1967 » Soviet union » Stage design and costumes

Svaz sovětských socialistických republik

The year 1967 marks the anniversary of the Soviet state. That is why every exhibition small or large, of groups or individuals is connected with the search which marked the half century long trend of development of Soviet art. The exhibit of Decorative Art of the Soviet Union held in March and April of this year in the Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow presented a survey of the principal stages of development in Soviet stage design, of the contemporary situation and the tasks for the future. The exhibit presented an ilustration of the fertile results of the development of stage design in recent years, a trend which went along the road of a free search of the multiple forms of portrayal and use of space, far from descriptiveness and illustrativeness which are characteristic for the naturalistic approach to decoration, without demonstrating original processes without purpose. Stage design today successfully combines the experiences of the Soviet Theatre, confirming the correctness of the principle of art direction which had always governed the Soviet stage, the strive for a generalization of poetic realism, for a maximum stress on the psychological and social essence of the stage work. The majority of artists represented at the exhibition held at the occasion of the Prague Symposium also took part in the Exhibit of Decorative Art in Moscow. Next to the well known artists, representatives of the older generation, such as V. Ryndin (chief designer of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR), A. Lusin (chief designer of the Theatre of Music of K. S. Stanislavski and V. Němirovic Dančenko), I. Sumbatahvili (chief designer of the Central Theatre of the Soviet army), S. Junovich and N. Zolotarev, also young artist, successful in the greatest theatres throughout the Soviet Union: D. Borovski, V. Levental, B. Messerer, M. Romadin, T. Selvinskaja, V. Serebriakov, M. Sokolova, E. Stenberg and others will acquaint the Czech visitors with their work.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• David Borovskij (David Borovsky)

* 02.07.1934, Odessa, Ukraine
Education: At the age of 14 Borovsky began working as a decorator in professional theatres in Kiev
Collaboration with theatres: Kiev: Lesya Ukrainka Theatre, Ivan Franko Theatre; Moscow: Stanislavsky Drama Theatre, Taganka Theatre, Bolshoi Theatre
Continuing collaboration with directors: L. Varpakhovsky, B. Lvov-Anokhin, Y. Lyubimov, L. Dodin, I. Horvai, О. Efremov
Additional information: Born in 1934 in Kijev. Since 1984 he has been a chief stage designer at the Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow. He exhibited in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 (in the exposition awarded by the Golden Triga — the main prize) and in 1979. In 1972 at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad he received a Gold Medal for stage design. Began to work at professional theatre at the age of fifteen, his first sets being designed for a production at the Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre in 1956. Borovsky's talent was especially fully realized in collaboration with director Yuri Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre, at which he has been designer-in-chief for over t h i r ty years. He also worked with such directors as Anatoli Efros, Oleg Yefremov, Valery Fokin, Galina Voychek, Leonid Heifitz, Roman Viktyuk and Andrei Smirnov. He has worked with major drama and opera companies in Russia, Europe and America. His designs are held in the collection of the Bakhrushin Central Theatre Museum. He received the Gold Medal at the PQ'71. at the PQ'75 exhibited in the Soviet exhibition which was awarded the Golden Triga.

Exhibiting works

• : (A Look into the Well ), Dramtěatr 1966
  
  
  
• Nikolaj Dvigubskij

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Exhibiting works

• : (The Life of Saint-Exupéry), Teatr im. Mossověta 1967
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• : (The Italian Straw Hat), Těatr im. Rustaveli 1967
  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Tamara Eliviava

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Exhibiting works

• : (A Masked Ball ), Dramtěat 1966
  
  
  
• : (Once More About Love), Dramtěatr 1966
  
  
  
• Michail Gran

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• Jelena Čajko

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• Andrej Jefremov

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Exhibiting works

• : (Pebbles in the Palm of the Hand), Teatr im. Majakovskogo 1966
  
  
  
• Sofia Junovič

Additional information: Born in 1910, an Artist of Merit of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; a stage designer. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Leningrad. She works for drama and musical theatres in Moscow and Leningrad. Among her best known designs are the productions of A Moon for the Misbegotten and Three Sisters at the Grand Academie Theatre in Leningrad and the ballet Hamlet at the Kirov State Academie Opera and Ballet Theatre. She participated in the Prague Quadrennials in 1967 and 1971.

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• Eduard Kočergin

Additional information: Born in 1937. Artist of Merit of FSRSR. Since 1972 he has been a chief stage designer at the M. Gorky Grand Academic Drama Theatre in Leningrad. He is a chief of Stage Design Studio of the I. J. Repin Institute of Painting, Architecture and Sculpture in Leningrad. He exhibited in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 (in the exposition awarded by the Golden Triga — the main prize) and in 1979. In 1978 at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad he received a Gold Medal for stage design.

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Exhibiting works

• : (The Tzar Whirl ), Těatr dramy i komedii 1963
  

  
  
  
• Michail Kurilko

Additional information: Born in 1923. Stage designer. He engages in educational activities. He collaborates with various theatres.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Old Maid ), Těatr Satiry 1966
  

  
  
  
• Valerij Levental

Additional information: Born in 1938. National Artist of FSRSR. He has been a stage designer at the State Academic Grand Theatre in Moscow. He is a chief of the Stage Design department at the MKHAT School-Studio. He exhibited in the PQ 1967, 1971, 1975 (in the exposition awarded by the Golden Triga — the main prize) and in 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Háry Jánoš ), Muz. těatr im. Stanislavskogo i V. Němiroviča-Dančenko 1963
  
  
  
• : (Romeo and Juliet ), Těatr opery i baleta 1963
  

  

  
  
  
• : (Chovantchina), Narodnaja opera 1966
  

  

  

  
  
  
• : (Don Juan or Love of Geometry), Těatr Satiry 1966
  

  

  

  
  
  
• Taťjana Livanova

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Exhibiting works

• : (Truth is Nice but Happiness much Nicer ), Malyj těatr 1965
  
  
  
• Alexandr Lušin

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Exhibiting works

• : (Dona Juanitta ), Muz. těatr im. K. Stanislavskogo i V. Němiroviča-Dančenko 1966
  
  
  
• Taťjana Ratněr

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Exhibiting works

• : (Youngster ), TJUZ 1964
  
  
  
• Michail Romadin

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Exhibiting works

• : (Naughty Songs ), GABT 1965
  

  
  
  
• Vadím Ryndin ( Vadim Ryndin)

Additional information: Born ta 1902. Stage designer. He devotes himself to educational activities. He was at work with A. Tairov at the Chamber Theatre. He designed stage sets to some N. Ochlopkov's stagings. He acted for many years as principal stage designer of the Great Theatre in Moscow.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Don Carlos ), GABT 1963
  
  
  
• Taťjana Selvinskaja

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Exhibiting works

• : (Warsaw Melodies ), BDT 1967
  
  
  
• Vladimír Serebrovskij

Additional information: Born in 1937. He has been working as a chief stage designer of the Tadzhik Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Dushanbe. He cooperates with a number of drama and music theatres. He participated in the PQ 1967 and in 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Ball of Thieves ), Těatr im. M. Jermolovoj 1966
  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• : (Romeo, Juliet and the Darkness ), Těatr opery i baleta 1967
  
  
  
• Marina Sokolova

Additional information: Born in 1939; a stage and film designer. She graduated from the State Film Institute of the USSR. She has worked at the Sojuzmultfilm Studios and also collaborates with various musical, drama and puppet theatres. She has designed costumes for productions at the Komische Oper in Berlin, where she collaborated with set designer V. Levental. Among her best stage designs are The Girl From the Mountains at the Small Opera and Ballet Theatre in Leningrad, The Tribunal at the Malaya Bronnaya Theatre in Moscow and Panic Among the Girls at the Operetta Theatre in Moscow. She participated in the Prague Quadrennials in 1967 and 1971.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Cow, King and Old Woman in the All-Russian Scale ), Skomoroch 1966
  

  
  
  
• : (Viriněja), Muz. teatr im. K. Stanislavskogo i V. Nemiroviča-Dančenko 1967
  

  

  

  
  
  
• : (Unnecessary Caution ), Těatr opery i baleta 1967
  

  

  

  
  
  
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• Gennadij Sotnikov

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• Enar Stenberg

Additional information: Born in 1929; a stage designer and graphic artist. He graduated from the Surikov Institute of Arts. He collaborates with various musical and drama theatres and is now the chief stage designer at the Mayakovski Academie Theatre in Moscow. Among his most important works are the sets for The Seagull at the Moscow Artistic Academie Theatre /the MKhAT/, Masquerade in the Mossoviet Theatre, The Life of Galileo at the Taganka Theatre and Cinderella at the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Academie Musical Theatre in Moscow. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1967 and 1971.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Galileo Galilei ), Teatr dramy i komedii 1966
  

  
  
  
• Josif Sumbatašvili

Additional information: He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tbilisi. He is the chief stage designer at the Vakhtangov State Academie Theatre and also collaborates with other drama and musical theatres. For the stage sets for The Death of Ivan the Terrible, produced at the Central Academie Theatre of the Soviet Army, he obtained a Gold Medal at the Prague Quadrennial in 1967. He also participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Abesalom a Eteri ), Teatr opery i baleta im. Z. Paliašvili 1966
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• : (Master Puntila and his Servant Matti ), CTSA 1966
  

  

  

  
  
  
• : (The Death of Ivan the Terrible), CTSA 1966
  
  
  
• Vasilij Šaporin

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Exhibiting works

• : (The Minister's Wife ), Těatr Krasnyj fakel 1964
  

  

  
  
  
• Alexandr Tarasov

Additional information: Born in 1927. Trained at the Studio of the Central Puppet Theatre under S. Obrazcov. He was at work at Belorussian theatres and at the Finnish Theatre in Petrozavodsk. At present he acts as principal stage designer of the Moscow Regional Youth Theatre.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Cherry Orchard), Dramtěatr 1966
  
  
  
• : (Všední dny a svátky), MCHAT 1967
  
  
  
• Alexandr Vasiljev

Additional information: Born in 1911, a National Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; a stage designer, painter and industrial designer. He studied at the Memory of 1905 Art School in Moscow. He has designed the stage sets for more then 200 productions in various cities in the USSR. He participated in the création and design of the Soviet Pavillion at Expo in Brussels in 1958 and at Expo in Osaka in 1970. Among his most important stage designs are the sets for Russian classical drama, such as The Fruits of Enlightenment at the Moscow Artistic Academie Theatre /the MKhAT/, Petrograd Dreams and A Last Sacrifice at the Mossoviet Theatre. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1967 and 1971.

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• Věra Zajceva

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Exhibiting works

• : (Kasa Mare ), Dramatěatr 1966
  

  
  
  
• Nikolaj ZOLOTARJEV (Nikolaj Zolotarev)

Additional information: Born in 1915, an Artist of Merit of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; a stage designer and painter. He graduated from the Repin Institute of Painting, Architecture and Sculpture in Leningrad. He is the chief stage designer of the State Academie Grand Theatre of the USSR /the Bolshoi/. Among his most important stage designs are The Story of a Real Man at the State Academie Grand Theatre, Boris Godunov at the Paliashvili Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tbilisi and Virinea and Carmen at the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Academie Musical Theatre. He participated in the Prague Quadrennials in 1967 and in 1971.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Boris Godunov), Těatr opery i baleta im. Z. Paliašvili 1966
  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• : (Viriněja), Muz. těatr im. K. Stanislavskogo i Němiroviča-Dančenko 1967
  

  
  
  
• G. Parusnikova

Exhibiting works

• : (The Insulted and Humiliated ), Dramatičeskij těatr 1966
  

  
  
  
• Boris Messerer

* 1933, Moscow
Specialization: architect
Additional information: Born in 1933. He graduated from the Architectural Institute in Moscow. He is active in graphics, painting and stage design . Among his best known designs are those for productions of A Suite from Carmen and Lieutenant Kizhe and the stage designs for various ballets. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1967 and in 1971.

Exhibiting works

• : (Carmen), GABT 1967