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RUSSIAN THROUGH DRAMA

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TODAY

  • Course information
    • Introducing our team and getting to know you
    • Schedule
    • Requirements
  • Introduction to the play

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GENERAL INFORMATION

  • When: TU ?

SAT 15:00-19:30

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  • Where: Старая Басманная, 21/4, A-120 ( and Zoom?)

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  • Who: Directors and Russian Instructors:

Anna Leonidovna Leontyeva

Ekaterina Leonidovna Schnittke

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assisted by:

Ekaterina Arakelyan, Nadezhda Miliayeva, Maria Pyshechkina, Anastasia Syroyezhkina

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What

  • Last year
    • ”Two Maples” by Evgeny Schwartz (1896-1958)
  • А tale about Mother and her three Sons
    • Modern twist
      • Folklore
      • Humor
      • Message

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What

This year - try to guess:

Alexander Pushkin Anton Chekhov William Shexpier Evgeny Schwartz

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What

This year - try to guess:

Alexander Pushkin Anton Chekhov William Shexpier Evgeny Schwartz

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What

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This year

    • “Dragon” by Evgeny Schwartz

What characters do we need?

Any Ideas…

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What

“Dragon” by Evgeny Schwartz

  • А tale that exploits motifs of chivalric romance with
    • knights, damsels in distress, and a dragon.

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What

What ideas can we find in the play?

  1. The Dragon must be killed!
  2. The Dragon and the Lady must love each other and marry
  3. The Knight is the Dragon, but nobody knows it.
  4. The Knight and the Dragon finally become best friends.
  5. Your personal idea…

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What

Want to know? – Come to our classes!

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HOW

  • Days 1-4
    • Online ?
    • getting to know each other
    • auditions
    • introduction to the play
  • By the end of day 4 (Jan. 28) you must make a decision whether you are willing to commit and sign a contract.
  • ! Only those who signed the contract will be considered for casting
  • ! Volunteers are welcome!..
    • As long as they sign the contract

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https://learningapps.org/watch?v=pbqb2e75v23

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What happens between days 4 and 5?

  • YOU:
    • Once you have signed the contract, you get the text of the play in Russian and English and an audio recording made by our wonderful assistants
  • US:
    • Casting decisions based on your wishes and our evaluations of your Russian and acting

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Day 5

  • Casting announcements
  • What if
    • you got a small part?
      • ”How am I going to learn Russian?”

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    • No worry!
      • Stand-ins: Everybody learns two parts
        • to make the most of it
        • just in case
      • Everyone is in for all activities. Russian immersion guaranteed!

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Days 5-24 (Jan 31-Apr 22)

  • “Theater routine”
    • reads
    • acting exercises
    • rehearsals
    • set
    • costumes
    • music
  • All in Russian

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Day 26 -29 (May 14-May 24)

  • WORLD PREMIERE!
  • Celebrating
  • Additional performances?
  • ”Dragon” in a Moscow theater?

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Grading

  • Knowing the lines  34 %
  • Active class participation    33 %
  • Participation in the final production 33%

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Questions?

  • Zoom on (some) Tuesdays?

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Finita la commedia!