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VOICES OF HISTORY
In the cities of Vologda and Cherepovets the X International theatre
festival “Voices of History” took place during June 24th - July 2nd. The
founders of the festival were Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation,
Union of theatre workers of the Russian Federation, Vologda Oblast
Government, Vologda city administration. X International theatre festival
“Voices of History” was held under financial support of the Ministry of
Culture of the Russian Federation that covered the significant part of
expenses of the festival budget.
“Voices of History” is not just the name of the festival; it is its main
subject that is realized in organic combination of theatre art and a
peculiar historical and architectural environment of the ancient city. The
main idea of the plays is interpretation of the Russian history by the
actors and the audience that couldn’t remain indifferent to any of the
performances. It is especially important that the X International theatre
festival “Voices of History” was devoted to the 65th anniversary of the
Great Victory.
By its jubilee the festival gained good results by establishing a high
reputation in the theatre circles of this country and abroad. During 20
years 56 theatres from different cities took part in the competition program
of the festival.
The jubilee X International theatre festival “Voices of History” is a
peculiar one. For the first time the festival theatre plays were showed not
only in Vologda. Five performances from 23 included in the playbill were
demonstrated on the stages of Cherepovets city.
The leading theatre workers of Russia including the Peoples Artist of RSFSR,
a popular theatre and cinema actor Georgy Taratorkin represented the
festival jury. Doctor of Art History, professor, Honored Science Worker of
the Russian Federation Alexey Bartoshevich became the chairman of the jury.
Candidate of Art History, Professor Irina Kholmogorova acted as the chairman
of the expert council.
In competition and out-of-competition programs 16 theatre groups from Moscow,
Saint-Petersburg, Vologda, Zelenograd, Ufa, Veliki Novgorod, Minusinsk,
Kudymkar, Greece, USA and Ukraine took part. For the first time during the
festival history a play – a joint project of the Consulate General of Poland
in Saint Petersburg and Saint Petersburg State academy of theatre art - was
demonstrated in 2010.
The Vologda Oblast was represented by 3 theatres. Vologda awarded with the
“Sign of Honor” State Drama theatre demonstrated a play “Echelon” in
Consistorial court of the Vologda Kremlin. Vologda region theatre for young
spectator showed a play “To forget Gerostrat” by the Pyatnitskaya Tower of
the Vologda Kremlin in the frames of the competition program and inside the
theatre building – a play “Forever alive” (out-of-competition show). A play
“Childhood” by Vologda theatre “Svoy teatr” was included in
out-of-competition program and was demonstrated in Galskys’ manor in
Cherepovets city.
Every day meetings of a press club were arranged in the frames of the
festival. The representatives of all participants of the festival including
the Peoples Artist of SSSR Vasily Lanovoy and Peoples artist of Russia
Evgeny Knyazev, actors of the Bolshoi drama theatre named after
G.Tovstonogov, studio “SounDrama”, American actor and screenwriter Ronald
Rand and other became guests of the journalists.
Under the support of the Ministry of culture of RF a project “New historical
play” was developed at the X International theatre festival “Voices of
History”. It was carried out in the form of creative labs. Express shows of
fragments from modern historical plays in the new for Vologda frame – in the
frame of reading – were staged by young Moscow producers. The actors from
Vologda theatres took an active part in them. The project was completed by a
round table “Historical play today: a trip to the past or a method to
realize the present?”.
On July 2nd a prize presentation of the winners of the competition program
of the International theatre festival “Voices of History” took place. All
the theatres received letters of gratitude, diplomas and gifts.
Special prizes by the Vologda Mayor Evgeny Shulepov were presented to the
group of the Bolshoi drama theatre named after G.Tovstonogov for the play
“Maria Stuart” and to the group of the Academic Malyi drama theatre -
Theatre of Europe for the play “Moscow choir”.
The main festival prizes:
Prizes of the X International theatre festival “Voices of History” for the
plays demonstrated on the open stages received:
The prize after the name of A.P.Svobodin “For revealing a historical event
by means of theatre” - Vologda awarded with the “Sign of Honor” State Drama
theatre for the play “Echelon”, stage director Zurab Nanoboshvili.
The prize after the name of A.V.Semenov “For assimilation of historical and
architecture environment by means of theatre” – “Vedogon’-theatre”,
Zelenograd city, for the play “The Lower Depths”, stage director Alexander
Kuzin.
The prize “For revealing of poetry of Chekhov’s plays in system of spatial
metaphors theatre” – Lvov academic religious theater “Voskreseniye” for the
play “Cherry Orchard”, stage director Yaroslav Fedorishin.
Prizes and diplomas of the X International theatre festival “Voices of
History” for the plays demonstrated indoors received:
“For humane interpretation of the Russian history” – National youth theatre
of Bashkortostan Republic named after Mustai Karim for the play “A Golden
Cloud Spent the Night”, stage director Musalim Kulbaev.
“For delicacy, humor and compassion to a man in the twins and turns of our
history” – Komi-Permyatskiy national awarded with the “Sign of Honor” drama
theatre named after M.Gorky for the play “Sanya, Vanya together with Rimas”,
stage director Sergey Andreev. Sergey Andreev was awarded by a special prize
of the jury chairman – a book on Italian Renaissance.