Anthony Hopkins will receive the award named after Stanislavsky – REGNUM

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Moscow, October 6, 2015, 18:56 – REGNUM Yesterday in the capital held a press conference to mark the opening of the traditional theater Festival «Stanislavsky Season» , on it were announced winners of the XX International Prize named after Konstantin Stanislavsky. This year the prize is awarded in two categories: “For contribution to the development of theater art” and “Perspective”. Among the seven winners of this year’s festival the outstanding masters of art and still very young talent.

In the first nomination “For contribution to the development of theater art” grand prize will receive the legendary British actor and director Anthony Hopkins , winner of the “Oscar”, “Golden Globe”, two “Emmy”, four BAFTA and many other awards. His career began in the company of the Royal National Theatre, where the young actor was a backup of the famous Olivier . The first major work by Anthony Hopkins in the film was the historical drama directed by Anthony Harvey «The Lion in Winter” (1968) where he played a young Richard “Lionheart”. The acting career of Anthony Hopkins about 90 films, the most famous of which is “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “The Fastest Indian».

Also in the nomination “For contribution to the development of theater art” Stanislavsky Prize awarded to the great Russian choreographer, People’s Artist of the USSR Yuri Grigorovich , Hero of Socialist Labour (1986) and winner of the Lenin Prize (1970 ). Throughout his life he dedicated to the theater Yuri Grigorovich. He was choreographer for more than one hundred productions in major theaters of Russia and 8 put your own original ballets. At the very beginning of his career Grigorovich first sang the role of Don Carlos in the ballet by Leonid Jakobson “The Stone Guest” (1946). After graduating from the Leningrad Choreographic School she danced in the troupe of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet, the Kirov. His first work as a choreographer began ballet “Aistёnok” Dmitry Klebanov and “Slavonic Dances” to the music of Antonin Dvorak (1947).

As part of the Festival in 2015 for the first time introduced a new nomination Stanislavsky Award “Perspective”. Its purpose – to note talented young actors, directors, artists and composers. At a press conference the jury announced the names of five winners of:

• actor Vyacheslav Evlantev – for his role Podsekalnikova in the play of Sergei Zhenovach “Suicide»;
• actor Oleg Rebrov – for roles in Moscow Theatre for Young Audiences;
• Shamil Khamatov – for his role in the play of Christopher “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” directed by Yegor Peregudova;
• Maria Smolnikova – for his role in the play by Lyudmila “On second. Late Love “by Dmitry Krymov;
• Maxim Kerin – for roles in the Russian Youth Theatre.

As reported IA REGNUM , a traditional autumn festival “Stanislavsky Season» starts in Moscow for the eleventh time and annually presents to the audience the best performances of theaters in Russia and abroad. The work combines adherence to the traditions of Russian psychological theater, as well as embodied in the life of the famous “Stanislavsky system.” This year’s festival will open two of the most iconic performance of the season: “Boris Godunov” staged by Lithuanian director Eimuntas Nekrošius and “Brothers and Sisters. Version – 2015 “Russian director Lev Dodin .

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