The decision to appoint director Konstantin Bogomolov to the position of acting rector of the Moscow Art Theater School was made taking into account his qualifications and experience. RBC reports this in consultation with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
“It should be noted that Konstantin Yuryevich is a Russian theater figure, theater and film director, a graduate of the philological department of Moscow State University and the Russian State Institute of Theatrical Art – GITIS,” the department added, drawing attention to the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Bogomolov was in the corresponding article nominated Later death former rector, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Igor Zolotovitsky. The appointment became known on 23 January and he began his duties the next day. The labor contract with the director is signed until a new principal is elected.
Bogomolov declarethat in his work he will try to preserve and develop the traditions of Russian psychological theater. He emphasized that he plans to work with the group to train insightful, intelligent, comprehensively developed experts.
However, some students graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School talk against his appointment. They fueled their discontent by going against the principle of continuity. In particular, all the previous heads of educational institutions graduated from the Moscow Art Theater, while Bogomolov graduated from GITIS.
The director himself responds to criticism named The respective discussions about “us” and “strangers” are naive and stupid. Bogomolov emphasized that the entire Russian theater school grew out of director Konstantin Stanislavsky, adding that his teacher Andrei Goncharov directly inherited the traditions of the Moscow Art Theater and raised his students according to the Russian psychological theater method.
