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THE DIRECTOR OF YEREVAN STATE THEATRE OF PANTOMIME IN SHOUSHI
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/2963-en598
Thursday, 17 January 2013 15:00
Director and actor of Yerevan state theatre of pantomime Yuri Kostanyan
conducted courses in the building of Narekatsi art center of Shoushi
from January 5 till 13.
The participants of the one-week course were the young actors of
Stepanakert state drama theatre and the state theatre after Mkrtich
Khandamiryan of Shoushi who are now second-year students of Yerevan
State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography.
According to Yuri Kostanyan the children of Artsakh are cut off from
the hectic theatrical life which prevents them from perceiving the
diversity of the theatrical world but, according to him, the aspiration
the youths have is quite satisfying.
Comparing the way he passed with the first steps of today's young
actors the director remembered his own first steps in the theatrical
world. ~SAt first I did not imagine at all I could choose the actor's
career as it seemed a remote and sacred mission to me, I thought how I
could rank among such actors as Mher Lazarian, Xoren Abrahamyan, Sos
Sargsyan. That is why I entered the department of economic cybernetics
of Yerevan State University, then I was a senior scientific worker. I
was at quite a mature age when I went to Moscow and asked Leonid
Yengibaryan to let me participate in their rehearsals as only after
watching rehearsals one can enter the theatrical world and feel the
true taste of theatre. And later in Lithuania due to Modris Tennison
I got familiarized with the secrets of pantomime.
Yuri Kostanyan says that pantomime is closer to him. ~SThrough
words man tries to present himself better than he really is while in
silence people are more perceptible. I think each masterpiece of art
was created in silence or from silence.~T As a director, however,
Yuri Kostanyan also uses music in his performances.
According to him up-to-date performances must be staged so that
the spectator could find himself in the performance. ~STheatrical
life lies in eternal searchings,~T the director says and recalls,
~SOnce I wanted to stage Lermontov's ~SMonster~T. When I started
the preparations I understood it was irrelevant to today's spirit,
I changed several extracts and in the end I found out that nothing
of Lermontov's ~SMonster~R remained.
Yuri Kostanyan is going to visit Artsakh in summer to conduct the
regular courses and check the tasks the youths have.
From: A. Papazian
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/2963-en598
Thursday, 17 January 2013 15:00
Director and actor of Yerevan state theatre of pantomime Yuri Kostanyan
conducted courses in the building of Narekatsi art center of Shoushi
from January 5 till 13.
The participants of the one-week course were the young actors of
Stepanakert state drama theatre and the state theatre after Mkrtich
Khandamiryan of Shoushi who are now second-year students of Yerevan
State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography.
According to Yuri Kostanyan the children of Artsakh are cut off from
the hectic theatrical life which prevents them from perceiving the
diversity of the theatrical world but, according to him, the aspiration
the youths have is quite satisfying.
Comparing the way he passed with the first steps of today's young
actors the director remembered his own first steps in the theatrical
world. ~SAt first I did not imagine at all I could choose the actor's
career as it seemed a remote and sacred mission to me, I thought how I
could rank among such actors as Mher Lazarian, Xoren Abrahamyan, Sos
Sargsyan. That is why I entered the department of economic cybernetics
of Yerevan State University, then I was a senior scientific worker. I
was at quite a mature age when I went to Moscow and asked Leonid
Yengibaryan to let me participate in their rehearsals as only after
watching rehearsals one can enter the theatrical world and feel the
true taste of theatre. And later in Lithuania due to Modris Tennison
I got familiarized with the secrets of pantomime.
Yuri Kostanyan says that pantomime is closer to him. ~SThrough
words man tries to present himself better than he really is while in
silence people are more perceptible. I think each masterpiece of art
was created in silence or from silence.~T As a director, however,
Yuri Kostanyan also uses music in his performances.
According to him up-to-date performances must be staged so that
the spectator could find himself in the performance. ~STheatrical
life lies in eternal searchings,~T the director says and recalls,
~SOnce I wanted to stage Lermontov's ~SMonster~T. When I started
the preparations I understood it was irrelevant to today's spirit,
I changed several extracts and in the end I found out that nothing
of Lermontov's ~SMonster~R remained.
Yuri Kostanyan is going to visit Artsakh in summer to conduct the
regular courses and check the tasks the youths have.
From: A. Papazian