ALEXANDER PONOMAREV

Russia, 129110, Moscow, Banny pereulok 2, kv. 112
tel: (095) 288-60-56
fax (095) 230-22-58 (c/o Russian Theatre Union)

Curriculum Vitae

1997

1996

March April

May-June

July-Aug

1996-97 season

Joint theatre-multimedia project Iordano Bruno by Igor Terentjev (supported by Open Society Institute)
Odd and Even Theatre, Theremin Center & Sergei Letov
Beginning work with Odd and Even Theatre on Dimitri the Impostor by XVIII century playwright Sumarokov
Directed Marriage by Gogol at Polish Radio, Warsaw.
Attended European Directors School in Leeds, UK. Met Nona Ciobanu (Romania) and Paul Portelli (Malta). Decision to implement joint project Directed Double Bass by Patric Zuskind at Radio Russia
Directed German version of Hodja Nasreddin's First Love by T. Zulfikarov at Deutschland Radio, Berlin
Participated in joint Russian-Romanian-Maltese project Dorde (Odd and Even Theatre - Theatre Annon - Toaca Theatre). Opened 12 August, Valetta, Malta

Directing avant-garde play by A. Kruchenykh Victory over the Sun (1913) in Russian Youth Academic Theatre, Moscow

1995

Feb March

May June

Septem

August

Directed The Discontent by Merimee at Radio Russia
Participated in International Festival Prix Futura, Berlin, with radio production of 21 Tanka by Ishikawa Takuboku
Directed Picnic by Arabal, Radio Russia
Directed and played lead role in Gamayun or Sunset on the Swamp by Mark (Moscow)
Directed trilingual (Russian-Japanese-German) version of 21 Tanka at Deutschland Radio, Berlin CD Madame Lenine produced at Theremin Centre was released in US
1994

Jan
Feb-Mar
May

Directed Hodja Nasreddin's First Love by Timur Zulfikarov. Radio-I - Ostankino, Moscow.
Production participated in Marishiga Festival, Tokyo
Directed My Meetings with Vladimir Kazakov by Kazakov and Etruscan Vase by Merimee, Radio Russia First prize for best production of miniplay at First International Radio Festival, Moscow, for Madame Lenine by Khlebnikov
June

October

Novem Radioplay Gamayun or Sunset on the Swamp by Mark, Radio Russia
First prize at Macrophone-94 International Festival, Wroclaw, Poland, for excerpts from Zanghezi by Khlebnikov staged at Odd and Even Theatre
Bilingual version (Russian-Japanese) of experimental radioplay 21 Tanka by Ishikawa Takuboku. Theremin Centre, Radio-I Moscow
1993

May
Septem
Nov-Dec

1992
1991

April
June
October

Joint workshop of Odd and Even Theatre and Thomas Richard's group - Workcentre of Jerzy Grotowsky in Moscow
Directed Ecclesiasi (Women at People's Assembly) by Aristophanes, debut as director at Radio -I
Odd and Even Theatre participates in Theater Nach der Diktatur International Festival, Berlin and Dresden, with Zanghezi by Khlebnikov

Work on Zanghezi by Khlebnikov throughout the year. Opening 14 October in Sovremennik Theatre, Moscow

Participated in Nantes - Europe's Cross-roads Festival (France) with Nikolai Gogol. Nose

Opening of God is Probably Everywhere by Vvedensky/School of Etoiles by Yevreinov Theatre Festival in Tubingen, Germany

1990

April
June
Septem

Participated in Off Moskau Festival, Berlin, with Elizaveta Bam by Harms/Kupriyanov and Natasha by Vvedensky
Opening of Don Juan by Kazakov at Yermolova Theatre, Moscow
Participated in Zurcher Theater Spektakel International Festival, Zurich, with Elizaveta Bam/Kupriyanov and Natasha; Don Juan
1989

April
August
October
Decem

Nikolai Gogol. Nose acclaimed by Moscow critics as one of best productions of season
Opening of Being by Khlebnikov
Opening of Musical Links of Gold Chain in Jewish Musical Theatre, Moscow
Opening of Elizaveta Bam by Harms/Kupriyanov and Natasha by Vvedensky
Opening of Small Tragedies by Khlebnikov, Sliven, Bulgaria
1987-88 Acted in cinema, theatre, TV in Russia and Germany
Sept 1988

1986