The leading actress of the puppet theater and actor "Pinocchio" (Magnitogorsk), a real sorceress of the stage, who knows how to attract the attention of the audience to her character, make cry, laugh, empathize - Tatyana Gennadievna Akulova will be discussed in this article.
Thirty-five years have passed since the time when Akulova crossed the threshold of the Pinocchio Theater and is still faithful to him. She perfectly remembers her debut role in this theater. But first things first ...
Pages from the biography
Actress Tatyana Akulova loves her theater and her work so much that for her to tell about herself means to tell about the theater, roles, performances: puppet and dramatic. And about myself literally in a nutshell. Born in the Kungur of the Perm Territory on December 22, 1961. She studied well at school. She was an activist and an excellent student. There were difficulties in life, it was necessary to survive in difficult periods, but who does not have them ... All external adversities do not have power over her bright inner bright world. Therefore, it is better about the theater!
She believes that the fate of the actors necessarily intertwined with the fate of the theater itself. Tatyana was lucky, she was distributed in the theater, which she dreamed of as a student of the Sverdlovsk Theater School. The Magnitogorsk Puppet and Actors Theater, which was directed by Viktor Shraiman at that time, boomed with his fame in the 70s all over the country.
First roles
The debut role was the Fox from the children's fairy tale "Know-the-Know-It-All." The role of the heroic Mowgli in the play "We Are of One Blood" was a true test for the theater and the city. Thus began the theatrical career of a dramatic actress and puppeteer. Since that time, she has taken part in more than 100 performances, where in 80 she played the main roles. The most memorable for the audience and iconic for the actress Tatyana Akulova were the performances "For the great feeling of love", "Oginsky Polonaise", "Player", "Free Couple". The viewer saw, felt and understood her heroines from these performances.
A miracle must happen on stage
Living in stage roles, Tatyana rejoices and sorrows with her characters. And they, in turn, help viewers to understand difficult life situations, make the right decisions. After all, the Pinocchio Theater is an assistant to children and adolescents. How many generations grew up in the performances of Magnitogorsk! These are performances in which Tatyana Akulova invested and continues to invest a piece of her soul and the soul of the legendary theater.
On the stage of her theater, she repeatedly played the main roles in the performances "The Same Munchausen", "Dragon" and others. But Tatyana loves her puppet characters no less dramatic. He recalls with love his role as a bear-mother in the children's play "Umka", shown at the festival "Scene 2009". This performance was awarded the diploma "For the best children's performance."
This diverse actress succeeds in any role - tragic, comic and puppet. In an interview, Tatyana Gennadievna noted:
To take part in our profession, it is necessary to have a huge supply of positive energy, charisma, so that as soon as you appear on the stage, all your attention will be focused on your character. We serve fairy tales, and a miracle must happen on stage every time.
Theater playing parables
Tatyana Akulova believes that the Pinocchio Theater really plays parables. For example, "Fly-Tsokotuha" is nothing more than a parable about how people behave, told by a clown. His role was played by Akulova, transformed into the author of this parable. The role of the red clown in a wig with a false tummy Akulova loves.
In the play “The involuntary doctor” Tatyana shows her sparkling character, creating the image of the French nurse Jacqueline. Likes to reincarnate. She believes that you can play anyone, for a professional age is not terrible.
The main thing is that health does not disappoint. Indeed, without health, you cannot share energy with the viewer. Where to get energy? It is given by grateful spectators who laugh up to the drop or react emotionally to what is happening on the stage. This is how energy spins in the auditorium: from actors to spectators and vice versa.
Work with a doll
If you say "puppet theater", there will be some half-truth in this phrase. But the puppet and actor theater is a completely different perception. Increasingly, the interaction of actors and dolls is open, no one is hiding behind a screen. One of those who started this work was the Magnitogorsk Puppet Theater. Dramatic actors work alongside puppets that perform equal with them. Such a synthesis on stage, the close cooperation of dolls and actors brings sincerity and fabulousness to the children's play. And working together with a doll helps to reveal the properties of a contradictory human character.
Tatyana loves her in a sense, little monsters, with their characters, antics, voices. He loves his fabulous heroine Rome-Tim-Ti - a cat of a funny gnome.
Who is she, the custodian of the soul of the theater?
Tatyana Akulova in life is a realist. Life made her strong and hardy, a real tin soldier. It so happened that the daughter raised herself, worked in three jobs, except for the theatrical work, even worked as a dresser in her theater, and everywhere she managed. Never complained to anyone. There were periods when she patiently waited for the role, playing only in extras, but did not give up ...
Now it is in demand. The roles are diverse. The main director of the theater speaks of Tatyana as a person with a sensitive and reverent soul and colossal experience. Her craft work helps to work with youth. He never teaches, never reaches into the soul of young actors, believing that this is their formation, their creative process. Can a motherly chastise. They call her mom Tanya.
Lives alone. Daughter in Yekaterinburg. Although Tatyana Georgievna is always in sight at the theater, her social circle is small. Workshop partners have not all become friends over many years of teamwork. To say that she suffers from loneliness is impossible, she adapted to him. “You just get used to thinking about others,” says Tatyana.
And Akulova’s awards for 35 years of service to her theater gathered a lot. These are diplomas and certificates of honor brought from festivals, handed to the theater and its unique and cheerful actress Tatyana Georgievna Akulova.