Transfiguration Theater (Nizhny Novgorod): history, repertoire, artists, audience reviews, address

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The plastic theater "Transfiguration" in Nizhny Novgorod has existed not so long ago, it is about 30 years old. His repertoire includes dramatic performances without words. Artists express emotions through movement. There are also children's performances and Christmas trees.

History of the theater

The Transfiguration Theater (Nizhny Novgorod), whose photo of the building is presented in this article, was founded in 1990. At first it was just an experimental amateur studio, a creative laboratory. It was created by director Anatoly Malofeev. The status of a professional theater and a municipal institution was assigned to the team only in 2002. The troupe received its own building in 2009

A. Malofeev is still the chief director and head of the Transfiguration Theater. Thanks to him, a wonderful repertoire has developed. It was this talented person who assembled a wonderful troupe.

Once there were more in the citytwenty collectives working in the genre of pantomime, but they could not survive. Today, the Transfiguration Theater (Nizhny Novgorod) is the only troupe showing musical and plastic dramas. He managed to endure all hardships, storms and survive. Each of his performances is mostly improvisation.

Right before the eyes of the audience, "here and now", images of characters are born, only in this way, according to A. Malofeev, artists can truly experience feelings and show them, live the lives of their characters. And thanks to this, the same production looks different every time.

What happens on stage will never happen again. The next performance of the same performance will be completely different.

This genre of theatrical art is very popular in Europe. In 2009, the troupe's tour in Germany was a great success. There, the artists were well received and loved.

The team lives, works, although it experiences financial difficulties, like all state cultural institutions, but nevertheless makes big plans for the future. He is constantly in the process of creativity, psychological renewal, professional growth. The theater has more and more fans.

Spectators come here smart, sophisticated, able to think creatively and understand complex art. And since such an audience exists, it means that the troupe will live.

"Transfiguration" is a unique team, the only one, it is not like everyone else, not like anyone else. Its artists are able to tell without words about feelings, emotions, desires to people who speak different languages. Their plasticity is so expressive that no text is needed. Movement, facial expressions, music, light, gestures - all this perfectly replaces spoken language.

Repertoire

The Transfiguration Theater (Nizhny Novgorod) offers the audience musical and plastic dramas. The troupe chooses classical and contemporary works, as well as its own compositions, as subjects for productions. For children there are old and new fairy tales.

In 2017, the theater can watch the following performances:

• "Goodbye America".
• "The Little Mermaid".
• "Mozart and Salieri".
• "Pinocchio".
• "Legend of Yarilina Mountain".
• "Dreams of a little man".
• "Living the Tango".
• "Once Upon a Vacation".
• "Fata Morgana" and others.

Troup

The Transfiguration Theater (Nizhny Novgorod) is a small group of talented bright artists who can express all feelings and emotions without words, with the help of plasticity, facial expressions and gestures.

Actors:

• Sergey Eremin.
• Irina Chernogorova.
• Marina Petrova.
• Daria Demidova.
• Vladimir Mityakov.
• Sergey Topkov.
• Vladimir Klapatyuk and others.

Reviews

Despite its eccentricity and unusualness for our viewers, the Transfiguration Theater (Nizhny Novgorod) quickly became popular. The public's feedback about him is 99% enthusiastic, filled with words of admiration and gratitude to the artists for the emotions they gave.

Staging captivate from the first minutes of viewing both adults and kids. Everything is wonderful in them - music, costumes, images created by the actors, directing, choreography. Artists do not utter a single word, they are silent and express all feelings only with gestures, movements, eyes and facial expressions. But they do it so vividly and speaking that it seems as if you hear the speech. Goosebumps come from their game. Spectators say that every time you get great aesthetic pleasure from going to this theater.

The most popular performances: "Dreams of a Little Man", "The Overcoat", "Beyond Sin", "The Little Mermaid", "Obsession", "Goodbye, America", "Let's Go to the Movies!?", "The Legend of Yarilina mountains", "Road of Miracles".

The production that some viewers did not like and they would not advise anyone to go to it is "Mozart and Salieri". In their opinion, the music is poorly chosen here, the artists play something indistinct, and it is not entirely clear what is happening on stage.

Purchasing tickets

Tickets to the theater "Transfiguration" (Nizhny Novgorod) are inexpensive. For a children's performance - 200 rubles. For a performance for adults - 300 rubles. Premiere shows - 350 rubles. Some categories of citizensWednesdays and when buying two tickets, a 50% discount is provided. Benefits can be received by: pensioners, students and high school students.

You can buy tickets on the official website of the theater. First you need to choose the performance you are interested in. Then you should decide on the row number and place. The order is paid using a bank card.

Purchased tickets will be sent to the viewer's e-mail, the address of which he specified at the time of purchase.

Coordinates

The Transfiguration Theater (Nizhny Novgorod) is located far from the city center. Its address: July days street, house No. 21/96. You can get here by any public transport. If you take the metro, you should get off at the Leninskaya station. Those who prefer the ground method of transportation, namely the bus, need to go to the stop "Management of the State Railways".