Russian Theatre Night with the Postdvizheniye Studio
Unusual adventure which happened with Vladimir Mayakovsky
in the summer at the dacha”.
“Midnight summer lightning” the performance for the same name writing of I. A. Bunin
Russian Theatre Night with the Postdvizheniye Studio
Prehistory of the psychological theatre “Postdvizheniye” began in the 1990 from the work of “Cordia” theatre and the plastic studio “postdvizheniye”, which was founded in 2000 on the basis of Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS, Moscow) In their art actors of the theatre use technics of: K.S. Stanislavsky’s theatre, B. Brecht’s epic theatre, S. Becket’s absurd theatre, Italian masks theatre dell’ Arte, Modris Tennison’s plastic school. Therapeutic effect in plays is achieved by means of plasticdrama – the method founded by V.N. Nikitin (1998) in the context of theory of art-therapy. The plasticdrama method is defended by two dissertations in psychology and philosophy, was tested in work with different age groups and is aimed at the harmonization of the identity, solution of psycological problems, development of creative and aesthetic sphere.
During the time of its existence the psycological theatre “postdvizheniye” toured: 1990–2018 Russia (Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Oryol, Ruza, Smolensk, Tyumen); 1990–1991 Poland (Słupsk, Suwalki); 1991–1992 Germany (Berlin, Galle); 2001 Netherlands (Amsterdam, Tilburg, Utrecht); 2003–2004 Latvia (Riga, Rezekne); 2008–2010 Belarus (Minsk, Vitebsk, Gorodok), 2011– 2013 Bulgaria (Sofia, Sozopol, Obzor); 2005, 2013 Lithuania (Vilnius, Siauliai).
Theatre repertoire Interactive theatre for children: aged 4–12 years – “H.C. Andersen Fairytales: Tin soldier, Ugly duckling, Snow queen” (2006) aged 12–16 years – “Little Longnose”
Dramatherapy for adults: “Mystery” (1990) “Improvisation theatre dell’ Arte” (1991) “The Divine Comedy” (2003) “Cupid” (2011) “Midnight Summer Lightning” (2016)
Moscow Social Pedagogical Institute Faculty of Practical Psychology Department of Practical Psychology and Art-Therapy Psychological theatre-studio “Postdvizheniye” Libretto “Midnight summer lightning” the performance for the same name writing of I. A. Bunin Director: prof. Vladimir Nikitin Actors: Abramkina Aleksandra Inozemtseva Alina Lagutin Nikita Liashenko Nikita Mantsurova Lyudmila Romanova Anastasia Sabinin Vyacheslav Ivan Alekseevich Bunin – Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate. Was born on 22nd of October, 1970 in the old noble family of Bunins. The best works of I. A. Bunin: “Antonov’s apples”, “Mitya’s love”, “Sunstroke”, “The cornet Elagin’s case”, “Arseniev’s life”, cycle of stories “Dark alleys”. By the words of K. G. Paustovsky, ”Arseniev’s life” is not only the top work of russian literature, but “one of the greatest phenomenon of the world literature”. The story “Midnight summer lightning” was written by I.A. Bunin is Paris in 1921.