Evgeny Sazonov (Russian: Евге́ний Сазо́нов, IPA: [evgeˈnij sazoˈnov] ; born 27 September 1936) Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR) is a theater director, teacher and artistic director of Theater of Youth Creativity (TYUT), Honored Cultural Worker of the RSFSR.

Evgeny Sazonov
Born (1936-09-27) 27 September 1936 (age 88)
Occupation(s)Theater director
Educator
AwardsHonored Cultural Worker of the RSFSR

Biography

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Evgeny's first degree was in Pediatrics. He graduated from Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University and for several years worked as a pediatrician.

In 1951 he enrolled in a drama club led by Matvey Dubrovin and that determined his subsequent life and career.

He graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, majoring in directing for drama in Boris Zakhava's group.

In 1974, after the death of the founder of Theater of Youth Creativity Matvey Dubrovin, he became the artistic director of TYUT.

Among the students of Evgeny Sazonov, pupils of Theater of Youth Creativity contain many well known people, such as Nikolay Fomenko, Alexei Devotchenko, Roman Trakhtenberg and many other theater workers and outstanding people of different professions.

He is an honorable winner of the "Golden Sofit" (2016) - with a golden sign "For the dedicated work of many years on the education of new generations of theater for the Russian Theater".[1][2]

Performances and productions

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Literature

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  • Evgeny Sazonov "City of the Masters: From the experience of the Leningrad Theater of Youth Creativity of the Order of the Red Banner of the Palace of Pioneers" - Moscow: Pedagogika, 1984, 129 p.
  • Evgeny Sazonov "Particles of the whole" - St. Petersburg: Baltic Seasons, 2011, 486 p. - ISBN 978-5-903368-60-0
  • Theater of Youth Creativity - Teaching magazine "Rakurs" No. 25, St. Petersburg: GOU "SPbGDTYu" 2006. - 76 p. - ISBN 5-88494-061-0

References

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  1. ^ During the "Golden Sofit" immediately Maly Drama Theatre Archived 27 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, BDT and Alexandrinka (in Russian)
  2. ^ ""Golden Sofit" 2016 (in Russian)". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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