Anton Michailovič Milenin (russian: Анто́н Миха́йлович Миле́нин;

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, April 7, 1969) is a Russian

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and teacher who has worked in

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and

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for more than fifteen years, rector of Universal Academy of Hermeneutics.

Biography

Born and raised in

, Milenin started his theatrical studies at the

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ...

(MXAT) with

Alexander Kalyagin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kalyagin (russian: Александр Александрович Калягин; born 25 May 1942) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director, member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the ...

and Alla Pokrovskaja. After three years, he abruptly changed his artistic path and joined the

Russian Academy of Theatre Arts The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent drama school, theatrical arts school in Russia. Locat ...

(GITIS) where he graduated twice: in 1991, as an actor, under the instruction of

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and ; and in 1997, as a director, under the instruction of Vassilij Ivanic Skorik. rector of Anton Milenin. Rector of Universal Academy of Hermeneutics.

Career

Milenin's acting debut was in 1991 at MXAT, playing with

Innokenty Smoktunovsky Innokenty Mikhailovich Smoktunovsky (russian: Иннокентий Михайлович Смоктуновский; born ''Smoktunovich'', 28 March 19253 August 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named a People's Artist ...

Stanislav Lyubshin Stanislav Andreyevich Lyubshin (russian: link=no, Станислав Андреевич Любшин; born 6 April 1933) is a Russian actor, film director, and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981). Life Stanislav Lyubshin is a Russian actor whose ...

and Victor Mirošničenko. In 1995, he received first prize at the Lithuanian Festival in

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for his direction of

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's ''

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''. In 1996, he staged at the

(GITIS), under Sergej Isaiev's direction, ''

The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by ''Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition ...

'' and Three Sisters by

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. In 1997, he was invited to

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, and worked on

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's '' The Gambler'' at the AKT-ZENT Creative Center headed by

Jurij Alschitz Jurij Leonowitsch Alschitz or Jurij Al'šic (Юрий Леонович Альшиц; born 9 August 1947 in Odessa, Soviet Union) is a Russian - German theatre director, acting pedagogue and researcher specialising in applied theatre practice. He is ...

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. The next year he participated at the with , directing ''Heart Piece'' by

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. In 2001, as a visiting professor, he directed the graduating students of the School of Dramatic Arts

Paolo Grassi Paolo Grassi (30 October 1919 – 14 March 1981) was an Italian theatrical impresario. Grassi was born in Milan, Italy. As a young man, he worked in magazines and discovered a passion for the theater. It led him in 1937 to create a Bertoldissimo ...

in Milan, staging

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. With 's Company, he collaborated in ''Fattore K'' and ''Progetto Cechov'', directing

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's ''

Uncle Vanya ''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre under the direct ...

'' and ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises t ...

'' at the

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in Rome. The production, in which the main

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of Kostja Treplev was played by a young

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at the beginning of his career, proved to be a turning-point experience for all actors involved. He is among the artists invited at the and at the , where he directs ''In the Solitude of Cotton Fields'' by

Bernard-Marie Koltès Bernard-Marie Koltès (; 9 April 1948 – 15 April 1989) was a French playwright and theatre director best known for his plays ''La Nuit juste avant les Forêts'' (''The Night Just Before the Forests'', 1976), ''Sallinger'' (1977) and ''Dans la ...

, '' The Gamblers'' by

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

and conducts the masterclass ''All’uscita del teatro dopo la rappresentazione di una nuova commedia'', also inspired by

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's work. His study of Koltès' plays continues in 2004 with ''Roberto Zucco'' staged in Rome at the Teatro Rialto Santambrogio and at Metateatro - Casa delle Culture and in Rennes at the Dromesko. In 2005, he won the first prize at the Russian Festival of Young Dramaturgy in

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directing K. Tcakhova's ''The Blu snake''. In 2007, he is invited at the XIV in Neaples where he mastered the workshop ''Recitare con il personaggio'' (Acting with the character) on

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's ''Republic''

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and the

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(Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts) invited Milenin and Nikolaj Skorik between 2006 and 2007 in the series of masterclasses and conferences about

Konstantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian Soviet Fe ...

and

Vsevolod Meyerhold Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold (russian: Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд, translit=Vsévolod Èmíl'evič Mejerchól'd; born german: Karl Kasimir Theodor Meyerhold; 2 February 1940) was a Russian and Soviet theatre ...

''Le due ali del Gabbiano'' (the two wings of the Seagull) Returning to

in 2008, he worked at the , founded and directed by

Anatoly Vasiliev Anatoly Alexandrovitch Vasiliev (russian: Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Васи́льев, link=no; born May 4, 1942, Penza Oblast) is a Russian theatre director. He is artistic director of the Moscow Theatre "School of Dramat ...

, leading an acting

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Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...

's films ''

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'' and ''

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''. In the same year, he is the founder of Kostja Treplev Theatre, currently based in

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. The Company has staged under his artistic direction ''Thus Spoke Oscar Wilde'' and ''Napolitica'', from

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's The Young King, The Happy Prince and other tales; ''Zed - Philosophy with the Whip'', from

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's,

's, Berdyaev's, Theophanes's and others' theories on the nature of love; a new production of Koltès' s ''Roberto Zucco''.''Treplev, un russo sulla scena napoletana''
''Il Multiforme respiro dell'amore'', di Fabio Rocco Oliva, Arteatro, 27 giugno 2011. See als
''Appunti sul Metodo dell'Analisi Strutturale nel teatro di Kostja Treplev''
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References

External links

* Official website of th
Moscow Art Theatre
(MXAT) * Official web-site of th
Russian Academy of Theatre Arts
(GITIS) * Official web-site of th
School of Dramatic Art
directed by Anatoly Vasiliev * Official web-site of th
European Association for Theatreculture
founded by Yurij Alschitz * Official web-site of acto
Filippo Timi
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