Biography
Leonid Heifets is a Matcher of the Russian Theater and Cinema. His stage work is a peculiar interpretation of the non-relevant classics, invariably causing a storm of emotions. In the creative biography of the director, everything was: and the attacks of the gangsters who dreamed of selecting the theater building, and the withdrawal of ready-made performances from the repertoire, and the ban on new productions. But Heifets admits that the harder the path to the viewer, the more interesting to work.Childhood and youth
Leonid Efimovich was born in Minsk in May 1934. Parents did not assume that the Son-Torvan would prefer creativity as a method of self-realization. He did not accept him into a medical university, directly indicating an incomplete Jewish nationality. Without enthusiasm, Heifets entered the Mechanical Faculty of the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, worked at the factory, from where he fled in Gitis.
Here, Leonid liked to learn. Mentors Alexei Popov and Maria Knebel noted in the ward the ability to organize a team, the ability to use the scenic space, build micencens and include suitable intonation.
The debut work of the young director became the performance "created a miracle" in the Tyuze of Riga. The diploma statement of the "Highway to the Grand Maternity" was implemented in the theater of the Soviet Army.
Theater
The launch of the career of Heifers was marked by performances "Death of John Grozny", "My poor Marat" and "Uncle Vanya". The new reading of the famous literary works, where civil and ethical issues were combined, pragmatic calculation, prudence and logic attracted attention not only to the public.In the 1960s, censorship was especially strict to the director's manner of Leonid Efimovich. He left the capital and a loved theater, turning attention to the provinces opportunities. Upon return, he worked in a small theater. By the number of successful projects of this period include "Conspiracy Fiese in Genoa" and "King LIR".
In 1981, Heifets focused on Soviet prose. The first play of this cycle was "retro" on the play of Alexander Galina. Inviting troupe cornea, Leonid Efimovich did not lose. Critics called the project of one of the most interesting productions of a small theater with a strikingly well-coordinated acting ensemble.
In 1988, Leonid Efimovich took over the post of chief director of the TSA, later began to teach in Schukinsky and Shchepkinsky schools, put sets to Mkate and the "contemporary". Then there were scenes of Poland, Turkey and Bulgaria, theater them. Mossovet and "School of Modern Play".
At the same time, the spectacles of Haifez's spectacles were released on the screens based on classic works. The shape of the films found the "Synthesizer of Love", "Cyozhzhin Moving", "Running Wanderers".
Among the works of Leonid Efimovich prevails a classic. He took the basis of Maxim Gorky, William Shakespeare, Mikhail Lermontov and Herarian Ibsen. The director did not forget about modern dramaturgy, paying attention, for example, the works of Daniel Gorbon.
In the work of the director, as characteristic of creative professions, a lot of interesting things happened. Memories about the bright moments of performances Leonid Efimovich suffered on paper. So the book "Music in the elevator" appeared. Earlier, Heifets released a kind of allowance for those who see themselves as an artist called "vocation".
In 2019, the Master was awarded a special "golden mask" for his contribution to the development of theatrical art.
Graduates of 2020, Leonid Haifez's workshop presented a series of diploma performances, one of which is the "Miracle of St. Anthony" - received the Grand Prix of the International Festival "Your Chance".
Personal life
In early youth, Heifets married a classmate Antonine Pipchuk. The daughter of Olga was born in the family, but the view of the director about the upbringing of the girl did not coincide with the position of the mother-in-law. After the divorce, the former spouse arranged a personal life with the artist Oleg Kekov and left for France. Leonid has retained a photo where all three are captured together. Olya now lives in Paris and presented his father's granddaughter Ksenia.
In 1982, Heifers and Natalia Gundarere was acquainted. He worked on the screening of Roman Ivan Goncharov "Obust" and considered the actress for the role of Marfinki. The difference at the age of 14 did not interfere with the creation of a family. After the wedding, the couple took an apartment on Gorky Street. Spouses built a career.
There were no children in this marriage - Zavemenhenev, Natalia decided on an abortion. Leonid, seeing, like a wife, yesterday, mutating from the abnormality, today chooses proposals, did not object. The first quarrels began due to the permanent visits to the houses with friends, members of the troupe. Gundarere wanted calm evenings, and Heifets - communication. Divorce did not make himself wait.
Soon, on the advice of Mary, the director drew attention to the artist of the Small Theater Irina Telpugu. The third wife of Leonid Efimovich, being almost twice as younger, gave birth to her husband to Alexander's daughter. Sasha graduated from Moscow State University, married the Frenchman, raising the son of Ivan.
Health status
Work on wear in old age, apparently, affected the state of health. In September 2019, the media extended information that Leonid Efimovich was hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic after an ambulance doctor.He allegedly had psychosis, because of what the director was pressed by soothing and antidepressants. A man, periodically speaking from the house, had to return hardly by force. Once again, he escaped, grabbing a knife for fruit. Relatives tried to return Haifez, but he refused to go on the staircase and sat on the floor.
The ambulance called, because there was a suspicion of stroke. However, Leonid Efimovich drank with a knife on the paramedic, which was gathering pressure to measure him, and struck in his leg. The victim had enough forces to cause the police.
Familiar and neighbors of the director responded to an event with surprise, characterizing him as a polite, adequate person.
Leonid Haifets now
Now Leonid Efimovich remains a significant figure in the history of the theater and in memory of the generations of artists brought up.
2021 was marked by the output of the documentary film "Haifez" dedicated to Material. This neologism in theatrical circles is called those who graduated from Leonid Efimovich's workshop.
In the frame of the director, his students remembered, who became already famous actors: Pavel Derevyanko, Alexander Petrov, Alexander Pal, Victoria Tolstoganova.
The director Ekaterina Romanova, according to her own words, gathered unique archival surveys in the film from the end of the 90s: Hakefez meetings with pupils, their student work, the inner life of guitis, - which together is already a master class, designed for creative youth.
Awards and Prize
- 1983 - Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR
- 1993 - People's Artist of the Russian Federation
- 1991 - State Prize of the RSFSR in the field of theatrical art
- 2008 - International Prize named after K. S. Stanislavsky
- 2010 - Order of Honor
- 2013 - Spectator Prize "Zhzhviy Theater" in the nomination "Director of the Year: Matters"
- 2014 - Moscow Prize in the field of literature and art in the "Theater Art" nomination
- 2018 - Laureate of the Special Prize "Golden Mask" "For an outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art"
Settings
- 1962 - "Willing Miracle" William Gibson
- 1969 - "Uncle Vanya" A. P. Chekhov
- 1971 - "Wedding of Krechinsky" A. V. Sukhovo-Koblin
- 1979 - "King Lear" William Shakespeare
- 1985 - "Zykov" Maxim Gorky
- 1990 - "God, King's store!" Somerset Moema
- 1992 - "Masquerade" M. Yu. Lermontov
- 1994 - "On the Boychik Place" A. N. Ostrovsky
- 1998 - "Polonaise Oginsky" Nicholas Kolyadov
- 1999 - "Puppet Home" Heinrich Ibsen
- 2002 - "Love Synthesizer" Alan Eykborn
- 2005 - "Descent from Morgan Mountain" Arthur Miller
- 2010 - "Not all Cottle Maslenitsa" A. N. Ostrovsky
- 2016 - "All my sons" Arthur Miller
- 2017 - Pygmalion Bernard Shaw
Bibliography
- 2001 - "Calling. Those who love the theater and starts the way to profession "
- 2005 - "Music in the elevator"