ABOUT ME
     
 

I was born on February, 25th, 1962 in an actor's family. Father Edward Kruzhnovthe graduate of known studio at the Tambov dramatic theatre. This studio was supervised by teachers of MKhAT. To write and draw I’ve begun simultaneously. I was making fairy books from exercise books which wrote and designed by myself. In school days I took lessons in fine art studio and wrote verses, imitating Pushkin as it seemed to me. Since 1983 I actively visited literary society «Rainbow» under the guidance of known Tambov poet S.Miloserdov. Dream of my childhood to become the film director, unfortunately or fortunately, was not executed.

In 1989 I have finished the Tambov branch of the Moscow state institute of culture (drama directors faculty) and depart from Tambov to Kineshma (Ivanovo region) where I worked the actor at municipal theatre till 1995. I was among founders of private «Modern Mystery Theatre» which has existed about three years (the art director there was director Peter Gilyov, the graduate of RATI, A.Vasilev, M.Butkevich, P.Fomenko's workshops). During this period I work simultaneously as the actor, the playwright and the production designer, ideas overflow. I consider time spent in «Modern Mystery Theatre» as the best time in my life: it was filled by creativity, giftedness, mutual understanding, experimentation… In general time I spent in Kineshma was very accumulative for my soul and spirit, whether it is power of the Volga river, whether a geo-psychological zone very salutary.

In 1993 I was the participant of Festival of young dramatic art in Lubimovka on K.S. Stanislavsky summer residence (the head of festival was well-known playwright M.M.Roschin). I participated also as the artist in regional exhibitions, at an exhibition of young artists in the central House of the Artist (Moscow).

Since 1995 for 2001 I lived and worked in Moscow, taught in municipal art college of Shcherbinka(the southern district of Moscow) actor's skill and theatrical movement. I trained on theatrical movement in Shchukinsky school (chair of plastic expressiveness of the actor under the guidance of professor A.B.Droznin). Till now I recollect with warm-heartedness my students from the first course: Sergey Ryabtsev, the head of a course, /he works as the actor in the Russian academic youth theatre/, Elena Podkaminsky /actress of Theatre of Satire/, Elena Chepelev /she is the gifted theatrical artist/, and also all other students, unfortunately, I do not know their further destiny now. I experimented with them very much and, learning them I studied myself. One of experiments I have described in the essay "Plastic exercises from an epoch of early antiquity". Low to all of them bow.

While I lived in Moscow, I contribute to a television channels as a screenwriter. Once I have written the creative demand to book publishing house "Veche" for creation of a literary encyclopedias series such as «Hundred great death», «Hundred great accidents» and so on – now these books you can see in many shops… However, my idea has been successfully stolen in that publishing house and I became stranger for them. I write it only with feeling of injustice and desire to tell the truth. In 90th years it was impossible to talk about any copyrights at all…

In 1999 I finished Gorki literary institute, dramatic art faculty (V.S.Rozov and I.L.Vishnevskaya workshops). I tried to enter in this institute just after army in 1984 at poetic faculty. But then I have not passed creative competition and have forgotten about institute.

After divorce I have departed to the USA, just in that year Ben Laden has made act of terrorism in New York, having rammed two skyscrapers-twins. Whether a condition of my soul, oppressed hard times of the nineties, whether personal tragedy have played that America has seemed to me a Christmas pie after rye crust. I will tell frankly, my soul there had a rest, and I sincerely grateful to America for it. In article about America «Struggle for the right to sink in «Titanic» I have described the impressions from the point of view of the philistine his soul not disturbed and patriotically tuned.

Since 2003 I worked as the head of a literary-dramaturgic part in Tambov state awards «Honour Sign» drama theatre. For this period I have written some articles, about theatre. I nave karmic communication with this theatre (I mean not only there worked my father) in 1983 I there have started to work as the property man, worked not for long about half a year. In 89th and in 95th years I was refused to become the actor of the Tambov theatre and thanks to it I have entered the Gorki literary institute, lived in Kineshma, then in Moscow and America – the ways of God are inscrutable!

Since 2007 I continue to work at the same theatre, but already as the actor. I earn additionally at theatre as the designer of advertising service. It is a manufacturing posters, playbills,booklets, banners, and sometimes videoclips.

I have started to write plays at the first institute. Now it can be found on sites proza.ru and zhurnal.lib.ru. Not so long ago I have translated from English one early plays of well-known English comedy dramatist Dave Freeman "A Bedfull of Foreigners". My play-fairy tale «Princess-water-nymph» has been made at student's theatre of Shcherbinka art college. In 2006 this play has entered into a short list at the international competition of playwrights "Eurasia-2006", i.e. in the seven of the best plays, and in 2007 has been published in the literary almanac of the Tambov literary organization. Also advertising summaries on my plays are published in the bulletin of the Russian author's society.

It is all lays on a surface and fixed in official papers, and all my drudgeries, searches and mistakes you can know from me in normal friendly atmosphere. Very curious ones can look two pages from my Family album.

 
     
  This page is translated from Russian into English by means of computer programs: Prompt Expert and ABBYY Lingvo.  
 

Andrey Kruzhnov
e-mail: andrey6202@mail.ru;
site: www.a6202.ru

 
     
 
     
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