How to enter the theater. The whole truth about entering the theater institute

The Shchukin School is a higher theatrical educational institution, which only every hundredth entrant enters. For those who won this colossal competition, the trials are just beginning. Every year, Freshman Day is held here, where senior students demonstrate to freshmen what they will experience over the next four years. Who ran the Shchukin school a hundred years ago? Why is this institution allowed to teach only its graduates? How to enter one of the most prestigious in Russia?

Let's study!

On October 23, 2014, the Shchukin School celebrated its centenary. The first years of the existence of this educational institution fell on a difficult time for Russia. It was created in 1914. The founder - Yevgeny Vakhtangov - is a student of Stanislavsky, the very one who chronically did not believe in acting. According to legend, the former ward of the famous theatrical reformer uttered a significant phrase: “Let's study!” It was from her that Shchukinskoye began theater school its existence.

Zahava

Then the educational institution was just a small theater studio. But it was not in vain that the great Stanislavsky assured that no one could teach according to his system better than Yevgeny Vakhtangov. The first productions brought great fame among Moscow theatergoers. In 1922, the audience saw the famous production of "Princess Turandot". But the founder of the studio did not live to see the premiere. And the next leader was Boris Zakhava. The talented actor and director headed the Shchukin Theater School, albeit intermittently, but for almost half a century. It was he who laid down the basic principles of teaching, which teachers are guided by within the walls of the legendary university today.

Boris Shchukin and features of teaching

Only those who were once its students and successfully completed their studies can teach at this university. The leaders are sure that this is the only and main way to keep the theater school, which the Shchukin school is famous for, in a canonical form. By the way, famous name was given to this institution only in 1939. Boris Shchukin is one of the favorite students of the founder of the studio. This person is one of the brightest representatives Soviet realistic school. He has worked in theater for over twenty years. Shchukin is also known for being one of the first actors who were able to embody the image of Lenin on stage. There is an opinion that it was thanks to these merits that the school was named after him.

Progress

The Shchukin School was transformed into an institute in 2002. Over the hundred years of its existence, the educational institution has produced such an impressive galaxy of talented actors that it is rightfully considered a champion among other Russian theater universities. People call him "Pike". The big competition for the year is stable.

Famous Alumni

From the walls of this institute came such celebrities as Yuri Lyubimov, Andrei Mironov, Vladimir Etush, Nikita Mikhalkov. Among the younger generation, Sergey Makovetsky, Maxim Averin should be noted. Of course, this is not a complete list.

The duties of the artistic director, as you know, are performed by Vladimir Etush. Rector of the Institute - Evgeny Knyazev.

Directing department

Until the end of the fifties, only those who dreamed of acting glory sought to enter the Shchukin School. This university did not produce other specialists. In 1959, future directors were also trained here. However, the form of education at the directing department is only part-time. The competition for it is not so severe - only three people per place. The rules by which it works selection committee, are such that yesterday's schoolboy who dreams of the laurels of Zakharov and Meyerhold cannot enter the directing department at the Shchukinskoye school. Those who have behind their backs the professional practice of a theater director are accepted here.

People from all over the country come to the directing department to study, and not at all in order to conquer the capital. After all, applicants are expected in their native theaters. And it is in their homeland that students will subsequently have to deliver their theses.

Acting department

Future directors stay within the walls of the institute for no more than two months a year, which cannot be said about those who study acting here. For future artists, in addition to the core discipline, it is planned to study the following subjects:

• plastic expressiveness;
• musical expressiveness;
• scenic speech.

The acting department also has a department of history and philosophy.

Admission rules

The exam in the specialty is held in three stages:

1. Reading Krylov's fables, two or three poems and an excerpt from prose.
2. Checking music, rhythm and voice data.
3. Execution of a small stage sketch.

If the applicant has passed the exam in the specialty, he is allowed to pass the Russian language and literature (in writing), as well as a colloquium, which aims to identify the level of knowledge in the field of culture, art, literature and national history.

The institute has preparatory courses. Admission to them is carried out after listening, on which it is necessary to read an excerpt from a prose work, a poem or a fable. Training in the preparatory courses is held on weekends and consists of seventy-two

Educational theater

During the training, students present their first works to the audience. The educational theater of the Shchukin School is a full-fledged unit, which employs a whole team of professionals. Students produce their diploma works together with directors-teachers. For seventy years, the educational theater of the Shchukin School has kept the traditions that were laid down by the students of the founder of this legendary university. The thesis reveals creative individuality every student. Inveterate theater-goers of Moscow have the opportunity to see the performances of talented and young actors. Such is the tradition that the Shchukin School has not changed throughout almost its entire existence.

Performances with the participation of students were more than once a resounding success. The history of the institute knows cases when, in order to get to view one of theses, Muscovites stood in long lines at the box office for hours.

The repertoire of the educational theater is updated annually. On the educational stage, plays are staged based on the works of both Russians and foreign authors. Among them - "Monsieur de Molière" (based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov), "Poverty is not a vice" (A.N. Ostrovsky), "Farewell to Matera" (based on the novel by Valentin Rasputin).

How to get there?

In the heart of the capital is the Shchukin School. The address of this educational institution is Bolshoy Nikolopeskovsky lane, 15, building 1. On foot from the Arbatskaya metro station, you can walk within ten to fifteen minutes.

The main selection criteria for admission to a theater university.

“There are only two criteria for admission to a theater school: this can be corrected for a future student, this can never be corrected ... This is what we must proceed from!” Leonid Volkov, the great theater teacher.

When entering a theater university, college or VGIK, there are selection criteria for applicants. Until recently, before teachers on acting skills, who listened to the applicants at the final creative competition, in front of each teacher in the skill of the actor, there was a lined sheet of paper in which the teacher put his assessment in front of one or another creative criterion of the applicant. Primitively, point by point.

Now there are no such "leaflets", but for every acting teacher, a professional in his field, such "fads" exist in their heads. These points are parameters, creative criteria, selection criteria against which the teacher speculatively assigns points to the applicant. Let's try to figure it out. What are these points?

The first point is: "External data of the theater university entrant".

For an actor - his external data - his calling card. This is something that he cannot develop, this is from God and parents. Eyes, face, smile, height, figure, whiteness of teeth, shape of lips, color and naturalness of hair, absence of obvious physical defects - this is a reality and, of course, teachers of acting skills pay paramount attention to this.

But don't be confused "external data" theater university entrant with his/her "stage charm" . So far, in the first paragraph, it is not considered. As is sexuality. As is beauty.

The concept of beauty, by the way, is conditional and subjective. The concept of beauty, especially female, is changing in humanity, like fashion. For the Renaissance - Leonardo da Vinci's Gioconda - was the standard of beauty.

But… if today we put a photo of some Miss Universe and a reproduction of Mona Lisa next to each other – I assure you – the choice of the modern average man will not fall on the “standard of da Vinci”.

Putting a mental assessment in the line "external data" - the teacher for the skill of the actor (acting) looks not at your beauty, but at the degree of expressiveness of your external data.

You can be far from beautiful, but have such expressive and penetrating eyes, which seem to reflect the slightest “rustle of your soul”, as the great K.S. Stanislavsky said.

Or, again, not to be handsome, but to have such a lively expression(“live face”), which “mirrors” any nuance of your experiences. You can have rare "external data". For example, very funny, comedian appearance. you met at life path people who make you smile at first sight? Not often, but certainly met.

Or, on the contrary, if you look at a person, you will be taken aback!

So he seems somehow unusual, bright, his face, eyes, movements - excite, cause emotional response. It happens even less frequently, but it does happen.

This is the kind of natural rarity that we, teachers of acting, call unique external data. But this is rare! The presence of these means of expression does not depend on us. I repeat, this is an objective reality - it is on it that teachers first of all turn. Because they know that most of the bottom lines of the “evaluation sheet” (voice, diction, plasticity, even ear for music) can be developed by the student in the learning process, but external data and their natural expressiveness are not subject to development.

They either exist or they don't...

(From the article by Eldar Tagiev “Who is admitted to drama schools?” - the newspaper "Culture" September 1993.)

Yes, there is a concept "stage charm"- is also a very important criterion in the selection for admission to theatrical universities. But what is "stage charm"? This is a "sub-point" of what I was talking about above. Stage charm - again, do not confuse with beauty - stems from "external data".

“Stage charm” is, simply speaking, what explains why it is interesting, pleasant, exciting to watch a person who is on stage space. This, again, is an objective factor: either it exists or it doesn't.

"Stage Charm" can be both positive and negative.

For example, let's take a well-known example - the film "Brother": Danila Bagrov (actor Sergei Bodrov - Jr.) - positive charm, his brother (actor Viktor Sukhorukov) - negative charm.

But it is fascinating, interesting, pleasant for us viewers to observe the existence of these diverse actors. Our eyes do not get tired of either one or the other.

Both have the magic of "stage (in this case, cinematic) charm."

The stage and screen have a truly magical effect.

Sometimes handsome people in life - they turn into gray mediocrity, and - vice versa! I do not argue that there are internationally recognized standards of male and female beauty on stage and screen. For example, Marilyn Monroe is the standard of female beauty and sexuality for many Americans. She was charming both in life and on stage. But, you see, Marilyn Monroe has never been recognized as a Great Actress.

The world "prayed" for her as an icon of charm. To objective factors (criteria that cannot be corrected), I include, no matter how strange it may seem to anyone, a sense of rhythm.

He was asked: - "Yuri Andreevich, is it possible to become an actor without an ear for music?

Yuri Andreevich replied:

“Hearing is needed, although sometimes we accept applicants with a slow musical ear to a theater university. But if there is a problem of rhythm, then that's it. And you want to take a person, and sometimes you even take it, but by the third year you understand: this is insurmountable. Children without hearing begin to sing through rhythms, and hearing improves. But if the rhythm is lame, a person will not even be able to hear and perceive where to reproduce it. The teachers let him out of the university, realizing that they are letting him die. God gave him much more: charm, mobility, good susceptibility - everything is in him, but he is not able to perform an elementary action. He can accidentally pierce someone with a sword, inflict an accidental blow on someone, he falls out of dance numbers, and most importantly, he is motionless in speech, and all speech is on rhythms. He does not perceive the special style of the author, he is the same everywhere: thumps, thumps, thumps .... "

And the third "whale" of those criteria that are given to the applicant by God (after external data and sense of rhythm), I think this is an inner emotionality and contagiousness.

I think it is not necessary to explain in detail what is meant by this.

For me "contagiousness" - this is when an actor starts on my back from an emotional experience « goosebumps." But unlike the first two criteria, your emotionality, fortunately, can be developed and it is not developed in a good theater university.

And after graduating from a theater university, a good actor has been doing this all his life - with every role he "grows" your emotionality, increases the degree of impact on the viewer.

The Boris Shchukin Theater Institute is the most famous educational institution in Russia, which trains actors and directors. Most of the masters of the stage and film set have passed through this institute with a long glorious history.

History of the Institute

The Boris Shchukin Theater Institute was founded in 1914. One of the main initiators of its creation was Evgeny Vakhtangov. At that time he worked at the Moscow Art Theater. Even then, he had the idea to found a studio in which actors could improve their skills. Vakhtangov conceived personal example check how the Stanislavsky system works. He began to actively invite amateurs who dreamed of a stage, considering the spread of Stanislavsky's system to be his main task. At the same time, he was extremely interested in his own search.

Students willingly undertook to master the system of the famous director right in the course of the rehearsals of the performances. The first production was "The Lanin Manor" based on the play of the same name by Zaitsev. The premiere took place in the building of the Hunting Club, located on Vozdvizhenka. The artists were waiting for a complete failure. Vakhtangov then agreed that it was necessary to study the system systematically and gradually.

The Boris Shchukin Theater Institute considers October 23 to be its birthday. It was on this day that Vakhtangov gave his first lecture to students.

First successes

After that, the students of the Vakhtangov studio released the play only 4 years later. They became the "Miracle of St. Anthony" based on the work of Maurice Maeterlinck. By this time, it was possible to form a studio ethic, to master the elements of a theater school, to organize a strong and "combat-ready" team. The performance was more favorably received by the audience. There were even positive reviews.

By 1920, Vakhtangov's health had deteriorated greatly. In order to save the studio, he persuaded the leadership of the Moscow Art Theater to take it under his wing. So the third studio of the Moscow Art Theater appeared. In 1921 it opened with new edition plays by Maeterlinck.

Vakhtangov also manages to stage Gozzi's "Princess Turandot", in which his artistic method, which he himself called "fantastic realism", was most clearly manifested. The theater actor and director died in 1922 from stomach cancer.

Boris Zakhava is appointed as the new head of the studio. In 1926, he sought to assign a new status to the studio - the state theater. And in this form it exists until 1937.

A new stage in the life of the Institute

In 1937, the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute moved to a new building. Now it is located on Bolshoy Nikolopeskovsky Lane. The school becomes a college. The training has been going on for 4 years.

Famous Soviet theater and film actor Boris Shchukin dies in 1939. In memory of him, the school is named after him. Shchukin was best remembered by the Soviet audience for his roles in Mikhail Romm's films "Lenin in October" and "Lenin in 1918".

It is worth noting that not all of them are taken. In order to get into these courses, you need to prove yourself at a preliminary audition. The competition commission will evaluate your artistic reading of a fable, a work of poetry or a prose passage.

The program of preparatory courses includes the subjects "skill of actors", "rhythm", "history of Russian and foreign theater", as well as "history of national literature". Separately, they will be engaged in stage speech. Classes are taught by teachers of the institute, who in the future will take entrance exams at your place, and then, possibly, teach at your place.

If you failed to enter the budget department, then there is a chance to get an education on a paid basis. In this case, the amount will be from 100 to 250 thousand rubles a year, depending on the chosen faculty.

Open Day

In order to attract new applicants, the Boris Schukin Theater Institute holds an annual open doors. It is held on the eve of a new set. When classes are already ending in schools, and graduates are actively starting to look for a university to get higher education. Applicants will be told in what conditions they will study, they will answer all their questions. To do this, you just need to come to the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute. Address - Moscow, Bolshoy Nikolapeskovskiy pereulok, 12a, building 1.

What attracts this university?

The main advantage of this university is the peculiarities of teaching. Everything is based on three main factors.

The first is the alignment of acting skills in a strict logical sequence.

The second is the whole academic year dedicated to creating a stage image. Students with teachers are engaged in observation, perform fantasy exercises, learn to impersonate, play sketches based on classical literary material.

And finally, last but not least. The Shchukin Institute does not have a system of disparate creative workshops, as is the case in other theatrical universities. Education and training of future artists is carried out centrally. The entire department of acting skills works with each.

These components are the secret of the Institute's success.

Theater Institute. B. Shchukina is a representative of the Vakhtangov school of acting, which was founded in November 1913 by a group of students as an amateur theater studio. A young actor of the Moscow Art Theater, a student of Stanislavsky, Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov, was invited as a leader. In the spring of 1914, the premiere of the performance by the studio members “The Lanin Estate” took place, which ended in failure, in response to which E.B. Vakhtangov said "Let's study!". On October 23, 1914, he gave the first lesson to the students in the Stanislavsky system. This day is considered the founding day of the Institute. B. Shchukin. Vakhtangov's studio combined a school and an experimental laboratory and bore the name of one of the Arbat lanes, in which it was then located - "Mansurovskaya". In 1926, the studio was named the Theater. Yevgeny Vakhtangov with a theater school permanently attached to him, which in 1932 became a secondary special theater institution. In 1939, she was named after the actor, favorite student of E. Vakhtangov, Boris Shchukin. In 1945, the school received the status of a Higher Educational Institution and from that moment on it was known as the Higher Theater School. B. Shchukin at the State Academic Theater. Evgeny Vakhtangov.

Dormitory facilities are not available during exams.

There is an age limit:

• girls - up to 22 years old,
• young people - up to 24 years.

Training period- 4 years.

Social benefits and guarantees

• the scholarship is awarded on a general basis;
• a hostel is provided to non-residents;
• respite from the army while studying.

A distinctive feature of the "Pike" (as the school is usually called in theatrical circles) is that its teachers - always, for the past eight decades - are its own graduates. This is how the theatrical tradition and the culture of teaching are preserved.

The school has two faculties.

At the acting, main faculty, training lasts 4 years, there is only a full-time department.

Students receive special and general education training.

Among the special disciplines:

• actor skill,
• scenic speech,
• vocals,
• artistic reading,
• stage movement,
• dance,
• fencing,
• rhythm,
• etiquette.

General education disciplines:

• philosophy,
• foreign languages,
• history of theater, literature, fine arts and music.

At the final stage of training, students play their graduation performances.

Since 1959, there has been a directing department at the school, there is a daytime and correspondence department, the educational process lasts 5 years.

Small, usually 5-6 people, full-time directing groups are created at acting courses, and student directors are immediately involved in practical work with student actors.

Correspondence courses are designed for those who already work in the theater or head a theater studio or school, but do not have a diploma in theater director.

The training program for directors, in addition to the disciplines of the acting department, includes:

• theory and practice of directing,
• fundamentals of directorial analysis of dramaturgy,
• theater economics,
• the beginning of scenography, musical design of performances.

The training ends with a graduation performance, which can be staged in any theater in the country.

There is an educational theater at the school.

Admission to the Theater Institute. B. Shchukin takes place in 4 stages: a qualifying round, a practical exam on the skill of an artist, an oral colloquium and the presentation of the results of the Unified State Examination in Russian and Literature.

Before thinking about how to get on stage, it is advisable to immediately determine for yourself that even if successful in admission, the young actor will have a thorny path, many days of training, Full time job above himself, full dedication to the profession.

What should be taken into account first of all?

If before your eyes there is only a star track, applause from the audience and a mass of reckless fans - this is not the goal. Recognition and glory are achieved by great work, perseverance, and the desire to learn. You need to love your profession sincerely and know that acting is a vocation.

It is equally important to perform several organizational actions:

1. Please read the admission requirements carefully. The rules are presented on the portals of theatrical universities.
2. It is desirable to submit documents to all acting institutes.
3. Carefully prepare the admission program by studying with a tutor.
4. Ask in advance if there are courses at the institute and be sure to become their listener.
5. Ask the teachers of the institute or its students about what specific tours and exams will be.

Do not worry about the unified state. In such universities, the passing score is important, which is the sum of the results and grades obtained in the exams. But even before these very exams, you can not "get" because in the course of consultations (these are the tours) there is a purposeful screening of weaklings. There are at least three tours. The exams are called:

1. Sketches.
2. Plastic.
3. Contest.
4. Vocal.
5. Scenic speech.

There is no blasphemy here. All in sight. Teachers evaluate the applicant "live". It makes no sense to talk about connections and money, because hard workers are loved here. Dropouts are possible during the whole course. Many can't stand it.

"Pike", VGIK, Shchepkin Higher Theater School, GITIS, what should I do?

The main thing - solid knowledge programs, confidence. Often, during the tours, members of the commission give the task to prepare a specific fragment. It needs to be learned a short time. It is better to have in stock works of the maximum number of genres and styles. Classic is a must. Dressing for exams should be natural, better - restrained, strictly. It is important to take a few photos with you.

If the applicant does not live in Moscow, you need to come to the capital for admission in advance. This requires training in acting. Already in late May - early June, eminent teachers are gaining a course. It is advisable to become a member of the tours during this period. The mood is the most combative, so that nothing could distract from what was planned, to go only forward.

Competition in these schools huge. Those wishing to become students come from all over the country and neighboring countries. You need to be prepared for the fact that after all the ups and downs, even if the type fits, they will offer to study on a paid basis.

1. A. Pushkin.
2. L. Filatov.
3. K. Chukovsky.
4. M. Tsvetaeva.
5. I. Bunin.
6. F. Tyutchev.
7. A. Fet.
8. M. Lermontov.

You also need to take a number of fables, be well versed in prose, reading excerpts from the works of the classics: A. Chekhov, L. Tolstoy, F. Dostoevsky, W. Shakespeare.

Teaching acting is not an easy task.

If an applicant decides to become a student at an acting university, he will immediately understand: acting training begins long before admission. It is important to choose a program so that it goes easily. If the work is "not given", you can quit it and do something else.

It’s good if there is an experienced teacher nearby who will be engaged and suggest at each stage what you need to focus on. Vocal preparation is not easy. It is advisable to study with the musician separately. In addition, it is important to learn how to control the body, be flexible, prepare the dance. And for a snack - tongue twisters. When reading works, it is important to catch with your skill in the first seconds. The commission does not listen to applicants for a long time during the tours.