel Klinfeld (director). Both went to Russia with RAT and now are working in NYC.
Their experiences and writing -- in AMERICANS IN ST.PETERSBURG, the magazine we were publishing in Russia.
[image]Click on pix and go to SPECTATOR, the most interesting for me aspect of theatre theory. I believe that all the answers to acting, directing writing for theatre are there. Spectatorship is the foundation of all professions. Unfortunately, since I don't teach such a class, I keep it as a research only, but using the formulas and principles in all my courses.
Spectatorship is ACT and EVENT. Viewing this web page is a performance. You are the author already! All you have to do now is to learn how to make others into AUDIENCE.
Cast, Crew, Studies -- "3 Sisters" discussion egroup, subscribe and become a members of Chekhov Virtual Theatre Production in Alaska! Read, write, see and add links, images, polls!
I mixed American an Russian actors. We did translations as workshops. We did the shows in two languages...
I placed the Russian texts to help me to translate "Four Jokes and One Funeral" -- UAF Fall 2005 show.
"In all the years of its existence, the Golden Mask Festival has been nothing if not a study in contrasts – no other Russian festival embraces as fully the multiplicity of the performing arts. Once a year, for just over two weeks in spring, the best Russian opera singers, ballet dancers, dramatic actors, directors, conductors, puppeteers and other sundry performing artists gather to show their stuff and compete for the coveted Golden Mask award.
... All productions in the competition premiered during the 2003-2004 season
and have been selected for participation by one of two boards of experts –
one for dance and musical theater, another for drama and puppetry. The
award winners will be announced during a ceremony at the Mossoviet Theater
on April 11.
Because of its reputation for being a showcase for theater from all over
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beyond the pale of the media glare in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In the
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maintained this year. Nine cities, ranging from the cultural centers of
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This year the Golden Mask will conduct the most extensive range of special
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and forums where we can discuss matters of the Golden Mask, culturological
research and discussions about the future of theater,” says Eduard
Boyakov, a founding member and the festival’s former general director who
remains active in festival affairs.
For the sixth year running, the Russian Case – a festival within the
Golden Mask – will make it possible for approximately 100 guests from 31
countries to take in an overview of important Russian productions of the
last two seasons in a short period of time.
***See the Dance, Opera, Theater and Gigs listings for the full Golden
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Russian Stories (Russkie Rasskazy): A Dual-Language Book
by Gleb Struve (Editor)
Twelve superb tales by Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Bunin, other masters. Excellent word-for-word English translations on facing pages. Also teaching and practice aids, Russian-English vocabulary, biographical/critical introductions to each selection, study questions, more. Especially helpful are the stress accents in the Russian text, usually found only in primers.
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