1971 » Soviet union » Stage design and costumes

SVAZ SOVĚTSKÝCH SOCIALISTICKÝCH REPUBLIK

It is four years now sinoe stage designers from twenty countries of the whole world inaugurated their first Prague Quadrennial 1967, four years, four theatre seasons have slipped by, yielding to the scenographers the possibility of searching for new dramaturgie stimulations and fixing up artistic procedures having been verified through bygone work. Four seasons mean new confrontations with stage directors, and with theatres, and with the playgoers, they mean also new faces from among young people that have enlarged the number of scenic designers and are exacting their legitimate claim to la participation in the common work. One of those four years, the year 1970, was within the life of the soviet country quite an exceptional one; it was the year of the l00th anniversary of V. I. Lenin´s birth. That year was fruitful and successful also within the life of our theatres. New plays and stagings with contemporary as well as historic-revolutionary themes have come into being, and in a new way were studied and produced also the best works of the classical repertory. In the selection of works within the scope of the soviet exposition at the Prague Quadrennial 1971 the theatrical life for the past four years becomes reflected in its total variety. The struggle for the development of soviet theatre concerns, the search for new forms being in correspondence with the contemporary stagy art, proceeds on in all genres — in the drama, in the ballet, in the opera. The work of theatres of various nations is characterized by its individuality and by the width of its search. The tradition of the Grusinian theatre, from which its today's successes originate, the masterly skill of the Ukrainian stage designers, the perfect command of materials on the part of Baltic scenographers — all that furnishes proof of vivid theatrical happenings in our country. Some of the participants in the exhibition — who are already self-reliantly at work in theatres — are still proceeding on with their studies at professional schools. These schools — which uninterruptedly supplement the number of stage designers — are numerous and varied. Some ten, twelve years ago a whole group of gifted and courageous artists left the Allunion State Film Institute in order to start work at various theatres. Young people having graduated from the Surikov Institute of Plastic and Graphic Arts work in a very interesting manner. The Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts, the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Film — after all it is rather difficult to enumerate all the existing schools. Many scenic designers of the younger generation do not work solely at theatres, but they give themselves up also to graphic arts, animated and puppet films, sculpture, architecture, frescos, mosaic, casement curtains, exhibition concerns and interior architecture which, beyond any doubt, enrich their means of expression and thereby bring about also their new approach to the solution of theatrical assignments. Our exposition ranges from students up to academic (artists, from twenty up to seventy years old exhibitors. Hence, various generations, various schools and trends of the soviet scenic design are represented here.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Stanislav Benediktov

Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Born in 1944. Scenic designer. He goes to the 4th class of the Surikov Institute of Plastic and Graphic Arts.

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Exhibiting works

• Maxim Gorkij: (Nachtasyl), Studentčeskij těatr Moskovskogo universiteta 1968
  
  
  
• Sergej Barchin (Sergei Barkhin)

* 31.03.1938, Moscow
Specialization: set designer
Education: Moscow Architectural Institute, 1962
Collaboration with theatres: In Moscow: Bolshoi Theatre, Chekhov MXT Theatre, Stanislavsky Musical Theatre, Yuong Spectator's Theatre etc.
Teaching activities: Founder of the Stage Design Department of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (RATI-GITIS) - 1993., Professor
Continuing collaboration with directors: O. Efremov, K. Ginkas, O. Tabakov, G. Yanovskaya, V. Vasiliev
Additional information: Head of Design of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Head of Design Department in the Russian Theatre Academy (former GITIS), Moscow. He participated in PQ 1971, 1975, 1979 and 1987 (Gold Medal to the Exhibition of the USSR). Winner of the OISTAT Architectural Competition.

Exhibiting works

• G. Mamlin: (Also Tschuss!), DSram. těatr 1969
• 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

• Fjodor Dostojevski: (Zpověď mladého muže), Dram. těatr im. Stanislavskogo 1969
• 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.
• 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.

Exhibiting works

• L. Maljugin: (My Mocking Stroke of Luck), Těatr im. Komissarževskoj 0
  
  
  
• 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

• Maxim Gorkij: (The Lower Depths), 1971
  

  
  
  
• 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.

Exhibiting works

• P. A. C. Beaumarchais : (The Mariagge of Figaro), Těatr satiry 1969
  

  

  
  
  
• J. Bock: (Fiddler on the Roof), Bolšoj těatr Sojuza SSR 1970
  
  
  
• Taťjana Livanova

Exhibiting works

• Č. Ajtmanov: (Matčino pole), Russkij dramatičeskij těatr 1968
  
  
  
• 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.
• Taťjana Selvinskaja

Exhibiting works

• J. Edlis: (Cestou), 1970
  
  
  
• 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.

Exhibiting works

• : (Carmen), Muz. těatr im. K. S. Stanislavskogo i V. Němroviča-Dančenko 1969
  

  

  

  
  
  
• Jerry Bock: (Fiddler on the Roof), Komische Oper 1971
  

  

  

  
  
  
• 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

• Anton Chekhov: (The Seagull), MCHAT 1968
  
  
  
• 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.
• Vasilij Šaporin

Exhibiting works

• Fjodor Dostojevski: (Chudí lidé), Litěranyj těatr 1971
  

  
  
  
• : (Dramatická píseň podle N. Ostrovského), Těatr im. Puškina 1971
  
  
  
• 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

• B. Vinogradov - M. Jeremin - K. Měškov: (A Legend About Igor´s Regiment), 0
  

  

  

  
  
  
• 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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• 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

• : (Carmen), Těatr im. Stanislavskogo i V. Němroviča-Dančenko 1969
  

  

  

  
  
  
• Nikolaj Akimov

Additional information: Born in 1901, died in 1968. Stage director, educationist, stage designer. Originator and artistic chief of the Comedy Theatre in Leningrad. He directed the department of stagy painting at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Film.
• Robert Akopov

Additional information: Born in 1938. Stage designer. He was at work in Tula and Novosibirsk. At present he acts as principal designer of Russian Drama Theatre in Talin.

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• Věra Aralova

Additional information: Born in 1911. Scenic designer. She studied at the Moscow Artistic School „In Memory of the Year 1905". At present she is at work in the special line of costume design.

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• Zaven Aršakuni

Additional information: Born in 1932; a painter and stage designer. He studied at the I. Repin Institute of Painting, Architecture and Sculpture in Leningrad. He works for various musical and drama theatres in Leningrad. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.

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• Petr Bělov

Additional information: Born in 1929. Graduated from the Faculty of Stage Direction at the school - MCHAT (Small Artistic Academie Theatre) Studies, and from the Surikov Institute of Plastic and Graphic Arts. He was at work in Rumania and acted as principal designer at the Theatre of the Young Playgoer in Moscow. Today he is principal scenic designer of the N. V. Gogol Theatre.

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Exhibiting works

• L. Žuchovickij: (?), Těatr im N. V. Gogola 1968
  
  
  
• Alla Černova

Additional information: Born in 1935. Costume designer.

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• Viktor Durgin

Additional information: Born in 1937. Graphic artist, scenic designer. Graduated from the Moscow Polygraphie Institute. He was predominantly at work in the special line of graphic art and poster design. He collaborates narrowly with stage director A. Efros on productions at the Lenin Komsomol Theatre and at the Maloj Bronnoj Theatre ín Moscow.

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• Natalja Kirillova

Additional information: Born in 1948. She goes to the 4th class of the Surikov Institute of Plastic and Graphic Arts. She co-operates as costume designer with her mother M. Plachova.

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• Oleg Kočakidze

Additional information: A. Slavinskij, born in 1935, together with Oleg Kochkaidze /born in 1935/ and Jurij Chikvaidze /born in 1934/ are an Artists of Merit of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. All three are stage and film designers, architects and painters. They all studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tbilisi. They began to work for the theatre in 1960 and since then are active in drama theatres in Georgia, Moscow and Leningrad. They also specialize in monumental painting and ammated cartoons. From among their stage design the sets for a production of Robin Hood at the Russian Young Audiences Theatre in Tbilisi should be mentioned, as well as The Exile at the Rust'aveli Theatre in Tbilisi and Don't Worry Mamma, at the Malaya Bronnaya Theatre in Moscow. O. Kochakidze participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.

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Exhibiting works

• A. Rakviašvili: (Robin Hood), Russkij těatr Junogo zritělja 1970
  

  

  
  
  
• N. Kaugver: (Jeleo Ovtrov (?)), Dram. těatr im. Gribojedova 1971
  
  
  
•   Daniil Liděr

Additional information: Born in 1932. He is at work as principal stage designer of the I. Frank Drama Theatre in Kiev.

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• Jevgenij Lysik

Additional information: Born in 1930, a National Artist of the Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic. He graduated from the Art Institute in L'vov. His most famous sets were designed for the ballets Spartacus, The Legend of Love, and Notre-Dame de Paris. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.

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• Mamija  Malazonija

Additional information: Born in 1936. Graphic artist, scenic designer. Studied at the Tbilisi Academy of Plastic and Graphic Arts. He occupies himself with book graphic art and poster design. He is at work as principal stage designer of the K. Mardžanišvili Drama Theatre in Tbilisi.

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Exhibiting works

• P. Kakobadze: (Tsar Bagrov), Dram. těatr (Ruslavi), 1970
  
  
  
• Fjodor Nirod

Additional information: Born in 1907. Studied at the Kiev Institute of Plastic and Graphic Arts. He ist at work as principal stage designer of the T. Shevczenko Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kiev.

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• Marija Plachova

Additional information: Born in 1922. Graduated from the Surikov Institute. She engaged in sculpture. At present she collaborates with theatres in Moscow and in other cities as well.

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• Ivan Sevasťjanov

Additional information: Born in 1920. Stage designer. Co-operates with theatres in various towns. For a number of years he was at work at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. At present he acts as principal stage designer of the S. Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre in Leningrad.

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Exhibiting works

• Aleksei Borodin: (Prince Igor), 1971
  

  

  
  
  
• Světlana Stavceva

Additional information: Born in 1940. Stage designer, disciple of N. Akimov. She co-operates with various soviet theatres. Engages in graphic arts.

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Exhibiting works

• F. Molnar: (Der Teufel), Dram. těatr im. Stanislavskogo 1971
  
  
  
• Robert Bolt: (Člověk pro každé počasí), Dram. těatr im. Puškina 1969
  
  
  
• Simon Virsaladze

Additional information: Born in 1909, a National Artist of the USSR, laureate of the Lenin Prize. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tbilisi and at the All-Union Institute of Applied Arts in Moscow. He began to work for the theatre in the twenties. His best stage designs were made for the ballet productions of Heart of the Mountains, The Stone Flower, The Legend of Love, all at the Kirov State Academie Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad and Spartacus, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker Suite at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. He also designed the costumes for the films Hamlet and King Lear. In 1971 V. Vansalova published a monograph on S. Viriladze at the Sovetski Khudozhnik publishers. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.

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Exhibiting works

• Adam Chačaturjan: (Spartacus), Bolšoj těatr Sojuza SSR 0
  

  

  

  
  
  
• Boris Knoblok

Exhibiting works

• M. Nosyrev: (Das Lied der siegen Liebe), 1970
  

  

  
  
  
• A. Bakirov: (Der goldene Kaumne (?)), Těatr opery i baletu 1971
  
  
  
• Tamara Eliava

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• L. Lenov: (Metelice), 1970
  
  
  
• Igor Ivanov

Exhibiting works

• Carl Orff: (Die Kluge), 1968
  
  
  
• Ljubov Rešetnikova

Exhibiting works

• Michail Čulaki: (Russian Tale), Bolšoj těatr (Moscow), 1971
  

  
  
  
• 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.