Philip G. Elk (born June 12, 1967, Moscow) - Russian and Estonian theater director, theater manager, artistic director of the Russian Theater of Estonia . Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation (since 2004). Member of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation (since 1994) and the Theater Union of Estonia (Eesti Teatriliit) (since 2017).
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Biography
In 1984 he graduated from secondary school number 188 (Moscow) and entered the history department of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. V.I. Lenin .
One of the founders of the Moscow Theater "School of the modern play" in 1989.
1989—2013 - Chief Administrator, Deputy Director, Executive Director, Director, Deputy Artistic Director of Theater, organizer of theater tours in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Israel, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, and other countries ( more than 60 touring projects); the head of the anniversary evening of Bulat Okudzhava on Trubnaya Square (1994) and the Days of Bulat Okudzhava (1997–2008); administrative head of the delegation of the theater at BONNER BIENNALE in 2000–2002; organizer of the participation of theater performances in theater festivals in Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Romania, Egypt, Iran; co-author and technical consultant of the architectural project for the reconstruction of the theater building and the construction of a new stage; artistic director and director of staged shows for the programs of the festival of modern drama “Actors” and “Class of young direction”.
1994-96 - study at the Higher School of Performers of Arts at the Russian Academy of Theater Science (GITIS) , supervisor - Gennady Dadamyan.
2003-07 - study at the directing faculty of the RATA (GITIS), correspondence department, workshop of Joseph Reichelgauz .
2012 - Graduate School of Theater Leader. (Project of the Moscow Department of Culture and the Meyerhold Center). Specialty - leadership of the modern theater, art program.
Performances
2004 - Constance Dennig "Ecstasy Rave", Mark Ravenhill "With you it's all over forever ..." (Festival of modern drama "Lyubimovka").
2004 - Nina Belenitskaya “03” (Moscow House of Actor).
2005 - Alexander Demakhin “Babiy Dom” (Moscow Theater “School of the Modern Play”).
2006 - the dramatic program “Moscow windows” Festival de la Cite (Lausanne. Switzerland).
2007 - Sergey Reshetnikov “Poor people, damn it” (Moscow Theater “School of the modern play”).
2008 - Durnenkov brothers “Cultural layer” (Tver Young Spectator's Theater).
2008 - Natalia Vorozhbit “Granary” (New Drama Festival, Moscow).
2010 - Alexander Griboedov "Russkaya mountain" (director-assistant; Moscow Theater "School of the modern play").
2012 - Elena Isaeva “I am afraid of love” (Tallinn Russian Youth Theater).
2013 - Mikhail Durnenkov (“The Most) Easy Way to Stop Smoking” (Moscow Theater “School of the Modern Play”).
2015 - Olga Pogodina “Once. Two. Three ... "(based on the play" The Clay Pit ") (" Creative Workshop ", Petrozavodsk).
2016 - Vladimir Zherebtsov “Ausammas” (Rakvereteater, Estonia).
2017 - Beth Hanley “Kullis” (Rakvereteater, Estonia).
2018 - Anton Ponizovsky “Russian Dreams” (Estonian Russian Theater).
2018 - Ivan Turgenev “A Month in the Country” (Sagadi Manor, a summer theater project of the Russian Theater in Estonia).
2018 - Jasmina Reza “The Art of Reconciliation” (Estonian Russian Theater).
2019 - Olga Mukhina "Olympia" (Russian Theater of Estonia / Theater-Festival "Baltic House", St. Petersburg).
Awards
Diploma of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation “For a great contribution to the organization of theatrical business” (2004).
Diploma of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation “For a great personal contribution to the development of theatrical art” (2002).