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About me

ilia boiaznyi: artistic director, producer, actor and acting coach

Member of ASSITEJ Israel (International Association of Theater for Children and Young People).

Was born in a small scientific town in Siberia - Krasnoyarsk-26, was educated in Moscow then lived in Israel. I am engaged in theater,  interested in finding an actual interactive theatrical language that will help viewers of any age to focus on simplicity and laughter.

Education

2009 - 2012

certified dramatic actor

2007 - 2009

puppeteer

Russian Institute of Theatre Arts GITIS, Moscow

The State Academic Central Puppet Theater S.V. Obraztsov in collaboration with the The Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, Moscow

2011 - 2023

physical theatre and clowning

Clowning courses and physical theatre of Idit Herman (Israel), Michael Christensen (USA), Clare Parry-Jones (UK), Denni Dennis (Denmark), Shlomi Golan (Israel), Pedro Fabiao (Portugal), Carlo Mo (Spain), David Larible (Italy) etc.

Co-founder, art project «Impressive clowns» and educational project «Trenazh clowning», Moscow, 2018 - 2022: The projects for developing modern physical comedy and theatrical clowning in Russia. I was in charge of directing and performing shows, actor training, master classes for theaters and organizing tours of foreign artists to Russia.

 

Co-founder/director, NPO «Association of hospital clowns», Moscow, 2021: The purpose of the association is the development of hospital clowning in the country as a special professional type of art therapy; the creation of an unified scientific and methodological base and the consolidation of organizations engaged in this type of activity.

 

Artistic director /actor NPO «Hospital clowns», Moscow, 2011 - 2019, 2023 - present

 

Freelance actor, 2010 to present E-TALANTA.EU: Acting in various theatrical (entreprises, independent theater) and film projects (TV series, clips, advertising, festival films).

 

Teacher, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Moscow, 2014 - 2016: Trainings for students (faculty of directing shows), directing student performances.

 

Israeli projects 2023
  • Theatre Mystorin (immersive, site-specific), Jerusalem / Assistant director. Preparing and conducting rehearsals, searching for artistic ideas with actors

  • Independent performance "There is more place" Adi Somech, Akko festical / actor

  • Theatre Barmuza, Ashdod / Actor; clown (member of the clown social project for the elderly). Working in street performances, visiting elderly people.

  • Beit Hadar Hospital, Ashdod / hospital clown, visiting patients at different departments.

  • Short film "Picnic", dir. Roni Lemets. Sam Spiegel Film School/ actor

selected projects before 2023

producing

  • Tours of performers to Russia with shows and workshops from Britain, Denmark, Portugal, Spain;

  • Three-day online conference of medical clowns (participants from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine);

  • Online workshops by Michael Christensen, founder of the Big Apple Circus (in collaboration with U.S. Embassy in Moscow);

  • International meetings with world famous theatre clowns (Leo Bassi, Jango Edwards, Chris Linam, Vitaly Azarin, George Deliev, Eric de Bont).

theatre, directing

  • ​Clown show «The Cherry Orchard» at theatre laboratory, Lipetsk, Russia;

  • Clown performance at theatre laboratory, Kudymkar, Russia;

  • Creating performances for art-galleries (Andrey Bartenev ZDES gallery, Moscow);

  • Performance solo “Everything is out of place”, Moscow;

  • Creating private stage performances and clown performances.

theatre, festivals:

  • Contemporary Art Festival for children «Teritorry.KIDS», Moscow;

  • Festival for SmallSize «LekLek», Menzelinsk, Republic Tatarstan;

  • Biennale of theatrical art, «directing lessons», Moscow;

  • The annual festival of special theatre «PROTEATR», Moscow;

  • Lyubimovka Drama Festival, Moscow. 

theatre, acting

  • «Man from the Cariote», created by the Labor Theater under the direction of Andrey Stadnikov and Pavel Semchenko AKHE theatre, Moscow;

  • ''Elochka", directed by Oleg Bilik, Moscow;

  • "The Kings Exit" , director Denni Dennis - production project "impressive clowns" with the Shchepkin House, Moscow;

  •  "Running on the spot with Love", Zlotnikov dir. E. Olenina. Moscow;

  • W. Shakespeare, A. Alyabyev opera "The Tempest", dir. P. Tataritsky, Moscow Conservatory. P. I. Tchaikovsky.

Address

Israel - Russia

Phone

rus +7 909-927-24-81

isr +972 58-663-1150

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