The profession of an actor is complex, interesting and unpredictable: today you embody the image of a king, and tomorrow you become a homeless beggar. They say that artists are not made, they are born. After all, talent is given by God, and already the corresponding universities only develop it and help to fully reveal it. One of the leading educational enterprises of the Russian Federation, preparing unsurpassed actors, is the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute. Not so long ago, this institution turned one hundred years old. During this time, many famous personalities have released its walls. The institution has experienced many different events, both happy and sad. It witnessed the rise and fall of more than one star.
Glorious past
The Boris Shchukin Theater Institute began its activity in 1913, when it was called the Vakhtangov School. In that distant past, a group of student activists decided to establish a personal theater school. It was a creative, spontaneous and young association,headed by Evgeny Vakhtangov. Under his strict guidance, the first performance was played on the new stage. After the premiere, it was decided to organize the beginning of the learning process.
On the stage they played "The Lanin Manor" based on the play by Boris Zaitsev. The premiere of the production took place in the spring of 1914. The staging was expected to fail, after which Vakhtangov offered the students to start seriously studying theater skills.
Throughout its functioning, the Boris Schukin Theater Institute has changed its name more than once. The name of B. Shchukin, in honor of the best student Vakhtangov, was given to him in 1939. And the institution received its practically modern name in 1945. Then it was called the Higher Theater School. B. Schukin. The institution was given the status of an institute only in 2002.
The popularity of the great graduates of "Pike" speaks of the quality of teaching at the university. After all, Leonid Yarmolnik, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Andrey Mironov, Natalya Varley became graduates of the Institute. And these names speak volumes.
School run by Boris Zakhava
The Boris Shchukin Theater Institute during 1922-1976 was headed by director and artist Boris Zakhava. During his management, the institution experienced many interesting events. So, in 1937, the then small Vakhtangov school was organized inside the theater. Future artists were recruited to the school according to how much they were in demand by the theater. School acceptance wasat the same time acceptance into the theatre. Students not only studied, but also served in the theater from the first year.
In 1937, the school separated from the theater and moved to a newly erected building located in Bolshoy Nikolopeskovsky Lane. In 1953, target courses began to function at the educational institution. And in 1959, a directing correspondence department was created.
Contribution of Vladimir Etush
Theatrical Institute. Shchukin in 1987 was headed by Vladimir Etush. Today he is the artistic director of the university. During the rectorship of the People's Artist, the school managed to reach the international level. Teachers and their students began to travel to other countries with their performances. A special fund was also established that supports the institution in hard times for it.
Since 2003, the head of the Theater Institute has been the genius of modern cinema Yevgeny Knyazev.
Learning process
The Shchukin Theater Institute conducts basic higher education in the direction of bachelor's degree. Students are given the opportunity to be identified with one of the seven existing departments of the institution. To date, the main department is acting, which is part of the faculty of the same name. Education continues for four years exclusively on a full-time (full-time) basis. Each student course is under the strict supervision of an artistic director.
Department of stage speechis inextricably linked with the aforementioned course. Musical and plastic expression is an incredibly important part of acting. Therefore, a musical direction was organized at the institute in 2003.
There is also a general professional department in this university, which is dedicated to art history.
What is required for admission
For many high school graduates, the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute is a dream come true. How to enter here, we now briefly describe. A key factor for admission is a scrupulously prepared reading program, which must be brought to a convincing and interesting viewing. The answers to the questions posed by the masters are also important.
Wishing to enter the "Pike" must have a completed secondary education. Those wishing to study here must be at least 22 and not older than 25 years. Admission to the Theater Institute takes place in four rounds: a qualifying stage, a practical exam in acting, an oral colloquium and - in conclusion - the presentation of the results of the unified state exam in literature and the Russian language.
