- Lev Dodin
Lev Abramovich Dodin ( _ru. Лев Абрамович Додин, born 1944) is a modern
Russia n theater director, the leader ofSaint Petersburg Maly Drama Theater.Biography
Lev Dodin was born in
Siberia in 1944. He first experienced theatrical production as a child at theLeningrad Young Viewers’ Theatre directed by Matvey Grigorievich Dubrovin. Studied atLeningrad Institute for Theatre, Music and Cinema under Boris Zon andGeorgy Tovstonogov which he graduated in 1966.Between 1966 and 1982 he was a guest director in different theaters of Russia and abroad including "Leningrad Young Viewers’ Theatre",
Gorky Theater ,MKhAT ,Finnish National Theatre ,Salzburg Festival,Florence Musical May festival,Milan La Scala .In 1975 he started to work with
Maly Drama Theater . In 1982 he became the artistic director of the theater and has led the theater since then.Among Dodin' major works are:
*"Brothers and Sisters" byFedor Abramov - a monumental show more than 8 hours long;
*"The House" byFedor Abramov
*Lord of the Flies byWilliam Golding
*"Stars in the Morning Sky by Alexander Galin
*"Chevengur" byAndrei Platonov
*The Devils byFyodor Dostoevsky
*The Cherry Orchard byAnton Chekhov and many others.Dodin received
USSR State Prize (1986) andRussia State prize (1993).External links
* [http://www.mdt-dodin.ru/english/dodin/index.htm Dodin's page on his theater site]
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