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In February, the Golden Mask 2017 festival starts in Moscow - a landmark event that gives each of us a unique opportunity to see the best performances of the past year from all over the country.

"Golden Mask 2017" is a large-scale festival with a very rich program. the site, according to tradition, before the start of the festival presents the schedule of dance performances within the festival and notes those that we strongly recommend to visit.

Romeo and Juliet, Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater

Where: Musical Theater. K.S. Stanislavsky and Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko

The ballet score of "Romeo and Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev is one of the brightest interpretations legendary history- has been used more than once by the most eminent choreographers. Vyacheslav Samodurov, who made the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater an object of close attention of professional critics, had to create something of his own - and this time even on a somewhat frightening scale. And the point is not only in the scale of the ballet itself (we know the choreographer well for his amazing one-act acts), but also in the dates: the 125th anniversary of Sergei Prokofiev and the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.

The performance was nominated for this year's award in as many as 7 nominations, including "Choreographer's work". It is interesting that another work by Samodurov - "Undine", shown at the Bolshoi, is presented in the authoritative category "Ballet / Performance".

All paths lead to the North, Ballet Moscow Theater

The premiere of this production took place there - at the Center. Sun. Meyerhold in early July. Choreographer - Belgian Karin Ponties, who is known for gives freedom of action to dancers, and pays most of the attention in organizing work to improvisation. In the case of the play "All Paths Lead to the North", the male part of the troupe had to try on improvisational talents. 7 men, never leaving the stage, create a raging but controlled chaos on it, mating with each other in the most incredible positions, alternately throwing out individual dancers from the composition. And it is completely incomprehensible how the choreographer and the dancers managed to do all this: thoughts, ideas, interpretations, and the dance itself are intertwined in such a close knit that it is impossible to take something out of context.

From the Depths ... (Artist Vincent Van Gogh), Theater for the Young Spectator, Kazan

Where: MTYUZ

In our subjective opinion, "From the Depths" is a performance with a very simple, but at the same time, for some reason, so exciting and attractive idea. Artists of the Tatar Youth Theater in their 16+ performance try to present and immediately depict everything that could be happening in the head of a great artist. For this they use all facets of the performance and the Japanese Butoh dance, which, by the way, puzzled some Kazan journalists who came to the premiere to report. By the way, last year another participant of the festival, Taya Savina, also used her butoh, who presented a sticky black-and-white performance 3T at the last Open Look. Both productions are presented in the nomination " Modern dance/Play".

Five + Theoretical Model of Absolute Freedom

Where: Center them. Sun. Meyerhold

If we add the word “regional” to the term Contemporary dance, it will not diminish its significance in the least, but, on the contrary, will give it “zest”. Five, staged by the Omsk dance theater "nOga" and "A theoretical model of absolute freedom" by Olga Pona, danced by the artists of the Theater of Contemporary Dance from Chelyabinsk, are re-examining the capabilities of the human body. Each in a different way, as it should be. Both performances are among the nominees, and they will be shown on the same day at the most suitable Moscow venue for this - the Sun. Meyerhold.

In order to form a list of this year's nominees, experts watched 614 performances.

Several performances of Moscow theaters may become the owners of the Golden Mask. Among them, for example, "Russian Novel" by the Mayakovsky Theater, claiming an award in the nomination "Large form performance". This original variation on the theme of the novel "Anna Karenina" combines the biography and work of Leo Tolstoy, episodes of his works and moments personal life... Mindaugas Karbauskis, who directed the play, was nominated for the award for the best directorial work. The prize for the best actress can go to Evgenia Simonova, who plays Sofya Tolstaya. Among the contenders for the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is Tatiana Orlova, and for the work of a playwright - Marius Ivashkevicius.

"Duck Hunt" of the Et Cetera theater is also presented in several nominations. Vladimir Pankov will compete for the title of the best director, who has already become a laureate of the Golden Mask in 2015 with the play Machine. The prize for the best male role can be received by Anton Pakhomov, who played Zilov, and among the contenders for the prize for the best work of the artist Maxim Obrezkov.

Among the nominees as a performance of a large form was "Bald Cupid" of the Moscow Theater for Young Spectators, which has already received two awards "Crystal Turandot". Film director Sergei Barkhin and lighting designer Alexander Mustonen are competing for the Golden Mask.

The nomination "Opera / Performance" includes "Katerina Izmailova", "Condemnation of Faust" and "Rodelinda" The Bolshoi Theater... Prize winners can be directors Rimas Tuminas, Peter Stein and Richard Jones, conductors Tugan Sokhiev and Christopher Moulds, actors John Dashak (Sergei), Dmitry Beloselsky (Mephistopheles), Saymir Pirgu (Faust), Richard Burkhard (Garibald) (David ), Paul Nylon (Grimoald), Nadia Michael (Katerina Lvovna Izmailova), Ksenia Dudnikova (Margarita) and Ruxandra Donose (Edviga).

The best opera of the season can also be "Doctor Haas" of the "Helikon-Opera" theater. Denis Azarov is nominated for the award for director's work, for the best actress - Lydia Svetozarova (Gretchen), and for the best actor - Vitaly Fomin (young Gaaz).

2017 projects and out-of-competition programs

The project of the new season of the festival will be the "Mask Plus" program, which includes extraordinary performances from theaters in different cities of Russia. It is supervised by Andrey Pronin, Pavel Rudnev and Vera Senkina.

The Theater Institute will be dedicated to the education of young professionals and research modern theater... The performances for the youngest spectators will be shown by Children's Weekend, curated by Alexei Goncharenko and Marina Shimadina. The Russian Case project is addressed to foreign critics and producers, curated by Alyona Karas and Kristina Matvienko.

As part of the Golden Mask, another festival will be held - “ Golden mask ” in the town". The theater will go beyond the usual space, open to the city, and become available to literally everyone. The venues for the action will be streets, cafes and office buildings.

In addition, during the festival, cinemas in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities will show live broadcasts of several performances. This will become possible thanks to the program “ “ Golden mask ” to the cinema".

First laureates

The first winners of the "Golden Mask - 2017" were announced in December. They were determined by the Union of Theater Workers of Russia. Outstanding Contribution to Development Awards theatrical art were awarded the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhova Oleg Tabakov, People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Etush, soloist Mariinsky theater Irina Bogacheva and artist Alexandrinsky Theater Nikolay Marton.

The Art, Science and Sport Charitable Foundation was awarded in the nomination “For Supporting the Theater Arts of Russia”.

The award ceremony will be held on April 19 on stage Musical theater named after K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.

The Golden Mask: History

The Union of Theater Workers of Russia established the Golden Mask in 1993. The first presentation ceremony took place two years later. Initially, the award was in Moscow, and it entered the All-Russian level in 1996.

The prize itself - a figurine (a face in a masquerade mask) on a mirror surface in a frame - was developed by the Russian set designer Oleg Sheintsis.

Performances are selected by two expert councils. One works with productions of the theater of drama and puppet theater, the second - with opera, operetta, musicals and ballet. The expert councils and jury of the Golden Mask include actors, directors, playwrights, choreographers, critics and many others.

Today there are six main competitions: "Competition of Drama Theater Performances", "Competition of Opera Theaters", "Competition of Operetta / Musical Performances", "Competition of Ballet Performances", "Competition of Puppet Theater Performances", "Experiment Competition".

There are two main nominations in the competition for performances of a drama theater - “Best performance in large form” and “Best performance in small form”. Also, prizes are awarded for the best director's work, the best work of the lighting designer, the best female and male role, and others.

It was not easy for the experts to nominate candidates for the Russian National Theater Award. To do this, they watched on stage and in recording 614 drama and puppet shows, as well as 325 musical performances from more than a hundred Russian cities.

In the center of the festival, of course, is the competition program. It will be complemented by out-of-competition projects designed to expand the panorama of today's theater. Thus, the "Mask Plus" program presents bright, original performances from different cities. "" Golden Mask“In the cinema” is a show of performances in live in the cinemas of the country. "" Golden Mask "in the city" - the exit of the theater from theater buildings into everyday environment. The performance can take place right on the street, in a cafe, in a shopping mall, in the space of an office center. The project of the Theater Institute is dedicated to the training of young theater specialists and the study of theater as a multi-layered, living and developing phenomenon, inextricably linked with culture and society.

The Russian Case program, specially created for theatrical figures from abroad, will include the brightest premieres of the season and performances of the competition poster. And "Children's Weekend" includes performances for young viewers of all ages.

The main intrigue competition program it is, of course, who will become the owner of the prize in the main nomination - "Drama / Performance of a large form". The performances of the titans of modern directing will compete for it: "Russian novel" by Mindaugas Karbauskis, "Hamlet" by Lev Dodin, "Thunderstorm" by Andrey Moguchy, "Bald Cupid" by Henrietta Yanovskaya. Their young colleagues are not lagging behind - in the same nomination "Duck Hunt" directed by Vladimir Pankov, "The Raven" by Nikolai Roshchin, "Emptiness" by Talgat Batalov are announced.

St. Petersburg is leading in the program of the Experiment competition in terms of the number of performances, among the participants - the Engineering Theater AXE, the Masterskaya Theater under the direction of Grigory Kozlov, the post theater Dmitry Volkostrelov and the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.

This year's opera program is rich in performances from the regions of the country. In addition to the St. Petersburg one, troupes from Perm, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Samara and Astrakhan apply for awards. Program classical ballet compared to last year, it has more than halved: only five performances are participating. But in the nomination "Contemporary Dance" nine performances by interesting groups are presented - the St. Petersburg project of Tai Savina, the Kostroma company "Dialogue Dance", the Moscow "PO.V.S.Tantsev", the Vologda company "O" She TheARTe "and others.

The Golden Mask will open with a screening of the opera Carmen of the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater on stage. The festival will end on the same site - on April 19 the winners will be awarded here.

"War and Peace. The beginning of the novel "in the" Workshop of Peter Fomenko "

The incomplete first volume of "War and Peace" directed by Pyotr Fomenko - a sensation in 2002

In 2002, the largest harvest of Golden Masks was gathered by the “Workshop of Petr Fomenko”. A four-hour production of War and Peace. The Beginning of the Novel "according to the first volume of Tolstoy's epic was named the best performance of a small form, Pyotr Fomenko received an award for directing, and Galina Tyunina - for the best female role. Jewelry directing and polyphony of meanings, delicacy and high style, trademark lightness and accuracy of actors who are able to play energetically and cleanly, as if composing on the go - the performance has absorbed everything for which Fomenok is adored. In its current form, the production is somewhat different in terms of the composition of the performers, however general atmosphere and the energy of the presence of the master is miraculously preserved even several years after his death. “Pyotr Fomenko's Workshop” received “Golden Masks” several times - not only for “War and Peace”, and many of the awarded performances are in full swing in the repertoire with overcrowded halls: “One absolutely happy village” (“Golden Mask” 2001), “ Triptych "(2011) and" A Midsummer Night's Dream "(2016).

"Rothschild's Violin" at the MTYuZ

The Bitter Parable of the Old Undertaker

All three performances by Kama Ginkas based on Chekhov's stories received Golden Masks. The Black Monk (2001), The Lady with the Dog (2003), Rothschild's Violin (2006). And all are in the repertoire to this day. The latter was awarded twice: in the nominations "Best Performance" and " Best Job artist "(Sergei Barkhin). In the center of attention is the old gloomy silent undertaker (Valery Barinov), who had just buried his wife and is now recalling life among the coffins of all sorts. The lyricism of crystal purity, which is gradually hatching somewhere deep inside the hero, is capable of breaking through reinforced concrete.

"The Imaginary Sick" at the Maly Theater

Moliere's comedy directed by Sergei Zhenovach

The last play by the great comedian Moliere, as directed by the realist master Sergei Zhenovach, became not so much a satire on charlatan doctors as a touching story of bizarre resistance to loneliness. In 2007, the production with the leading artist of the troupe Vasily Bochkarev in starring received the Golden Mask as best performance large shape. This is not the only Maly Theater performance that was awarded the highest theatrical prize - in 2004, the special jury prize was awarded "Truth is good, but happiness is better" by Ostrovsky, also staged by Zhenovach.

"A weary family" in the "Studio of theatrical art"

Conservative theater at its best

The author's theater by Sergei Zhenovach is one of the most popular in the city, while it is completely devoid of external signs of the present. Here they stage classics, mostly Russian, mainly in the costumes of the depicted era and strictly in accordance with the plot. But the reason for the popularity is not only and not so much in the deliberate choice of a niche of the good old theater, but in the rare level of skill, which not only makes crowds of spectators fall in love with the theater, but was repeatedly noted by experts and the jury of the Golden Mask. Prize winners in different years became "The Battle of Life" according to Dickens, "The Potudan River" according to Platonov and the very first performance of "STI" - "Depleted Family" according to Leskov. In the latter, young artists, who then (in 2007) had just received their diplomas, in 4 imperceptibly flying hours, damn reliably and endlessly touchingly live the entire history of a single noble family of the last century.

"Shukshin's Tales" at the Theater of Nations

Evgeny Mironov and Chulpan Khamatova in a play that brought together innovators and traditionalists

The best Russian performance in the 2008/2009 season, according to the Golden Mask jury, was staged by the Latvian Alvis Hermanis. "Shukshin's Tales", staged with eminent Russian actors - Chulpan Khamatova and Yevgeny Mironov - is a terribly funny and well-cut performance, it consists of scenes from the life of the Russian outback, which the artists specially traveled to study.

"Uncle Vanya" at the Theater. Vakhtangov

Outstanding performance by Rimas Tuminas starring Sergei Makovetsky

After Uncle Vanya (2009 premiere), no one had any questions about the appointment of Lithuanian Rimas Tuminas to the position of artistic director of the Vakhtangov Theater - this was not the director's first work on the famous stage, but it is from her that the era of the Vakhtangov Renaissance should be counted. Psychologism, traditional for Chekhov's performances, is combined with the tragic grotesque that Tuminas loves so much, and the metaphoric nature of Lithuanian directing in general. In the role of Voinitsky - Sergei Makovetsky.

"CookCafe" W. Shekpere "of the" Shadow "theater

All Shakespeare in one menu

You come to a cafe, take one of five tables, choose one of Shakespeare's many plays instead of food from the menu (however, you can order food later too). When everyone has made their order, the performance will begin: in a small nativity scene for the guests, five selected plays by the English bard will be performed this evening in the format of an ultra-short retelling by the forces of hilarious puppets. A team of playwrights and the author's team of the best puppet theater in Moscow - the "Shadow" theater, worked on the creation. Tickets for the performances of this theater cannot be bought, but you can order and wait for notification of upcoming shows. William Shakespeare's CookCafe received the Golden Mask in 2015 as the best puppet theater performance. A similar award was given to their play "The Epic of Lilican" five years earlier, and it also survived in the current repertoire.

"Ouch. Late Love "at the School of Dramatic Art

An absurd action movie based on an old-fashioned play - with disguises, electric shock and blood

The work of Dmitry Krymov and his students from GITIS is an absurd action game with ridiculous disguises, bloody battles and dances - based on a completely forgotten play by Ostrovsky. That is, literally according to the play, and not, as usual with Krymov, according to the psychedelic vinaigrette from the whole world cultural heritage at once. At the exit amazingly it turned out to be one of the funniest performances, if not of the new time, then at least of the season; in confirmation - two "Golden Masks" of 2016: for the best performance and the best female role (Maria Smolnikova).

In the same year, the theater “School of Dramatic Art” brought another performance “The Golden Mask” - an amazingly beautiful acoustic canvas of ancient noise apparatus “Sound Landscapes” by composer Peter Aidu, recognized as the best in the “Experiment” competition. In addition, of all the performances of "Dmitry Krymov's Laboratory" in today's SDI repertoire, there is another winner of the "Golden Mask", and also in the "Experiment" nomination - this is "Opus No. 7", a black-and-white hand-made illusion about Shostakovich.

On February 4, the Golden Mask festival will open in Moscow, a landmark event in theatrical Russia. For his sake, one can briefly forget Serebrennikov and Bogomolov, who never leave the posters, in order to see another, but no less talented theater. The theater of cities with non-sounding names, in which it seems to exist not "for", but "in spite of".

From a long list of nominees, we have selected must-see performances: you should rush to imported ones immediately, you can wait with Moscow ones. However, not for long.

What will they bring

1. "Three sisters"

Theater "Red Torch", Novosibirsk, dir. Timofey Kulyabin

Already known to the Moscow audience, Timofey Kulyabin (# sonnetshekspira, “Elektra” in the Theater of Nations and, of course, “Tannhäuser”) in his “Three Sisters” made a bold attempt to dress the hackneyed material in a new form - depriving the heroes (literally) of the speechlessness. The actors speak the real language of the deaf and dumb, which they have been specially trained for during the year. With a deafening muteness, Kulyabin rethinks communication and reveals a paradox to the viewer: it is in silence that the truth is revealed. The Prozorov family, fenced off from the outside world with a blank wall, is a family of the 21st century with all the accompanying paraphernalia: sticking into smartphones and the measured hum of the TV. In the performance, Kulyabin turned off not only the sound, but also the spatial framework - as in Trier's "Dogville", the boundaries here are barely marked with a chalk line. “Three Sisters” is a subtle psychological work with the audience in the sense that throughout the entire four-act performance one has to put up with one's “normality”, and at some moments even be ashamed of it.

2. "Young guard"

Theater "Masterskaya", St. Petersburg, dir. Maxim Didenko, Dmitry Egorov

The plastic theater master Maksim Didenko is responsible here for the first part ("Myth"), which is similar in techniques to "Cavalry": a combination of expressive well-coordinated choreography and vocals. "Myth" is an attempt to recreate the aesthetics of the 40s: here is Stalin's speech, and Soviet songs, and the selfless murder of a fascist. The second part ("Document") was created by Dmitry Egorov - in a more restrained, but no less powerful format - documentary theater based on real evidence of the war. Such a discouragingly abrupt transition from a spectacular oratorio ballet to a sharp one, tied to serious realities of psychologism, exacerbates the effect, re-opening the novel of the same name by Fadeev.

3. « Hamlet»

Small drama theatre- Theater of Europe, St. Petersburg, dir. Lev Dodin

There are two things to know about this show. First: Lev Dodin, starting from Shakespeare's play, wrote his own - about decaying modernity. Second: the role of Hamlet was entrusted to the main handsome man on the TV screen, Danila Kozlovsky. Two hours without intermission Lev Dodin reflects: “Z Do those who do evil know that they are doing evil? Are they healthy or insane? Can a madman be aware of his madness? What drives our actions - the desire to do this or the tragic impossibility of doing otherwise? And maybe each of us - creating what we create - in his own way Hamlet? In a word, today the riddle of the great humanism of the great Hamlet again requires, if not a solution - it is, apparently, impossible - then at least one more attempt at comprehension. This story poses more and more questions before us.».

4. "Seagull. Sketch"

Drama theater named after F. Volkova, Yaroslavl, dir. Evgeny Marcelli

The director, who has glorified more than one provincial theater, took up material that was significant for Russian drama, which he had never seen before. And so dangerous: what new can be invented for almost a century of existence of the play? But Marcelli succeeded: having decided the performance in the pop genre of carnival, he presented to the public a farcical vision of the bohemian get-together of our days.

5. "On the other side of the curtain"

Alexandrinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, dir. Andriy Zholdak

Ukrainian director Andriy Zholdak freely dispensed with not only the textbook text of Chekhov, sending the Prozorov sisters to 4015, but also let the viewer into the sacred space - beyond the ramp line, seating the audience right on the stage. Video art turns the scene into a forest, then into space, the characters reveal spicy, completely non-Chechian moments in their biographies, and love triangles take on more complex forms here, but the radical version does not neglect the essence of the play. It would seem that in the 41st century the sisters will certainly manage to leave “To Moscow! To Moscow! ”, But the memory of the resurrected turns out to be stronger than fantasy - melancholy, despair and hopelessness will not leave the Prozorovs even in space.

What is already going

6. "Russian novel"

Theater them. Vl. Mayakovsky, Moscow, dir. Mindaugas Karbauskis

"Russian Novel" is the result of a talented tandem of director Mindaugas Karbauskis and playwright Marius Ivashkevichius, who wrote a subtle play about the great Russian - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy. The Lithuanian playwright, demonstrated the ability to work with different principles of plot formation: the play consists of 12 parts with echoes, motives, and sometimes whole lines from the works of Tolstoy - "Anna Karenina", "The Devil", "Father Sergius". Real biographical facts from the life of the writer are woven into the literary fabric. In essence, this is an attempt to reflect on the fragility between imaginary and real worlds. The mentor in this confusion of fiction and life is Tolstoy's wife, whose role went to the brilliant Evgenia Simonova.

Where and when:Theater them. Vl. Mayakovsky, February 16, 24, March 4, 25

7. "Sasha, take out the trash"

Center them. Sun. Meyerhold, Moscow, dir. Victor Ryzhakov

Viktor Ryzhakov staged an anti-war play by Ukrainian Natalia Vorozhbit. The plot is as follows: two women dissuade the husband and father who have already died in the war to go on a new mobilization, calling even the dead. The absurdity of the situation thickens huge amount household details that reduce the degree of seriousness of important conversations, and the smells and noise of food being prepared in the background trigger a terrible mechanism of involvement. A piercing and sad performance that the connection with a person does not stop even after death.

Where and when:Center them. Sun. Meyerhold, February 22, March 22, April 4

8. "In my own words"

SDI, Moscow, dir. Dmitry Krymov

The school of dramatic art is a real artist's theater, in which the permissible instrumentation is more and more unpredictable from time to time: on stage, actors can diligently cut something, get entangled in a kilometer-long heap of ribbons, pour paint on each other and lead three-meter puppets. "In my own words" is an attempt to explain in a childish way the adult books - "Eugene Onegin", " Dead Souls". There are plans to stage performances on Chekhov's Sakhalin and even Marx's Capital (Onegin was nominated for The Mask). "In their own words" - for lovers of strong visual action and those who are ready to experiment and rethink the classics.