Ponomarenko Alexander is a parodist, comedian and musician. Together with their twin brother Valery, they achieved success on the stage of humor. They work as a duet. They go on tour with concerts in Russia. They come up with humorous numbers themselves, and the audience welcomes the jokes of the Ponomarenko brothers.
Biography
Alexander Sergeevich Ponomarenko was born on June 13, 1967 in Novocherkassk. Mom - Valentina Ivanovna worked at a dairy. Dad - Sergey Alekseevich - as a driver. Alexander has a twin brother - Valery. The two brothers were inseparable. Both were solid A's. They did homework for each other, wrote tests, passed exams. Alexander is more inclined towards the humanities, Valery - towards the exact sciences: physics, chemistry, mathematics.
It is home to good memories of childhood - of an amusement park where a real AN-10 aircraft was stationed. Each time he tried to reach the screw and twist it. He remembers how he and his brother watched "The Adventures of Electronics" and wanted the same moped as in the film.
They liked to watch A. Rowe's fairy tales "Morozko", "Koschey the Immortal", "Barbarian Beauty, Long Braid". I especially liked to parody Miller - Baba Yaga and Koshchei. They parodied educators, teachers, themselves, all friends. Even then, they were interesting and good at it. But everyone around them treated it as self-indulgence. And the brothers themselves hardly thought about it seriously then.
But artistry is not given uselessly and does not disappear over the years. Both brothers entered the Rostov College of Film and Television, received a diploma in film technology. But Alexander was carried away by music, and Valery - by theater and stage.
Humor won
Art requires a tactful and subtle approach and the ability to express yourself seriously. The brothers were not yet ready for this and took a regular Soviet job. Alexander worked in the construction department as a cab driver. He delivered glasses on a real cart with a horse. In his free time, he mastered playing the saxophone and gathered musical associates. They came up with the group "Merry Size". We composed and played country songs in the city market. Gradually, their performances turned into whole shows with makeup and costumes.
More and more I wanted to amuse people. Valery has already started working on the stage. He got a good experience touring under the direction of B. P. Tsypkin and more and more often began to call Alexander into the sphere of humor. First, he asked him to be a sound engineer when shooting a number, then help in the production and play along with him. So Alexander got involved. We went to duet numbers, went to writing scripts, coming up with jokes. In 1999, they won the international competition "Cup of Humor", after which they were invited to the "Crooked Mirror". In 2001, the brothers became laureates of the festival of satire and humor "Golden Ostap".
The creative list of brothers is impressive - more than 50 parodies.
Parody is a special genre of humor. She must be so tactful and moderate that the heroes of parodies do not have a feeling of resentment or insult, especially humiliation. A parody, ideally, is a caricature or a friendly cartoon that makes you smile. This is exactly what the parodies of the brothers look like. After all, they are almost always interested in the reaction of those they parody. Ilya Oleinik's reaction to their parody advertisement was interesting. He saw her on TV. I looked closely and listened for a long time. I began to remember when they were filming this advertisement, even asked Yu. Stoyanov about it. There was a story with M. Zadornov, who spoke flatteringly about the parody. He said that Alexander is one to one like him, even from behind. M. Boyarsky once praised Alexander, who sang a song for him at the rehearsal of the number for "Crooked Mirror".
In 2008, the brothers played the main roles in their own play "The Clone". The performance grew out of the plot of a small number written by Alexander. He plays a businessman who wants to go on vacation to the Caucasus. In order not to leave the company without leadership, he ordered a clone played by Valery. He was deceived and instead of a clone they found a similar artist who liked the role of a businessman. And he decided to remain a businessman forever and even claimed a wife. Anatoly Mutter caught fire with the production idea and successfully showed the performance to the audience. For several years the performance was on the stages of Rostov-on-Don.
"Crooked mirror", goodbye and welkom "Brothers Ponomarenko"
For several years, Alexander and his brother Valery were constant participants in the "Crooked Mirror" program, but at some point they realized that they were blurring in the team. They wanted to declare themselves as a duet. From childhood, they presented themselves as the collective "Ponomarenko brothers". This brand has been dear and meaningful to them since birth. For more than ten years they have been performing and touring on their own. Together they come up with numbers, write scripts and rehearse.
The number of variety performances can no longer be counted, the merry meetings, parties and corporate events held cannot be enumerated. Here are the most famous ones:
Great family happiness
A. Ponomarenko is an excellent family man. He met his wife Anna while playing in the market with the band. They needed suits for the numbers and saw an ad for home sewing. They came to the seamstress with the whole team. They took measurements and left. After trying on again, Alexander had a desire to see the dressmaker again. He asked for another fitting and realized that he wanted to spend more and more time with this dressmaker.
They have been together for many years. Raised daughter Lyubov and son German. But when Alexander talks about the family, he says that he is an uncle with many children. Brother Valery is always there and his family is always there. A large family table and singing songs together with a guitar is the nicest thing for them.
Viewers love
Brothers never get tired of each other. Humor is everywhere with them. The willingness to throw out jokes is not a profession for them, but an inner state.
Numerous spectators are waiting for them in all cities of Russia. Alexander writes pop numbers himself. He believes that a parody piece should be felt at the stage of its creation. G. Khazanov always talked about this when they worked at the Variety Theater.
There are a lot of comedians on our stage, there are fewer talented people, but there are no two who work so harmoniously and correctly at once. They hone every joke, number and parody to perfection. Sometimes opinions on the success of the joke do not agree, but the brothers adhere to the principle - the viewer will judge and appreciate.
The brothers have composed many fairy tales for children. Many are recorded on cassettes and tapes and are kept in home archives. They did this for their children, when they went on tour, they left audio recordings of fairy tales. Fairy tales were read in different voices with sound effects of thunder, forest noise and rain. There is a beautiful and interesting fairy tale "The Magic Boat". The brothers have not yet found a use for it, they distributed it to all their friends and acquaintances. They recorded and released it on CD.
The brothers are filled with humor and jokes to the brim. Their work for the viewer continues. There are enough plots for the numbers, only with parodies it has been a little tight lately. Alexander says that there is no one to parody.
But the audience and fans of the humorous genre are grateful. After all, many parodies can be watched an infinite number of times and from repetition they do not become less funny. On the contrary, the work of the brothers gives inspiration to some personalities who devote poetry to them:
