Berkovich Evgeniya Borisovna - theater director. She is a student of Kirill Serebrennikov. She began to stage performances at the Seventh Studio and the Gogol Center. She is a creative, progressive and active person. In performances, he often raises problematic topics about which the majority tries to remain silent.
Biography
Evgenia Berkovich was born in St. Petersburg on April 29, 1985. Father - Boris (Ilya) Lvovich - poet and prose writer, mother - Elena Mikhailovna Efros - writer and journalist, grandmother - Nina Semyonovna Katerli - science fiction writer and publicist.
Evgenia was brought up in a creative family. She recalls that she often discussed the books of her mother and grandmother. She and her sister also wrote poems, fairy tales and stories, acted out scenes. We watched films on TV, later on videotapes. Dad was an ardent movie fan. The sisters watched serious films on the recommendation of their grandmother. Evgenia remembers how her grandmother once insisted that they pay attention to the film "Ordinary Fascism". The impressions remained for life, they were so strong.
Evgenia has a sister - Maria. They received secondary education and studied in a theater class. Maria became a defectologist, psychologist and teacher. Deals with "special" children and orphans. She is an aspiring writer. Her new well-known book "Non-Terrible World" is dedicated to love for children, for life and for a vocation.
Evgenia entered the Academy of Theater Arts in St. Petersburg. In 2007 she received a diploma in theater management. But I wanted to become a certified director, so in 2008 E. Berkovich was on the acting and directing courses of Kirill Serebrennikov at the Moscow Art Theater.
Seventh studio
K. Serebrennikov entered the course for the first time. The experimental group studied for four years, which later became the "Seventh Studio". In this project, K. Serebrennikov moved away from the traditional training of directing and acting. He decided to show the versatility of art in general. He introduced me to various schools, from master classes in Japanese dance "Butoh" to classical works by German and French directors. He did it.
E. Berkovich is an unconventional and eccentric theater director. She is a representative of the younger generation of filmmakers and contemporary art. She has an original approach to staging any performance. All of her performances are controversially assessed by both the audience and critics.
Death Talk
Berkovich is determined to work with teenagers. She raises difficult topics in her performances, is not afraid to talk with children on an equal footing about love, life values, death, grief and misfortune.
She has a performance that has been awaiting the viewer for a long time. In May 2014, the premiere of the play for teenagers "The Guard Dog" took place in SamArt. It is about the death and grief of two girls who have lost their father. They are living through the depression of their mother, who is withdrawn and does not want to talk to anyone about her misfortune. The first phrase on the stage is shocking: "Hello, do you have a minute to talk about death?"
Penguins
The play is based on the play "At the Ark at Eight" by the German playwright and screenwriter Ulrich Hub. On the stage of the Moscow Theater for Young Spectators.
E. Berkovich doubted a lot when staging the play, but at some point she decided to turn off the internal censorship and show how she felt. Everything turned out "nice". Both adults and young audiences take Penguins well. After the performance, the children have questions, which means that Evgenia's goal has been achieved. She was able to make children want to talk about God, religion, faith, friendship, love and the meaning of life.
The play "The Marriage of Gogol"
In May 2018, the premiere of the famous play "The Marriage" took place at the Drama Theater of Nizhnevartovsk. The director was E. Berkovich at the invitation of the artistic director Natalia Ivanovna Naumova.
The main decoration of the play is a large pink blanket. It appeared according to the idea of the designer Ksenia Sorokina. She often collaborates with Eugenia. Blanket as an ambiguous symbol of the surrounding world. It is both soft and comfortable, referring to a love theme, but also evoking associations of mental imbalance. It hangs like a wall and hangs casually to the floor.
On the playbill of the play there is an image of Gogol in a veil. E. Berkovich is constantly asked if she is afraid that such an image of the writer will cause a negative reaction in the viewer. She replies that she is ready for any reaction, the most important thing is that she be. And she is. Conservatives say that everything is bad and scary. People, ready for new cognition and vision of the world, somewhere laugh, somewhere become thoughtful.
Conversation on equal terms
Evgenia believes that you need to talk about everything with children and not divide topics into children and adults. She supports the ideas of many directors who stage complex performances for children. When dealing with teens and parents, she often acts as an expert. She skillfully guides parents to watch a particular performance. Many do not know how to talk with children about the history of our country now. How do I start this thread? E. Berkovich believes that it is necessary to show children such performances as "Children of the Crow" E. Korabelnik.
It is based on the book of the same name by Yulia Yakovleva, which describes the events of the "Stalinist repressions" and the incomprehensible disappearance of relatives. The questions of children of those times are still relevant. This becomes clear from the reaction of young viewers. Therefore, after watching the performance in the center. Meyerhold opens a dialogue room. They talk to children and read the surviving letters of children whose parents have mysteriously disappeared. Parents who became enemies of the people in the 30s and 40s.
Social openness
E. Berkovich is a representative of modern creativity and progressive theatrical art. She is a member of the Gogol Center project. E. Berkovich works in many projects with teenagers, orphans, difficult children. Participates in the summer theater festival for orphans "I am not alone".
E. Berkovich is not indifferent to people with difficult lives. She is worried about the fate of disabled people, orphans, disadvantaged and seriously ill people. On her pages in social networks, there are many appeals to someone to help: find a way out, raise money for patients, share something free of charge. Many photos with children and adults with disabilities.
Looking at E. Berkovich, at her short and mischievous haircut, bold and honest look, it seems that she is 14 years old. And she herself feels that way. It is easy for her to communicate with adolescents and to be open and direct for them. It's easy to create what she wants and how she feels. She feels in her place and does not pay attention to evil opinions. She brings herself to the world as she is.
