THE EXPERIENCE OF PROJECTION THEATER IN THE ACTING ART OF RUSSIA IN THE 20TH CENTURY

Abstract

The topic of the scientific article – the history of projection theatre in the art of acting in Russia – is considered by the author against the background of the general view of the art of the 20-30s of the XX century. The author traces the merging of elements in the language systems of the arts, which allowed the avantgardists to find new ways of interacting with the audience. The researcher talks about the Moscow painter Solomon Nikritin, the creator of the theory of «projectionism» and abstract theatre. The ideal representative of the artist, according to Nikritin, is an actor, and the theatre is a potential implementer of the ideas of projectionism. To embody them, Nikritin, along with a group of artists and actors, creates his own theatre in Moscow and gives it the name «Projection». It is shown that the projection theatre was innovative, avant-garde in many ways, was a research and was almost the first theatre workshop in the country.