The actor’s profession is complex, interesting and unpredictable: today you embody the image of the king, and tomorrow you become a homeless beggar. They say that they do not become artists, they are born. Indeed, talent is given by God, and the corresponding universities only develop it and help to fully reveal it. One of the leading educational enterprises of the Russian Federation that trains unsurpassed actors is the Boris Schukin Theater Institute . Not so long ago, this institution turned one hundred years old. During this time, many famous personalities released its walls. The institution fell a lot of diverse events, both happy and sad. It has witnessed the rise and sunset of more than one star.
Glorious past
The Boris Schukin Theater Institute began its activities in 1913, when it was called the Vakhtangov School. In that distant past, a group of student activists decided to establish a personal theater school. It was a creative, spontaneous and young association led by Evgeny Vakhtangov. Under his strict guidance, the first production was played on a new stage. After the premiere, it was decided to organize the beginning of the learning process.
The Manor of the Lanins was played on stage based on a play by Boris Zaitsev. The production premiered in the spring of 1914. The stage was expected to fail, after which students received a proposal from Vakhtangov to begin to seriously study theater skills.
Throughout its functioning, the Boris Schukin Theater Institute has changed its name more than once. The name of B. Schukin, in honor of the best student of Vakhtangov, was assigned to him in 1939. And the institution got its almost modern name in 1945. Then it was called the Higher Theater School. B. Schukin. The status of the institution was given to the institution only in 2002.
The popularity of the great graduates of "Pike" speaks of the quality of teaching at the university. After all, the graduates of the institute were Leonid Yarmolnik, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Andrey Mironov, Natalya Varley. And these names speak of many things.
School run by Boris Zahava
The Boris Schukin Theater Institute was headed by director and artist Boris Zakhava during 1922-1976. During his administration, the institution experienced many interesting events. So, in 1937, then a small Vakhtangov school was organized inside the theater. Future artists in the school were recruited according to how much they were in demand by the theater. Admission to school was at the same time admission to the theater. Students not only studied, but also served in the theater from the first year.
In 1937, the school separated from the theater and moved to a newly erected building, located in Bolshoi Nikolopeskovsky Lane. In 1953, targeted courses began to function in the educational institution. And in 1959, the directing correspondence department was created.
Contribution of Vladimir Etush
Theater Institute . Shchukin in 1987 was headed by Vladimir Etush. Today he is the artistic director of the university. During the rectorship of the national artist, the school managed to enter the international level. Teachers and their students began to travel to other states with their performances. A special fund has also been established, which supports the institution in bad times for him.
Since 2003, the head of the Theater Institute is the genius of modern cinema Evgeny Knyazev.
Learning process
The Shchukin Theater Institute conducts basic higher education in the direction of undergraduate. Students are given the opportunity to identify with one of the seven existing departments of the institution. To date, the main is the department of acting, which is part of the same faculty. Training lasts four years exclusively on a full-time basis. Each student course is under the strict supervision of an artistic director.
The department of stage speech is inextricably linked with the aforementioned course. Musical and plastic expressiveness is an incredibly important part of acting. Therefore, in 2003, a musical direction was organized at the institute.
There is also a general professional department in this university, which is dedicated to art criticism.
What is required for admission
For many school graduates, the Boris Schukin Theater Institute is a dream. How to enter here, we will now briefly tell you. A key factor for admission is a meticulously prepared recital program, which should be brought to a convincing and interesting viewing. Important and answers to questions posed by the masters.
Those wishing to enter the "Pike" must have completed secondary education. Those who want to study here must be no younger than 22 and no older than 25 years. Admission to the Theater Institute takes place in four rounds: the qualifying stage, a practical exam in acting, an oral colloquium and, in conclusion, the presentation of the results of a unified state exam in literature and the Russian language.