Victor Ryzhakov: biography, creativity and personal life

Viktor Anatolyevich Ryzhakov is a famous Russian teacher and theater director, a popular Russian actor.

Biography

Victor Ryzhakov was born on May 25, 1960. His city of childhood was Khabarovsk, where he was born. Childhood years passed it cheerfully and carefree.

At school, the future famous actor and director studied well, and after graduating he entered the Far Eastern Institute of Arts. But the career of the director and actor was so interesting to the young man that soon after graduation he tried his hand at the Moscow School of Theater named after Shchukin. After his graduation he submits the documents to GITIS and easily passes the competition.

Victor Ryzhakov: biography, family and creativity

Viktor Anatolyevich began his activity in the capital's theater of the young spectator, where he got right after the end of GITIS. He was lucky, as his teachers were G. Yanovsky and K. Ginkas. They not only helped him to master the profession, to learn skill, but also discovered real actor and director talent in this young and gifted person.

It is thanks to his teachers, his talent and dedication that he begins to put on his own performances, which successfully take place not only in Russia, but also abroad. To hone his skills and show it to the whole world, Victor Ryzhakov, whose photo can be seen in this article, participated and participates in all competitions and film festivals of both international level and Russian.

Having received invaluable experience of participation in festivals of different levels, Victor Ryzhakov in 1993 organized and then became the head of the first Russian festival of theaters, which was held near the city of Sochi. In Lazarevsky this festival "Theater in search of theater" brought together a large number of novice actors and theater directors. Therefore, the first attempt of the young director and actor Viktor Anatolyevich Ryzhakov turned out to be successful.

Work in the Theater of Drama and Comedy in Kamchatka

In 1995, Victor Ryzhakov, whose personal life was always a secret and a mystery to others and admirers of his work, becomes the artistic director of the Theater of Drama and Comedy, which was in Kamchatka. In this theater, he worked six fruitful years, as over the years he was able not only to raise the reputation of the theater, but also created a board of trustees for the Russian theater society. He acted at the state theater in Kamchatka.

Already in 2000, a talented actor and director together with the actors of the Kamchatka theater conceived, and then carried out an unusual theater project. So, he was represented at festivals in different cities and enjoyed great success. The project of Viktor Ryzhakov and Kamchatka Theater "Karaul No. 8" showed its performances in such large foreign cities as Vienna, Los Angeles, Edinburgh and others.

Pedagogical activity

In 2001, Ryzhkov Viktor Anatolyevich becomes not only a teacher in directing, he is awarded the title of professor in this field. In the same year he begins his pedagogical activity at the famous Nemirovich-Danchenko School-Studio, which operates under the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov. Soon he begins his work under the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov, as a director-director.

Since 2002, Victor Ryzhakov is a member of the founders of the Volodin Theater Festival. In addition, Viktor Anatolyevich became the permanent director of the festival "Five Evenings." Most of the performances were staged by this talented director on the plays of I. Vyrypaev.

But in addition to such active directorial and theatrical work, Viktor Anatolyevich has time to do the "New Drama" laboratory, which allows him not only to realize himself, but also to find talents among young and as yet inexperienced directors. Foreign colleagues know him also for those wonderful master classes that he holds. With his achievements on the theme "The Stanislavsky system and the modern theater" he visited America, Hungary, Germany and Poland. In addition, he lectures and gives practical lessons of mastery at Harvard University, as well as in various theatrical Russian institutes.

Recognition of the actor and director

Constantly Viktor Anatolyevich is engaged in research and development. So, for his work, he received many awards and prizes, among which the national award "Golden Mask". His work in the field of art was highly appreciated, and on May 22, 2014 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.

To date, he is a laureate of many awards both in Russia and abroad. His performances receive only the highest awards, and in 2010 his performance received the main prize of the All-Hungarian Festival in the prestigious nomination "Best Performance."

Victor Ryzhakov successfully staged the shortest performance in the capital. So, it lasts only 26 minutes. In the theatrical play "The gods fell, and there is no more salvation," the director told a short, but very clear on how the relationship develops between two women of different ages: a daughter and a mother. In total, there are four dialogues in the play that are not only interrelated, but also very similar. But each time the dialogue intensifies and becomes more complicated, showing the tragic fate of these two women.

Victor Ryzhakov: wife, children

About the personal life of the actor, almost nothing is known, since he carefully conceals his family from publicity. But all the same fans of his work know that he is married and he has a daughter growing up.