The conceptual theater of Cyril Ganin. Nude actors play plays by classics and contemporary authors

The Cyril Ganin Theater opened in 1994 in Moscow. The first performance, in which nudity actors participated, caused such a scandal that the director was arrested for advertising pornography.

Biography of Ganin and creative activity

Sergei Ganin was born on March 8 in 1967. A new name was taken later, when I got carried away by the theater. Before that he graduated from the Institute of MGSU NIU (construction university, department of theory of constructions), but he did not work by profession. After the success of his project, he went on to study directing at the IPCC (Institute of Culture).

The theater of Cyril Ganin (the address of the first production - the scene "SHOLOM") was opened by the performance of the play "Behind closed doors" on the play of the same title by Sartre on May 29. Ganin is the only director, puts foreign and domestic classics, as well as his own works.

At the third show, Cyril was arrested under Article 228 of the Criminal Code (distribution of pornography). 4 months he sat in the remand prison, then was released before the trial, under a written undertaking not to leave the place. In the course of the proceedings he was sent to find out the sanity in the SRI Serbsky.

In the middle of 1995 he was fully justified and recognized as sane, after which the theater of Cyril Ganin resumed work in the official status. Performances mainly go in the camera mode on the small stage, which creates an atmosphere of intimacy and close contact with the viewer.

Scandalous theater history

What did the concept theater of Cyril Ganin become famous for? Moscow has seen a lot, but dramatic performances with naked actors on the stage - this is a unique phenomenon. There is nothing pornographic in the text itself. The director puts his favorite classics, but reveals the ideas of his works in the literal sense of the word.

Shock therapy from the "truth of life" is not everyone's delight. Ganin is forced to sue the heirs of the plays and deputies of the State Duma. In 1997, the director released a fairy tale with an erotic bias "Mukha-Tsokotukha". At the theater of Cyril Ganina sued E. Ts. Chukovskaya (granddaughter of the classics). The lawyers of both sides settled the scandal without a trial. The name of the play was renamed the "Fly-Potaskukha".

The project "Master and Margarita" based on the story of Bulgakov went to the theater in 1999. Sergei Shilovsky (heir to the writer) sued for violation of rights, but lost. The director managed to prove that there are no edits in the text, he paid all the contributions for authorship, therefore he has the right to put the work in his conception. Deputies N. Gubenko and E. Drapeko in 2003 appealed directly to the Minister of Internal Affairs with a demand to close the Concept Theater of Cyril Ganin and to prohibit the display of the production of "Lenin in sex." Their request was rejected.

By 2005, the director was so embarrassed that, in order to protect himself (and for advertising), Ganin himself sues Daria Dontsova and the "Exmo" publishing house for the fact that in his novel "The Dentists Are Crying" in one of the replicas of the dialogue of heroes, his professional Status and reputation. The phrase in the book sounded like this: "Is this art? It's just a status, just like the theater of Cyril Ganin. Vulgar pornography, but nothing can be done. "

This time the court rejected Ganin's claim with the conclusion that Dontsova, as a writer, can create the texts at his discretion. In response, the director released the play under the provocative title "D. Dontsova. Erotic fantasies. " History ended in peace. The publishers removed the phrase from the novel, and Ganin removed the production from the hire.

Ganin is a politician

April 4, 2012 Cyril Ganin with his friends, journalists I. Dudinsky and A. Nikonov, created the party "Russia without obscurantism", officially registered by MURF. The main thesis is the fear of intellectuals for general education in schools and the protest against the deepening of the knowledge of God's law to the detriment of mathematics and the Russian language.

In addition to the growing influence of the church on state power, the party puts forward the theses on the general "stupidity" of the people. The proof is the weakening of the school curriculum, low salaries, illogical decisions of the head of state. Quotation from the speech of Ganin V. Putin at the conference on October 25, 2012: "Patriarch Kirill is a danger of creating a modern Rasputin. If the president allows the church to seize power, he will not be able to return it back. "

The success of the "bare" theater

Despite the violent activities within the walls of the court and in the political arena, Ganin is primarily the director of his theater. Performances of Cyril Ganin are a success, and there are no empty seats in the hall. Although not everyone is ready to perceive "nudity" on the stage.

At each show a part of the audience leaves the middle of the production in deep shock and indignation. But those who stayed until the end, forever fall in love with frank art. The conceptual theater of Cyril Ganin is an attempt to give people a powerful charge of positive energy, a sense of catharsis (purification). Return the viewer to childhood, to the sources of the sandbox, where each was himself.

Support for the idea of Ghanin

During the first arrest of the director and in the further activity of Ganin supported such famous people as R. Bykov, G. Volchek, R. Viktyuk, V. Zhirinovsky, B. Pokrovsky, V. Novodvorskaya, A. Khinshtein, M. Zakharov, A. Vulikh, V. Lanovoy, K. Raikin.

• "I visited the Cyril Ganin Conceptual Theater. Moscow is an excellent place for a revolution in dramatic art. Here it is - the future psychological theater. "- A. Demidova
• "I do not want to criticize. Everyone chooses what to watch. If Ganin has artists, then they are close to the director's style of work and his moral values. "- K. Orbakaite
• "Ganin's theater is like a mirror. Anyone who wants something sees that. "- D.Dibrov.
• "We fought for the freedom of art and creativity. So get or create your own. "- V. Zhirinovsky

Sincerity in exposure

The most sincere theater of Cyril Ganin (address: Dobroslobodskaya, 2 - 38) is waiting for its audience. Here, everyone can participate in action on a par with actors. Go to the stage or just enjoy the magic of Melpomene.