Children's musical theater of a young actor: description, repertoire, contacts and reviews

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The Moscow Theater of the Young Actor has existed since the 80s of the 20th century. The main part of the troupe are children of different ages. The repertoire of the theater includes musical performances for kids and teenagers.

About the theater

Children's musical theater for young actors and spectators was established in 1988. Children study here and have the opportunity to apply their skills in practice. Today, this studio is a leader among similar Moscow schools of theatrical art.

Theater teachers work according to the author's methodology, developed by them to develop the talents of boys and girls.

The Theater of the Young Actor gave a start in life to many famous artists, as well as show business stars. Trained here: Natalia Gromushkina, Nikolai Baskov, Evgenia Malakhova, Valeria Lanskaya and others.

DMTUA is known and loved all over the world.

Troup

Children of younger, middle and older age are engaged in theater performances. It is the young actors who form the basis of the troupe. But in addition to children, adult artists also work here.

Young Spectator Theater Actors:

• Tonya Bogacheva;
• Diana Enakaeva;
• IlonaMamutova;
• Zakhar Suldin;
• Margarita Belova;
• Nastya Galchenko;
• Ira Dyakonova;
• Nikita Lomakin;
• Sasha Trachevsky;
• Zakhar Demidov;
• Polina Kareva;
• Tonya Pisareva;
• Sonia Khursan;
• Aleksey Novikov;
• Valeria Lanskaya;
• Lyudmila Svetlova;
• Ruslan Wolfson and many others.

Performances

Children's musical theater of the young actor offers the audience a small but very interesting repertoire.

Performances:

• "The Adventures of Oliver Twist";
• "Dream of rain";
• "Pippi Longstocking";
• "Kolobok";
• "Moscow History 1205";
• "Private";
• "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer";
• "In the nursery".

Studio

Every year, children are recruited to the theater of the young actor. The main criterion by which children are admitted to the studio is talent and desire. Those who aspire to study here need to go through a competitive selection in several stages.

Today, about a hundred young artists are engaged in the studio. Their age is from 8 to 16 years. They have classes in vocals, acting, choir, stage movement, dance and speech.

The education system here corresponds to the curriculum of the leading theater universities in our country.

Children have the opportunity to practice, apply their knowledge and skills on stage,participating in theater productions, in festivals. And also twice a year they give reporting concerts.

Children studying in the studio, if they wish, theater teachers prepare for further admission to musical or theater schools.

Artistic Director

The Children's Theater of the Young Actor lives under the direction of Alexander Lvovich Fedorov, who is also its creator. A talented teacher (associate professor), he, in addition, is also an unusually gifted actor, composer, director.

As a student at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, he began to engage in creativity. In 1980, he organized the theater department at the Gnessin Music School. At the same time, he wrote and staged with his students the children's opera “Playing Andersen.”

Since 1983, he was the director, as well as an actor and director in a children's theater studio. Wrote music for three of her performances.

His musical "One morning before sunset" won the World Festival.

In 1988. A. Fedorov graduated from GITIS and received the speci alty of a director. In the same year he created the Children's Musical Theater of the Young Actor. Alexander Lvovich has staged more than sixty musical performances around the world.

The Adventures of Oliver Twist

Young Actor Theater presents on its stage the famous musical Lionel Bart based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

This book was first published in England in 1838. She talks about a boy who has nowere parents. He lived in an orphanage and was forced to work from childhood. Then he ran away and got into Mr. Fagin's gang of thieves. But in the end he found his grandfather, who turned out to be a rich Englishman and took the boy to him.

Oliver meets on the way nobility and meanness, good people and criminals. And he himself manages to remain sincere and honest.

Ch. Dickens himself knew firsthand what poverty and hard work are from childhood. He was born into a we althy family. He was a spoiled boy surrounded by love. But the family went bankrupt, and he, then still a child, had to work in a factory to help his mother. In those distant years, the future writer decided for himself that he would certainly succeed, become rich, and would never again know deprivation and humiliation.

This famous musical premiered in 1960 in London. His success was enormous. A record number of performances for that time was given. Their number is exceeded only by the musicals of E. L. Webber. "Oliver Twist" has received many awards. It was made into a film that won six Oscars.

This performance is still popular and is staged at various stage venues around the world.

Charity activities of the theater

The Theater of the Young Actor conducts active charity work. There are workshops for children with cerebral palsy. This is a joint project of the theater and the charitable foundation "Artists and Children".

At master classeschildren are taught folk crafts. The works of boys and girls with cerebral palsy, which they perform in such classes, are exhibited at a charity fair. Each visitor can purchase any of the children's works, thereby helping the Foundation's wards to raise money for the necessary treatment or rehabilitation.

After the master class, the children and their parents receive an interesting performance as a gift from the theater of the young actor.

Such events are very important for sick children, because they get the opportunity to develop their creative abilities, receive positive emotions, communicate, forget about medicines and hospitals. Art and creativity also have a healing effect.

Also, the theater, together with the "Be a Human" charity foundation, holds New Year's performances for "special" children. These are good fairy tales that give boys and girls joy.

Here the guys not only watch an interesting show, but also play with animators and take part in various master classes. And they can also see Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden here and receive gifts from them.