Puppet theater in Ufa: repertoire, history
Let's talk about the puppet theater in Ufa. Consider his repertoire, and also walk through the pages of history. Why should you visit this cultural institution at least once? Read about it below.
History
The Bashkir State Puppet Theater waswas founded in 1932, on February 5. Artists did not yet have their own building, so I had to work on temporary sites. M. Elgashtina became not only the first director, but also the first director of the puppet theater in Ufa. The first performance was the beloved "Repka".
In the theater, two groups were formed: Russian and Bashkir. The latter was mobile, and its performances were mostly agitational in nature: "Negro Teen", "Sanitary Brigade", "Spring sowing", "To Lenin".
When V. Sidurin became the director of the puppet theater in Ufa, a permanent playground for performances appeared at the basement of the House of Pioneers.
This theater is one of the firstbegan to show performances for adults. At one time, you could enjoy such productions as "The White Steamer", "Alderman" by T. Minullina, "The Devil's Mill" by I. Shtok, and others.
In the postwar years, new people appeared in the theater. Here worked as director I. Arngold, artists Volkovy, A. Stobov.
Theater today
Its modern building the theater received only in1976 year. At the same time, the theater staff actively worked on the creation of the Bashkir drama. Plots could be taken from Russian, Bashkir and folk folklore. The creation of the dolls involved the artists of the wife Volkov.
To date, the puppet theater in Ufa has everythingnecessary for the creation of entertainment performances. Used masks, transformations, tantamareski. Dolls are also used different: growth, puppet, glove. From 1991 to 1994, the main director of the puppet theater in Ufa was Airat Akhmetshin. He again took office in 2011.
Puppet theater in Ufa: repertoire
In the repertoire of the theater you can meet the following performances and performances:
- "Turnip";
- Galima;
- "By magic";
- "Do not throw fire, Prometheus";
- "The Divine Comedy";
- "Ural-Batyr";
- "The little one does not want to be cunning";
- "Rhinoceros and the Giraffe";
- "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves."
This is only a small part of the performances, whichare shown on the stage of the puppet theater in Ufa. The list of all presentations is too large, in addition, it is regularly updated. Theater on the avenue October is open to all comers, adults and children. In the list that is presented above, there are children's and adult performances.
Cooperation with India
With India, the theater has long-standing ties. In 1987, P. Melnichenko staged the play "Indian Legend", based on the epic "Ramayana". In parallel, the theater goes on tour to India. He received a lot of positive feedback and caused an enthusiastic reaction from the audience. In 2015, the theater becomes a participant of the International Festival of Arts entitled "Surajkund Mela", which was held in Delhi. The artists showed fragments of the play "Indian Legend" and other new productions. The reaction was positive. Later the artists were received at the embassy of Russia and India, where they gave presentations to diplomats.
The chief of state, in whose territorythere was a performance of artists, expressed their gratitude to them, noted great skill and said that I would like to see artists again in my homeland. Especially for this tour, it was decided to restore 7 dolls from the most popular production of P. Melnichenko. In the play, more than 30 dolls were used and 14 people were involved.
The theater is located at: Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa, October, 158. At the moment the theater's director is Ilmar Almukhametov. It is worth noting that in 1988 the theater became the owner of the international award. J. Nehru. In 1978, the cultural institution received the Republican award of G. Salam.
