Demidov, Alexander Pavlovich

In 1967 he graduated from the theater department of GITIS . Since 1968 - a literary editor, in 1973-1983 - head of the criticism department of the journal "Theater". After leaving this publication, he continued to publish critical articles in the magazines Musical Life and Theater Life.

Together with Tiit Härm, he wrote the libretto of the ballet Confession based on the novel Confession of the Son of the Century by Alfred Musset to the music of Edison Denisov . The ballet was staged by Tiit Härm in 1984 at the Estonia Opera and Ballet Theater .

In 1978, he organized the Studio at the Theater magazine, where he staged the performances of Romeo and Julia by W. Shakespeare , The Death of Tentagil and Aglaven and Selizet by M. Meterlink , The Whims of Mariana (French: Lorenzaccio, Les Caprices de Marianne ) Alfred Musset , later a plastic drama studio (Erotic Theater of Alexander Demidov). ”

He died on April 30, 1990 at the age of 45 from cirrhosis of the liver . He was buried on May 5, 1990 at Mitinsky cemetery .

Books

• Alexander Demidov. The Russian ballet: past and present . - M .: Novosti Press Agency Pub. House, 1977 .-- 245 p.
• Demidov A. Swan Lake . - M .: Art, 1985 .-- 368 p. - ( Masterpieces of ballet ). - 25,000 copies.
• Alexander Demidov. Bolshoi Ballerina: Natalia Bessmertnova . - London: MacDonald, 1986 .-- S. 64.
• Demidov A. Yuri Grigorovich . - M .: Planet, 1987 .-- 272 p. - 25,000 copies.
• Demidov A. The Golden Age of Yuri Grigorovich . - M .: Algorithm , Eksmo, 2007 .-- 432 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 5-699-19631-5 .
• Demidov A. Bolshoi Theater under the star of Grigorovich . - M .: Algorithm, Eksmo, 2011 .-- 400 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-699-53702-0 .

Articles

1960s

• Demidov A. “Birds” // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1965. - No. 5 October .
• Demidov A. Theater says the main thing // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1966. - No. 23 August .
• Demidov A. In Moscow in the summer of 1966 ... // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1966. - No. 11 .
• Demidov A. Notes of time // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1967. - No. 16 February .
• Demidov A. Bortnikov plays Bortnikov // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1967. - No. 2 .
• Demidov A. In the genre of miniatures // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1967. - No. 3 .
• Demidov A. Gennady Krynkin - Momysh-Uly // Theater: journal. - M. , 1967. - No. 6 .
• Demidov A. Developing the discoveries of the past // Soviet Culture: newspaper. - M. , 1967. - No. 74 .
• Demidov A. Meeting with Nifontova // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1967. - No. 9 .
• Demidov A. Young generation // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1967. - No. 7 December .
• Demidov A. Latitude of scope, mastery // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1967. - No. 14 December .
• Demidov A. Nikita Dolgushin Theater // Soviet Culture: Newspaper. - M. , 1967. - No. 30 December .
• Demidov A. Meeting with Tiyu Randvir // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1968. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. Yuri Vladimirov // Soviet music: magazine. - M. , 1968. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. What is not in the play ... // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1968. - No. 12 of March .
• Demidov A. Young people enter the big stage // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1968. - No. 2 of April .
• Demidov A. " Vision of a rose " today? // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1968. - No. 4 .
• Demidov A. Poem about the hero. Rebirth of the ballet Spartak // Komsomolskaya Pravda: newspaper. - M. , 1968. - No. 17 of May .
• Demidov A. Natalia Bessmertnova // Soviet music: magazine. - M. , 1968. - No. 5 .
• Demidov A. The dispute about operetta in operetta // Theater: journal. - M. , 1968. - No. 9 .
• Demidov A.T. Williams . "Inedible Dinner" // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1968. - No. 11 .
• Demidov A. Thinking and suffering ... "Elegy" in TsTSA // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1968. - No. 12 of December .
• Demidov A. A little bit different ... // Soviet music: magazine. - M. , 1968. - No. 12 .
• Demidov A. Ballet Evgenia Umnova // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1969. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. Ekaterina Maksimova // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1969. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. The right to a role // Komsomolskaya Pravda: newspaper. - M. , 1969. - No. 26 February .
• Demidov A. In the world of choreographer // Theater: journal. - M. , 1969. - No. 2 .
• Demidov A. Controversial performance // Soviet music: magazine. - M. , 1969. - No. 6 .
• Demidov A. Dance of Mikhail Baryshnikov // Evening Leningrad: newspaper. - L. , 1969. - No. 1 July .
• Demidov A. What kind of theater in Kirovograd? // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1969. - No. 7 .
• Demidov A. Artistry of Eduard Streltsov // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1969. - No. 8 .
• Demidov A. When actors know everything (Entry into the profession) // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1969. - No. 10 .

1970s

• Demidov A. Boldly, boldly, seriously // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1970. - No. 1 January .
• Demidov A. Return. " Swan Lake " directed by Yu. Grigorovich // Soviet Culture: newspaper. - M. , 1968. - No. 12 of March .
• Demidov A. Doll House // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1970. - No. 3 .
• Demidov A. Lyrics, theatricality, heroics // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1970. - No. 7 .
• Demidov A. Leningrad Choreographic School named after A. Ya. Vaganova (Entry into the profession) // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1970. - No. 11 .
• Demidov A. On the green stages of Mexico (Sport as an art) // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1970. - No. 12 .
• Demidov A. Strictness of taste // Komsomolskaya Pravda: newspaper. - M. , 1971. - No. 21 of January .
• Grishina E., Demidov A. Borders of Opportunities // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1971. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. Star of the ballet // Komsomolskaya Pravda: newspaper. - M. , 1971. - No. 11 February .
• Demidov A. Choice of the bride // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1971. - No. 5 .
• Demidov A. Mikhail Lavrovsky // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1971. - No. 7 .
• Demidov A. Creation of man // Komsomolskaya Pravda: newspaper. - M. , 1971. - No. 20 August .
• Demidov A. There were a fairy tale ballet // Change: magazine. - M. , 1971. - No. 8 .
• Demidov A. “Toot, others and major” // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1971. - No. 9 .
• Demidov A. And now - “The Inspector General”: Tours of the Sofia State Satire Theater // Soviet Culture: newspaper. - M. , 1971. - No. 7 December .
• Demidov A. Improvisations by Leonid Jacobson // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1971. - No. 12 .
• Demidov A. The verge of conflict. "Valentine and Valentine" M. Roshchina on the stages of " Contemporary " and BDT // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1972. - No. 5 February .
• Demidov A. “Choice” // Theater: journal. - M. , 1972. - No. 2 .
• Demidov A. The Netherlands Ballet // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1972. - No. 3 .
• Demidov A. Near the Golden Gate // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1972. - No. 4 .
• Demidov A. Carnival night // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1972. - No. 9 .
• Demidov A. “Not so different among themselves ...”: Polemic notes on the work of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Nikita Dolgushin // Aurora: journal. - L. , 1972. - No. 10 .
• Demidov A. "Alice through the Looking Glass" // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1972. - No. 10 .
• Demidov A. Searches for a modern theme // Theater: journal. - M. , 1972. - No. 12 .
• Demidov A. “Two Jokes” // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1973. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. Orpheus in Hell // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1973. - No. 2 .
• Demidov A. Old-old tale // Komsomolskaya Pravda: newspaper. - M. , 1973. - No. 7 September .
• Demidov A. Return to La Sylphide // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1973. - No. 9 .
• Demidov A. The situation? // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1973. - No. 11 .
• Demidov A. Pages of the novel “Balalaikin and K” on the stage of “ Contemporary ” // Soviet Culture: Newspaper. - M. , 1973. - No. 28 December .
• Demidov A.B.V. Alpersa is 80 years old // Theater: journal. - M. , 1974. - No. 3 .
• Demidov A. Notes on the Vampilov Drama (Problems of Drama) // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1974. - No. 3 .
• Demidov A. Singing a person of creative impulse // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1974. - No. 18 of June .
• Demidov A. “Weather for Tomorrow” in “Sovremennik”: Conversation at the “Round Table” // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1974. - No. 7 .
• Demidov A. About the old walls and business people (Problems of drama) // Theater: journal. - M. , 1974. - No. 11 .
• Demidov A. ... Comedy? Comedy !: Conversation at the "round table" // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1974. - No. 12 .
• Demidov A. Big walk // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1975. - No. 2 .
• Demidov A. Julia Borisova // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1975. - No. 3 .
• Demidov A. “Ivan the Terrible” at the Bolshoi Bolshoi // Moscow Komsomolets: newspaper. - M. , 1975. - No. 8 of April .
• Demidov A. “In the alarm of worldly vanity ...” // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1975. - No. 8 .
• Demidov A. Fidelity (about the ballet "Ivan the Terrible") // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1975. - No. 10 .
• Demidov A. A Man from Athens // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1975. - No. 11 .
• Demidov A. On the work of A. Vampilov // Alexander Vampilov. Favorites . - M .: Art, 1975 .-- S. 461-492. - 512 s. - 10,000 copies.
• Demidov A. How young we were // Theater: journal. - M. , 1976. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. Cascade of joy and fun // Baku: newspaper. - Baku, 1976. - No. 24 February .
• Demidov A. Hour of Triumph // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1976. - No. 3 .
• Demidov A. High wave of the "Angara": Bolshoi Theater, two hundredth spring // Komsomolskaya Pravda: newspaper. - M. , 1976. - No. 8 of May .
• Demidov A. “Angara” on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater // Krasnoyarsk worker: newspaper. - Krasnoyarsk, 1976. - No. 18 of June .
• Demidov A. “... As long as the heart beats” // Theater: journal. - M. , 1976. - No. 9 .
• Demidov A. Yuri Nikolaevich Grigorovich // Book-collection “Masters of the Bolshoi Theater” . - M: Soviet composer, 1976. - S. 646-659. - 696 p. - 15,000 copies.
• Demidov A. Heroes and heroines. Yu. Grigorovich. Sketches of the portrait // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1977. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. His ballet - theater // Moskovsky Komsomolets: newspaper. - M. , 1977. - No. 11 of January .
• Demidov A. On the stage - youth // Kommunar: journal. - 1978. - No. 4 .
• Demidov A. Tiit Hyarm // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1978. - No. 4 .
• Demidov A. Save the magic of dance: Notes on the work of young choreographers // Komsomolskaya Pravda: newspaper. - M. , 1978. - No. 4 of August .
• Demidov A. Ancient clownery of Alexei Levinsky // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1978. - No. 9 .
• Demidov A. Theater of Young Choreographers // Truth: Newspaper. - M. , 1978. - No. 3 December .
• Demidov A. Football of old years // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1978. - No. 12 .
• Demidov A. Unity and proportionality // Week: newspaper. - M. , 1979. - No. 30 .

1980s

• Demidov A. Love of an artist: On the 100th anniversary of the first production of the opera P. I. Tchaikovsky Ilyich // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1980. - No. 2 .
• Demidov A. Julia // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1980. - No. 5 .
• Demidov A. Price of love and death // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1980. - No. 6 .
• Demidov A. Theater - her love and passion // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1980. - No. 4 of July .
• Demidov A. Past // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1981. - No. 7 .
• Demidov A., Borisov V. “In total and things to look closely ...” // Theater: magazine. - M. , 1982. - No. 3 .
• Demidov A. Afterword to one evening // Soviet Ballet: Journal. - M. , 1982. - No. 4 .
• Demidov A. Alla Pugacheva : Creative Portrait // Theatrical Life: Journal. - M. , 1982. - No. 21 .
• Demidov A. Russian Overture // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1982. - No. 11 .
• Demidov A. Youth // Theater: journal. - M. , 1983. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. From the first person // Modern Drama: Journal. - M. , 1983. - No. 4 .
• Demidov A. Subjective Reflections // Theater: Journal. - M. , 1983. - No. 10 .
• Demidov A. The Hunt of Prince Desiree, or the History of the Sleeping Beauty // Musical Life: Journal. - M. , 1983. - No. 11 .
• Demidov A. Service or service? // Theatrical life: a magazine. - M. , 1983. - No. 16 .
• Demidov A. Meetings in the anniversary year: Notes on ballet performances of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater. S. M. Kirova // Musical life: magazine. - M. , 1983. - No. 16 .
• Demidov A. Poetic realism of ballet: To the problem of the embodiment of modernity // Musical life: journal. - M. , 1983. - No. 17 .
• Demidov A. Tatyana Doronina // Theatrical life: magazine. - M. , 1983. - No. 18 .
• Demidov A. Prickly Reflections // Theatrical Life: Journal. - M. , 1984. - No. 5 .
• Demidov A. Reflections on the profession // Theater Life: a journal. - M. , 1984. - No. 15 .
• Demidov A. Poetics of the Grigorovich Theater // Soviet Ballet: Journal. - M. , 1984. - No. 3 .
• Demidov A. Time will show // Theatrical Life: Journal. - M. , 1984. - No. 19 .
• Demidov A. Two new roles of Tatyana Doronina // Theatrical life: magazine. - M. , 1984. - No. 20 .
• Demidov A. Petipa: XX century // Theatrical life: magazine. - M. , 1984. - No. 22 .
• Demidov A. Petipa and Cervantes // Musical life: magazine. - M. , 1984. - No. 24 .
• Demidov A. What is Hamlet's face? // Soviet culture: newspaper. - M. , 1985. - No. 14 February .
• Demidov A. Novella about Carlotta Grisi // Musical life: magazine. - M. , 1985. - No. 11 .
• Demidov A. Why I won’t put the “Bench” // Theatrical life: magazine. - M. , 1985. - No. 17 .
• Demidov A. The desire for a dream // Musical life: magazine. - M. , 1985. - No. 20 .
• Demidov A. Family Nonankurov in the Hermitage // Theater Life: a journal. - M. , 1986. - No. 1 .
• Demidov A. What and how to call // Theatrical life: magazine. - M. , 1986. - No. 2 .
• Demidov A. Vasyuchenko Yuri Valentinovich // Soviet artist: newspaper. - M. , 1986. - No. 10 January .
• Demidov A. What was “Swan Lake” // Musical life: magazine. - M. , 1986. - No. 4 .
• Demidov A. Problems of Boris Golubovsky : Dignity of Mastery // Theater Life: Journal. - M. , 1986. - No. 7 .
• Demidov A. Actor of the ballet theater // Theatrical life: magazine. - M. , 1986. - No. 13 .
• Demidov A. Soul performed flight // Musical life: magazine. - M. , 1986. - No. 13 .
• Demidov A. Natalia - means natural // Theatrical life: magazine. - M. , 1986. - No. 23 .
• Demidov A. Danila and the Master: On the 30th anniversary of the first staging of the ballet "Stone Flower" // Theater Life: a journal. - M. , 1987. - No. 4 .
• Demidov A. Poetics of the Grigorovich Theater // Culture and Life: Journal. - M. , 1987. - No. 7 .
• Demidov A. S. Prokofiev and his ballet "Stone Flower" // Stone Flower. - M .: Bolshoi, 1990. - S. 3-7.

• Kolesnikov A. Choreographer and critic // Demidov A. The Golden Age of Yuri Grigorovich . - M .: Algorithm, Eksmo, 2007. - S. 5-20. - 432 s. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 5-699-19631-5 .

• In memory of Alexander Demidov - on the website of the Studio AUDIO THEATER Asaf Faradzhev