A look at the secret laboratory: Rimas Tuminas rehearses the "War and the Peace"

- Prince, one hand back, like servants! Walks like a army! I saw a bow on my daughter! He walked a whirlwind so that the wind flutters into the overcoat. This is not a scandal, this is a military order. Princess Marya, tolerate. Bit your lips! "Only you father!" At that moment she is Cordelia!

- No! Not so! Who argues with me in this theater?!

Rimas Tuminas rehearses the “war and the world”. The scene of the matchmaking in the bald mountains: Prince Vasily and Anatol, Prince Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky, Princess Marya, Madmoiselle Buryen.

- The old prince has already avoided Princess Mary for several days. It goes by rejection, bringing the separation closer. A terrible competition takes place in it: to give and not give a daughter. Everything is very crumpled. The scene is funny. Anatol Governantke makes signs of love and sex - go to show?

Tuminas puts everything - before turning the head and direction of the gaze. To the smallest detail - on the right or left there should be a bow on Kushak Princess Marya. When the old prince hit the keys with a fist on how to go out to the guests and show neglect. He himself easily and slowly rises to the stage, shows, means - accurately, paradoxically, convincingly. As if he writes a stage canvas, applying dozens of subtle shades on him - and the community of Tolstoy's meaning arises, it seemed, unbearable for the stage and time. Why Tolstoy? Not knowingly stage, epic, difficult? And not, say, “Faust”, not once mentioned in the plans? The self -esteem of Tuminas is always illuminated by irony: "The pride of thought led me to this choice."

One of the most important novels of Russian literature has already turned into a theatrical text by five and a half hours. Not all branches, threads, the plots of the Tolstoy “Tree” entered the performance. Tuminas knows everything about “folk thoughts”, but here he is also focused on “family thoughts”. On man. “Tell the story” is his always task, and Tolstoy gives him the opportunity to accommodate all his experience into the material, all the understanding of things, all letters to contemporaries.

Rehearses violently. Close. Acute. He began immediately as soon as he returned to the theater after a quarantine break,

And almost the entire troupe is involved in the process.

The performance is almost collected. The premiere in November on the eve of the centenary of the theater. At the opening of the season, several passages were shown.

The scene when the Rostovs decide to unload things from the output in order to take the wounded from Moscow, the scene of Natasha’s explanation with the dying Bolkonsky, the scene of Nikolai’s loneliness on the battlefield among the dead comrades is full of high, compressing the throat of stage poetry. And now, before the release, it is clear: the upcoming performance is a powerful directorial work. The decoration is extremely concise: Adomas Yatsovskis opened the stage as much as possible, built diagonals, chose deep dark tones. The play will sound the last music of Faustas Latenas.

Vakhtangovites opened one hundred first season. The holiday of the century - with a strong troupe, victorious activities of the directorate, financial support and technical equipment - fell on difficult times. The test of the “war and the world” is an eternity test. But the star of the premiere shines ahead. And this, I hope, there will be a performance of those that change the face of the “theater in the moment” - and in a centenary story.

Today we publish an exclusive-fragments of recording rehearsals of Rimas Tuminas, which Elena Kuzmina, who kindly provided the “new” press attache of the theater. This directorial monologue itself is an event.

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... The performance has just begun, and we already got to some final. As if they had missed the tie. Something happened to them. And this immediately attracts attention. You need to remember something missing in order to fall into the correct intonation.

The performance requires elegance, simplicity. There are no chairs or chairs, everything is built on the imagination. The viewer should not be ahead of the actor. As soon as the viewer predicts your next action, the actor is not needed.

Psychological somersaults are very important - in actions, in thoughts. This is your duty: a circus of consciousness, coups, changes in the soul, mood, impulses.

The duty of the profession is to reveal the word, thought.

They treat me as a "seriously healthy"! Argue with me, do not agree!

As the old prince says: "There are healthy fools and depraves, and I am not the same."

For the theater, the broken history is interesting, the transition of eras. The breed turns into a parody.

Where is the voice?! No voice, how are I?

This is the nineteenth century! Voice from there!

You are an artist of the final, you are a finalist!

It is still necessary to have skill in order to do nothing on the stage!

Anatol's letter. Sonya sees that something was happening to Natasha. Anxiety should be attended and greed. Sonya reads Anatoly's letter to Natasha: the drama of the letter - from cheerful irony to fright. He holds the letter with two fingers, like some kind of muck. Preparing to rush to Natasha, like a lioness to jump!

"You do not know what love is!" - This wound, inflicted on Sonya Natasha, will be sick constantly. But! Sonya is not literary value. A monologue is not written for her.

In a few seconds, I have to understand your life of the day. We violate the acting profession. If we had an oath, like the doctors, we would violate it.

Prince Vasily . Under old age, he became more careful with jokes, he feels - they lagged behind life.

The spelling of the world - with I ("ten") corresponded to the meanings "Universe, the globe, the human race."

It is interesting that the title in the document - “The thousand eight hundred and fifth year” - was crossed out by one line, and the hand of Leo Tolstoy himself over the words “thousand eight hundred” says: “War and Peace”.

Everything arouses memories. Memory is the homeland of the soul. This homeland of childhood is present not only as the topic of the performance. Everything comes from childhood. Vote. Petit laughter. It’s good that I do not like children, dogs, cats on stage. Only Petin Laughter remained, who would accompany us.

The theme of war sounds from the first scenes. In these decorations, it is very important to turn on the imagination in order to supplement what is not on the stage. Focus on the diagonal, not in the hall.

Actress : “Rarely, one of your generation is so intonationally entered the stage!

- It is also written there!

Tuminas : So you know how to read! You can destroy the boundaries with you. "

Pierre. Man is a dangerous creature. It has a certain destructive force. Pierre knows about his frenzy seizures, he feels that people see in him some danger. His Freemasonry is a long way of liberation from fears, from evil, from murders. The characteristic given by Andrei Pierre: you are the only living person who sounded at the beginning should not be forgotten. You should miss the scene to exhaust this topic.

Pierre: “There is no need to be rougher. Sentimentalism will later go away. And the performance, as life itself, will be tougher.

You can not drown in everyday life, stagnate in the psychological theater. It is necessary and possible to violate the idea of ​​how to. Do not be afraid. "

Ilya Andreevich . Why does everyone love him? He is a subtle expert on women, games, coquetry. This is not just the first daughter of a daughter, this is like the first exit to the stage.

Artists should work in the requisite! Designers! And do not "submit and leave"! ( He brings a rod from the stage, to the end of which a Christmas ball is tied. ) Is this a comet? !!

Well, you can’t put a performance without a mat!

White spots on the novel are already marked now. I'm talking about the playing area. The pauses give the course of slowness, but this zone is the play square area, it is radioactive, and for joining this zone there is a sound score.

We must play all the scenes: threw the scene, then another with flashes, this is important to us! Now - this is important to us! The viewer must be imbued with respect for the scenes you have chosen.

It is necessary to eradicate from our consciousness "the viewer will not understand." No need to think that the viewer will not understand something. You need to be in the subject, in music, in the situation. The main thing is that you yourself understand.

This is not a trick, not a decision, not an interpretation. This is a way of existence, a method that is adapted to a novel that requires this method. It is necessary to get rid of the princesses, princes, counts - they themselves will come. Each replica needs to be opened, exposed, filled with life.

There is no need to specially play love, she lives in this life, will manifest in the scene.

Nikolai Rostov: Between Nikolenka and Nikolai. What attracts Nikolai, why does he want to go to war? A place in the archive was ready for him. Maybe the form? He wants to like it, to be loved. This story is not yet read, you need to think, delve into.

When it returns, it turns the whole room into a battlefield. Cutting, knit, attacks. From a romantic note to exhaustion. It is gifted with a great imagination, draws the girls into his story.

And a new look at what he eagerly believed in. What is our strength and pride? We are executing orders. Our business is to cut. To die without reasoning. Proud to meet death.

They say about Natasha - "Parish!" And where is this gunpowder?! This scene should not be done to me, but to the young director. I have already forgotten these holidays ...

Kutuzov mafiosi, thief, corruption. The most cruel person. How many victims were in his way, while he got to power. This is not Stalin, this is Beria! It’s easier with Alexander - he is weak. These are your worlds, you need to think about it.

Ilyin, playing Ilya Andreevich Rostov :

- What am I doing here?

- You measure life with steps.

There should be a great concentration in each scene, then the principle of throwing scenes will work. The Theater of Performance is very difficult! Each phrase should be filled with associative life.

Rostov departure. Who are you? Refugees. What can you take with you? The most important thing. What is the most important? Ilya Rostov is dying, but no one sees this. I lost everything, lost everything.

We moved a lot in my childhood. I remember: an open car, there is a bed, a mirror, a closet, the return side of the sofa. Palma always brought me sadness.

“Do not read to anyone your novel, to anyone who can be a judge to you. Remember that you have been shot down more than once, and now the matter is serious, someone will say stupidity, and you will take to heart ”( Sofya Andreevna Tolstaya ).

Natasha comes up with illusion holidays to pass the time of waiting. Sonya is happy to obey her fantasies. Mom, father, Sonya look at her as a future actress. In it, a creative excitement, they admire it, everyone forgives her. While they are still together while you can live! These moments will become a clear, visible stage episode!

The scene of Sherer, Helen, Prince Vasily, Poronskaya : “Everything is destroyed, there will be no familiar life. Two positions, a clash of the West and East. What is the nerve of uncertainty?

Fear is the main emotion of the stage. Only then does it make sense. ”

He asks to go on stage Polina Chernyshov, replace another actress : “Sit as rejected, and show everyone that you are offended, punished! You must be dressed for every rehearsal - you never know what will occur to us! ”

The scene is "in the opera." And Natasha, and Sonya, and faith rejoice for dad, who loves music and theater than the theater.

One old man who sang in the Shaulyai choir is so fluffy, neat. Students ran to him with exclamations: “Are you a composer?”, And he: “Nothing, nothing!” But it was so pleased that he was mistaken for the composer! So Ilya Andreevich, he is in his favorite world.

The arrival of Nikolai . There are times when it is so warm, so good that it is even sad.

You need to understand the whole volume! Look for, be in the subject, but there will be mistakes - and in the play, they even decorate it. You all read this novel and know your characters well.

Not Helen is looking for protection from Anatol, but he is with her. It is not she who is looking for people, but they, as fascinated, strive, pour to her.

Mounting tomorrow. Unfortunately, events are taking shape in such a way that I go to the hospital, but maybe this is good. And maybe I will join you in Yasnaya Polyana.

Tomorrow will be a huge wall, and you will look small against it. This always happens when transferring to the main scene. But this space itself will help you find psychological details that require proximity, intimacy. We go in detail through the novel, but the impression is that something eludes is becoming a design. Now we bring this line and move on to another perception. This is very important, but with the condition that we must play high. High feelings, high desires, high love and hatred. Without replaying, but realizing the height of his intentions.

The thought with which we started once did not leave me. That this zone is radioactive, they do not live here, but, entering it, we solve problems, collide and leave, leaving sparks of hatred, contention, love. These topics grow, enriching you as actors.

We will be brave!

To remove phones, stop talking!

The appearance of Andrei (matchmaking) . In this scene, Andrei’s intonation should sound very clearly. Makes an offer, as it gives a package (note!). Here, another life, other morals, other manners are manifested.

Prince Andrei sometimes looks into the space of the hall, peering into the living, as if he was looking for our sympathy.

We need to move into the feeling that we are being watched, we are not abandoned - through the nuances.

The girls change clothes to the ball - "such a small hive."

The dressed went to Papa , stopped in anticipation of a miracle. All together, all three are a festive bouquet. They should be more interesting than everything else.

Nikolai (Yuri Tsokurov) after the explosion : “What are you there? Has the world come? Did you find yourself in another era? Dived into the pond, and found themselves in the sea! "

And Tramas played Anatoly perfectly today! ( He replaced Logvinov. ) That's when not - everything turns out! Choose a role! You can even female!

Let me rehearse often, I would have sorted out all the work, I would put everything in place! Assistant : You cannot use my vocabulary when you speak with artists!

I can say this “fool”, “bastard”, and you should say “artists”!

Nikolai Rostov (monologue after the battle): "The temperature in the eyes, the temperature in the voice!"

Pierre and Poron (in Moscow, occupied by the French). Maksakova: “Drop everything and play a woman, such a Russian - wide! Wider legs! Wide gestures!

Devastation! Such human freedom! Poronskaya in this stage is dressed in something male, maybe the monastic-wide! ”

We need galoshes. Kalosh should be a lot in the theater! All their lives have played the poor! Played people!

Maksakova is very good! I directly saved the third act! Well done! Like Kupchenko in the first.

Tuminas is angry - he was reminded of Napoleon (who is not ): “Bastards are diligent! What they need to not remember, but what is not necessary - they remember.

You can not go down the side steps from the stage during a rehearsal! I will fire! "

Sherer explains the role: “It breaks up at Prince Vasily, not in essence, but on theatal! Such a pleasure screaming on an innocent! - Start with this deep topic. Prince, if you say once again that no, I will break you, bite, destroy ... I will get my eyes! ”

Pierre is very offended by the European situation! Andrei listens to him, hiding a smile, ready to burst out laughing, but ... upbringing!

Name days at the Rostovs. Inner drama for faith:

How I hate these name days! How they tired of all of them!

You have a love of life, you only play a black swan! And when you grow old, you will play white. And you are ready to attack mom for a long time! The scandal has been ripening for ten years!

Three muses! Leave your hands alone, no one waves your hands!

Natasha and Boris.

Natasha calls Boris - an unfamiliar sexual voice is manifested.

Boris: No need to rape the doll! Look at the romantic channel or postcard of the 19th century - how tender everything is there!

Oh, you! I will leave the theater! I’ll go to Satire - they understand humor there!

The old prince considers Lisa :

What kind of doll is this? What kind of woman is this? What is this kikimora? Mortable! Can she give birth?

Yes, she will never give birth! Who did you bring me? This is another drama for him!

Forget that you are the old prince, Prince Andrei, Buryen! You are personalities! The most important thing is that you understood about them, carried it out of rehearsals!

The prince behaves so from weeds, as if nothing was happening. Otherwise, there will be a rude game. He does not wipe a single female tears in life!

All these who put “based on” who adore themselves and put themselves to themselves, I want to shy away from “war and the world”.

I look and see: the performance ends - and how quickly the curtain opens! And there everyone is already on the bow. I would cancel it. Do not discover the curtain - keep mystery.