Dmitry Krymov today embodies only the most innovative ideas in his work. His professional and uncompromising approach to work allows him to create real masterpieces. And the name of the famous stage director and artist currently adorns the crown of Russian art.
An incredibly brilliant person in the field of Russian culture - Dmitry Krymov - has already reached incredible heights in the field of directing and theatrical art. A member of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia and the Union of Artists has been repeatedly awarded with title awards at various international festivals.
Biography of Dmitry Krymov
October 1954 in Moscow was marked by the birth of a truly talented person. Family: father - director Anatoly Efros, mother - art critic and theater critic Natalya Krymova. Since the times of the growing up of the future star belonged to the period of special anti-Semitism in our country, it was decided at the family council to give the son the mother's surname. As shown by the truth of life and love for uncompromising creativity, the decision was correct and effective.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Dmitry entered the Moscow Art Theater School at the staging department in the footsteps of his eminent father. Upon completion of his studies in 1976, he went to improve his profession at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. Here theatergoers were able to get acquainted with his works on productions of "Summer and Smoke" by Williams, "Remembrance" by Arbuzov, "A Month in the Country" by Turgenev, "Living Corpse" by Tolstoy and others.
In 1985, Krymov continued his professional career with the Taganka Theater. Thanks to his undoubted professionalism and talent, the viewer was able to appreciate his performances: "One and a half square meters", "War does not have a woman's face" "Misanthrope". At the same time, the popular screenwriter collaborates with many post-Soviet countries, theaters in Bulgaria and Japan. Its geography within its Russian activities includes, in addition to the capital, St. Petersburg, Volgograd and Nizhny Novgorod. On a professional basis, Dmitry Krymov collaborated with many eminent directors, including Shapiro, Arie, Tovstonogov and Portnov.
After the death of his father in the early nineties, our hero leaves his job as a stage designer and switches to painting and graphics. And it should be noted that it is quite successful. His paintings began to be exhibited at leading thematic exhibitions in museums in England, Germany and France. In our country, one could get acquainted with his artistic work in the Russian Museum.
Today his canvases are successfully presented at the Museum of Fine Arts. AS Pushkin and in the "Tretyakov Gallery". And since 2002, Dmitry Krymov has been a permanent teacher at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts. In addition, he heads the course for theater artists and the creative laboratory of the School of Dramatic Art. His productions regularly take part in International festivals around the planet.
The essence of the director's creativity
The innovative approach of the master of theatrical art has become well known to everyone today. According to his deep conviction and the eloquent results of his work in the thematic sphere of life, at present, only the audience's interest determines the vector of development of this spectrum of the consumer market.
Since the modern viewer has long ceased to be “omnivorous” and his sophistication in assessing theatrical art has reached a “gourmand” level, then the work of a screenwriter must be at the proper level of professionalism. As you know in the theatrical environment, Dmitry Krymov is always very demanding and merciless to everything related to theatrical work. However, in life he is a very gentle and friendly person.
The main postulate of the director is that the viewer, coming to the performance, should not fully understand the author's intention, but come to him only after long reflections and conclusions. It is the very process of understanding the director's intention that constitutes the idea of success in contemporary theatrical art.
