The Features of Vyacheslav Samodurov’s Staging Style
https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2024-21-1-76-85
Abstract
Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Samodurov is one of the brightest choreographer-directors in contemporary Russian ballet. Despite the fact that at present V.V. Samodurov is a free artist who has entered a new stage of his creative biography an important milestone on the way of the master is his staging activity, carried out in 2011—2023, the period of his work at the Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (“Ural Opera Ballet”). The productions of the Yekaterinburg period allow us to draw a conclusion about the features of V.V. Samodurov’s style, which determine the creative image of the master. At the same time his creative heritage of the period of his work with the “Ural Opera Ballet” company has not been subjected to a comprehensive art history analysis. This fact reveals the relevance of the topic of the article.
The aim of the research is to identify the features of V.V. Samodurov’s production style, manifested during his activity as a choreographer of the “Ural Opera Ballet” company. The novelty of the article lies in the fact that for the first time in the research of scientific character the features of V.V. Samodurov’s staging style are generalized and systematized. On the basis of the comparative analysis of his productions performed during the Yekaterinburg period of the master’s creative biography, generalizations were made, which testify to the combination of traditional and individual innovative features in the master’s staging style, defining the creative image of the choreographer.
About the Author
Denis N. Khisamov
Institute of Modern Art
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
27a Novozavodskaya str., Moscow, 121309, Russia
ORCID 0009-0005-7375-9282; SPIN 7770-7940
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- The article analyzes the directorial style of choreographer Vyacheslav Samodurov during his work with the UralOperaBallet troupe.
- In his productions, Samodurov turns to classical plots but gives them a new interpretation, updates the musical basis and choreographic language.
- Samodurov's performances are characterized by continuous dramatic development, polyphony of the choreographic text, and a tendency towards abstract forms.
- In Samodurov's ballets, an evolution can be traced from irony and grotesque to an intensification of the emotional and sensual principle.
- According to the author, in his latest works Samodurov gravitates towards conditional-symbolic embodiment of themes and subjects.
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Khisamov D.N. The Features of Vyacheslav Samodurov’s Staging Style. Observatory of Culture. 2024;21(1):76-85. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2024-21-1-76-85
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