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[[Image:Ginkas Yanovskaya.jpg|thumb|right]][[Image:ginkas.jpg|thumb|right]]''' Kama Ginkas''' ({{lang-ru|Кама Миронович Гинкас}}) (born [[7 May]] [[1941]] in [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]]) is a Russian and Soviet theatre director. |
[[Image:Ginkas Yanovskaya.jpg|thumb|right]][[Image:ginkas.jpg|thumb|right]]''' Kama Ginkas''' ({{lang-ru|Кама Миронович Гинкас}}) (born [[7 May]] [[1941]] in [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]]) is a Russian and Soviet theatre director. |
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Born to a Jewish family, Ginkas was a student of [[Georgy Tovstonogov]], Ginkas has collaborated with most major theatres in [[Moscow]] and [[St. Petersburg]], including the [[Moscow Art Theatre]] (''The Train Car'' and ''The Toastmaster''), the Moscow New Generation Theatre (МТЮЗ) (''We Play Crime'' - based on Dostoyevsky's ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'', ''The Execution of the Decembrists'', [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Black Monk]]'' and ''[[Lady with a Lapdog]]'', and ''[[Rothschild's Fiddle]]''.) His productions have traveled to festivals in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Bosnia, Brazil, United States, Poland, Croatia, the Netherlands, the former Yugoslavia, and France. His adaptations of Chekhov's stories are visually stunning and unique in form, and have earned him the highest honors in Russia and at festivals throughout the world. His English-language adaptation of the award-winning ''Lady with a Lapdog'' marked his American premiere at the [[American Repertory Theatre]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. Over the past ten years Ginkas has directed a number of productions in Europe, including ''[[The Idiot (novel)|The Idiot]]'' in Germany and ''[[Macbeth]]'' in Finland. He is a Professor of the Swedish Theatre Academy in Helsinki and teaches directing at the [[Moscow Art Theatre School]]. His wife Genrietta Yanovskaya also famous theatre director - Director of Moscow TUZ (Teatr Unogo Zritelya - |
Born to a Jewish family, Ginkas was a student of [[Georgy Tovstonogov]], Ginkas has collaborated with most major theatres in [[Moscow]] and [[St. Petersburg]], including the [[Moscow Art Theatre]] (''The Train Car'' and ''The Toastmaster''), the Moscow New Generation Theatre (МТЮЗ) (''We Play Crime'' - based on Dostoyevsky's ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'', ''The Execution of the Decembrists'', [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Black Monk]]'' and ''[[Lady with a Lapdog]]'', and ''[[Rothschild's Fiddle]]''.) His productions have traveled to festivals in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Bosnia, Brazil, United States, Poland, Croatia, the Netherlands, the former Yugoslavia, and France. His adaptations of Chekhov's stories are visually stunning and unique in form, and have earned him the highest honors in Russia and at festivals throughout the world. His English-language adaptation of the award-winning ''Lady with a Lapdog'' marked his American premiere at the [[American Repertory Theatre]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. Over the past ten years Ginkas has directed a number of productions in Europe, including ''[[The Idiot (novel)|The Idiot]]'' in Germany and ''[[Macbeth]]'' in Finland. He is a Professor of the Swedish Theatre Academy in Helsinki and teaches directing at the [[Moscow Art Theatre School]]. His wife Genrietta Yanovskaya also famous theatre director - Director of Moscow TUZ (Teatr Unogo Zritelya - New Generation Theater). |
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Revision as of 04:16, 2 October 2008
Kama Ginkas (Template:Lang-ru) (born 7 May 1941 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Russian and Soviet theatre director.
Born to a Jewish family, Ginkas was a student of Georgy Tovstonogov, Ginkas has collaborated with most major theatres in Moscow and St. Petersburg, including the Moscow Art Theatre (The Train Car and The Toastmaster), the Moscow New Generation Theatre (МТЮЗ) (We Play Crime - based on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, The Execution of the Decembrists, Anton Chekhov's The Black Monk and Lady with a Lapdog, and Rothschild's Fiddle.) His productions have traveled to festivals in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Bosnia, Brazil, United States, Poland, Croatia, the Netherlands, the former Yugoslavia, and France. His adaptations of Chekhov's stories are visually stunning and unique in form, and have earned him the highest honors in Russia and at festivals throughout the world. His English-language adaptation of the award-winning Lady with a Lapdog marked his American premiere at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Over the past ten years Ginkas has directed a number of productions in Europe, including The Idiot in Germany and Macbeth in Finland. He is a Professor of the Swedish Theatre Academy in Helsinki and teaches directing at the Moscow Art Theatre School. His wife Genrietta Yanovskaya also famous theatre director - Director of Moscow TUZ (Teatr Unogo Zritelya - New Generation Theater).