Master class by Evgeny Knyazev

People’s Artist of Russia, Rector of the Theater Institute. B. Shchukina will talk about the profession of an actor, about working on a role and the Vakhtangov Theater.

Detailed conversation in a dialogue format.

November 19, 16:00.

Duration ≈ 1 hour

The meeting will be held as part of the educational program "Workshop" of the VI Festival "Lessons of directing" Biennale of theatrical art.

Muscovites will be able to attend the meeting for free, but pre-registration is required on the festival website https://urokirezhissury.ru/

Yevgeny Knyazev, the maestro of the Vakhtangov Theatre, who has a unique talent for acting - mobile psychophysics, bright temperament, expressive plasticity, incredible energy and powerful charisma, the idol of numerous spectators, has played more than 30 roles on his native stage, and more than 60 bright films in his filmography.

Born on August 9, 1955 near Yasnaya Polyana (Tula Region). In 1982 he graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theater School (course of L.V. Stavskaya). In the same year he joined the troupe of the Theater. Vakhtangov. Vasily Lanovoy, Yuri Yakovlev and other great theater actors became partners. He played in the performances of Ruben Simonov and Evgeny Simonov, Pyotr Fomenko, Sergei Golomazov and others.

Since 2010, a new bright stage has begun - Evgeny Knyazev created a number of memorable images in the performances of Rimas Tuminas: Arbenin (Masquerade), Domenico Soriano (Filumena Marturano in the play The Pier), Shmule-Sender (Smile to us, Lord), Tiresias (Oedipus Rex), Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky (War and Peace), as well as in productions by other directors: Karenin (Anna Karenina - choreographic performance by Anzhelika Kholina); Serapion Mardarevich Gradoboev (Hot Heart, director - Alexander Koruchekov); Pavel (Benefit performance, production by Vladimir Ivanov); Peppino Priore (Saturday, Sunday, Monday, directed by Silvio Purcarete); Doctor (Woyzeck, director - Hugo Erikssen); Michael Gosselin (Theatre, staged by Olga Subbotina); The Narrator (Vakhtangov. The Way to Turandot - an audio performance-promenade by Vladimir Beldiyan); Daniel (Reverse side of the medal, director Eldar Tramov).

Among the roles of Yevgeny Knyazev in other theaters: Berlioz in the play of the same name by the Theater of Nations, Sevostyanov and Ksey Kseich in Provocations (School of the Modern Play), Barro in V. Fokin’s play Artaud and his Double.

People’s Artist of Russia E.V. Knyazev is a professor, rector of the famous Theater Institute named after Boris Shchukin. He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, and other high awards.