the Mighty appeared on the screen in the usual black baseball cap and all of a sudden black gloves. He sat at the computer, clicked on the keyboard and managed the entire process. Only thing missing was a mask on the face. “Today, when we are all scattered with virus as never increased the value of human contact, – with these words the artistic Director of the BDT began the presentation. – The profession of an artist involves collective creativity, the exchange of energy with the audience. And the absence of such contact, such sharing is disastrous not only in human but also in the professional (in this case) sense of the word. That is why, and especially why, did the project БДТdigital. I very much hope that he will allow the artists of our theater is not to stop their professional activity, will allow us not to lose each other and their audience. For me БДТdigital, first and foremost, a social project”.
But it just yet. When the world comes to a healthy condition, the proposed format will be artistic and will exist as a separate area of the theater. Mighty said, “and after the pandemic, the world will never be the same. Let’s try to evacuate, move to a different planet.” And began a strange quarantine performance.
According to those taking part in the three-minute virtual conference of Minister of culture Olga Lyubimova, technically we all were ready to transition to online, but morally no. But looking at the artists theatre, the imprisoned, come to a different conclusion. “The virus we all cheered,” says Mighty, and now not enough time to analyze the numerous offers of the native team. The theatre closed, work stopped abruptly, particularly on the third episode of “Three fat men”, although it was close to final, but the creative energy bubbled. Now it is implemented in the virtual space. Actors, Directors, musicians, costume designers create online projects for the new portal. In particular revived forthe bat, the radio theater, which has grown a generation of Andrey Moguchy and those who are older. And BDT will play in the new game, preserving the traditions. Before online the event will feature three rings, as expected in live theatre.
Andrey Moguchy and his team went online. Photo: Press service of the theatre.
Your contribution and the main star of the theatre, Alisa Freundlich. Quarantine, as it turned out, she spends at his dacha. “The mood is optimistic. While I struggle. I’ve got your home theater. Unable to communicate with children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. Theatre” – so Freundlich involved in the virtual conference and recalled that BDT a third of young people who rushed into the element online, “I’m with my old speeds too rushed”. She was even willing to virtual rehearsals: “Try not harmful.” And yet recorded the stories of Marianne Goncharova, combining them in the series “notes from the Moleskine.” “Goncharova – a wonderful writer, even a writer with an extraordinary sense of humor and tenderness, – said Alice Brunovna. – I discovered it and I want to share with you. She lives in Chernivtsi. Her books are rare. Kind, gentle tone of this writer today needs more than dramatic things.” Alice Brunovna decided to not go synchronously, but in spite of. The stories in her performance can be heard on 13 April. And yet, Freundlich wants to live up to the moment when the theatre will return to his normal life: “Let the virtual influences are a separate art form. They will not replace the bliss that is the theatre.”
Actress Nina Usatova also showed readiness for the digital era. It will give knitting lessons at a distance to everyone, and then their work is organizing the exhibition. “So many memories come in these days, towhen I studied the archives that have not looked,” said Nina, and offered to remember on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Victory of those who fought – relatives, BDT actors such as Kirill Lavrov. She recalled the story associated with Efim Kopesana. As a soldier he helped turn to him the woman on the street stole something. This story lives in the theatre as a legend and was used in one of the performances.
Tears welled up when on the screen there were 37 artists BDT. Each of them was singing at home song “Beautiful far do not be cruel to me,” Eugene Krylatov on poetry by Yuri Entin. Since April 13 this consolidated choir samosoglasovannye actors will perform for the audience with new songs. In the theatre it’s called social singing.
you will Hear bedtime stories, of which autoserial. The young actor Gennady Blinov writes the texts to the recorder under the blanket. Actress Polina TUBB first interview of Oleg Basilashvili (then other actors will talk to their colleagues), but also will give a master class on how not to be afraid of the public and to get in online, improve your diction and be a young mother. In the project “the Preppers. Artists in the mode of self-isolation” of its members in an eight-hour live stream will be broadcast from their apartments, introduce yourself, and your home. Viewers will be able to go to visit them.
will Raise BDT and archives starts with the old plays, in particular with the legendary “history of horses” in 1975 staged by Tovstonogov with Evgeny Lebedev as Kholstomer. According to theater critic Marina Davydova, who took part in the presentation, even in a theater as the Moscow art theatre. Chekhov, no records of performances. And it is a universal problem – what was popular in the Soviet Union, slowly died out over the years. Andrey Moguchy will present recorded in 1993, which was never seen before, and which he found at home in days of quarantine. It’s his job with the Engineering theatre AKHE.
In the section “Exhibition” oldest theatre costume designer Nina Gorlova, began his work in the days of Perrot, will present the exhibition “Family album” with rare behind the scenes photos 1970-90-ies. Scheduled online premiere, including “the Bald singer” on the play by Ionesco, which rehearses Andrey Moguchy.
it is Curious that on the same day in the Center of Andrei Voznesensky organized a online meeting theater artist Ksenia Peretrukhina and critic Alena Solntseva. They continued the conversation about how to exist of the theatre in those days when walking around in it. And it was so meaningful and highly spiritual, as perhaps would have happened in a living space. Virus do we cheered. Ksenia Peretrukhina the most important component of the theatre calls the tactile sensation, the touch, which we are now deprived. While you can touch each other through the screen, if at all really. Art exists only when the viewer is close. And while it is trying to bring in any possible way.
