SEMYON SPIVAK ABOUT A SAW, A NEEDLE AND TWO PLANETS – A WORKSHOP AND A THEATRE

Abstract

The article describes The Spivak Workshop Festival, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the acting and directing workshop of People’s Artist of Russia Semyon Spivak at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. During three decades, Professor Spivak has graduated was the head of five courses, for which the St. Petersburg Youth Theater on Fontanka has become the training base. The program of The Spivak Workshop festival includes performances that grew out of student thesis shows and became an important part of the repertoire of the theatre headed by Spivak. In the author’s conversation with Semyon Spivak, the top issues of modern theatre education are raised: teaching methods, pedagogical interaction of a master with students, and the upbringing of an actor as a like–minded person with a director.