Andrey Dennikov: biography, creative path, awards, monument

Dennikov Andrey Sergeevich - talented actor, director, master of dolls, artist, choreographer, singer and poet. He served in the legendary S. Obraztsov Puppet Theater.

Biography

Andrei Dennikov was born in Moscow in 1978. Once, while still a five-year-old boy, he saw on TV how Sergei Obraztsov was making a doll. He was very impressed. And he made his first doll in his five years. And at the age of 35 he opened his own exhibition. On it sketches and dolls were presented.

After school, A. Dennikov entered the Humanities University. But, after studying there for two years, he moved to GITIS for directing faculty.

Studying in his final year, Andrei came to work at S. Obraztsov's GATTsK. There he was an actor, director and a puppet artist. Andrew - a playwright, choreographer, singer, he had a beautiful voice, he sewed costumes and made wigs.

In 2014, the day of his birth, Andrei Dennikov died. The cause of death is a stroke. The artist was only 36 years old. The first stroke he suffered in 2005. In 2011, along with the troupe on the road touring Andrei got into an accident. After that, he failed to recover and return to the scene. Because of this, he suffered a second stroke, after which he died.

Creation

In 2000, while still a student, Andrei came to work at the Obraztsov Puppet Theater. In the same year he staged the play "Little Tragedies." In this production he acted as a director, a puppet artist and an actor. He alone played in this play all the characters.

In 2001, A. Dennikov graduated from GITIS.

The performances, staged by Andrew, repeatedly became laureates of various competitions and festivals, including those held in other countries.

In 2008, the book "Swan Wing Swing" was published. It included poems, drawings and sketches of Andrei dolls. In the same year, an audio CD was released, in which S. Yesenin's verses were performed by A. Dennikov and songs from the statement "Confessions of a Hooligan".

Performances, which A. Dennikov put:

• "The comic comedy about Thiele."
• "Little tragedy."
• "Carmen! My Carmen! ".
• "Take your greatcoat, go home!".
• "Nijinsky, the crazy God clown."
• Rigoletto.
• "Dead Souls".
• "A dog's life."
• "The Magic Flute" and others.

Many of them, the Obraztsov Puppet Theater, are included in their repertoire today.

"Favorite role"

One of the performances, which was staged at the Andrei Obraztsov puppet theater, Andrei Dennikov, was "Nijinsky, the crazy God clown". He played the main role in it. The play was created based on the diaries of V. Nezhinsky and G. Blamstein's play. It was the role of this great dancer who was the most beloved for A. Dennikov. Vatslav's personality carried away the director after reading a book about him and his diaries. Andrei wanted to make a play about this genius man. And A. Dennikov decided that this should not be an ordinary production, but as strange as V. Nijinsky himself was. According to Andrew, he was an angel on earth, and therefore did not fit into the world around him, just as in his time W. Mozart, S. Yesenin. This performance is not only about the talent and complex life of genius. He is also about slavery. Artists always become slaves of the art they serve. And this is the problem. V. Nijinsky was dependent on the ballet and from S. Diaghilev. Wenceslas's wife depended on her love for him. And she did not get what she expected from him in return. But V. Nizhinsky is not to blame for the fact that she did not have enough of his love. For him, the main thing is art. He does not live up to his wife's expectations because he is a slave of the ballet and can not give her more attention. Here all are guilty and during too time anybody in what is not guilty.

In this performance, there is something to think about.

Awards

Andrey Dennikov was a laureate of the following competitions and festivals:

• "Festos".
• "Student Spring".
• "Ryazan lookouts".
• "Triumph".
• The White Tower.
• "The Golden Knight".
• "Gogol today" and so on.

Andrey was the owner of the medal named after Victor Rozov "For contribution to the national culture". In 2006 he was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Russia".

Monument

Andrei Dennikov is buried in the Ryazan region, in the village of Konstantinovka, in the homeland of his favorite poet - S. Yesenin. So the artist himself wished. For the construction and installation of the monument on his grave, he donated funds not indifferent to his talent people. Almost a million rubles was collected. The monument was installed in September 2015. Created by his sculptor Dmitry Sadov. The monument was made in such a way that Andrei himself asked for - there is a white marble swan on it.