Andrey Alexander
Andrey Alexander (birth name Alexander Andreev; * in Khabarovsk , Siberia) is an artist, director and author .
Life
Andrey Alexander studied pantomime , classical ballet and acrobatics at the Moscow “Green Theater” . This was followed by studies at the Academy of Theater Studies in Moscow , from which he graduated with an acting exam and a directing diploma. He then worked for many years as a soloist in the traditional Moscow pantomime ensemble. In 1980 he met Marcel Marceau in Moscow , with whom he enjoyed a long friendship until his death.
Since 1990 he has performed his solo programs all over the world, for example at the All World Festival Moscow, the International Pantomime Festival Primorsko / Bulgaria, the Festival Gestisches Theater Berlin, First International Pantomime Festival Shanghai and others. He has received awards at numerous international festivals.
He has been touring Russia and Ukraine with the author and filmmaker Angelika Gebhard since 1996 and with her produced books and documentaries about them, which were broadcast on German television's third channels.
In 2007 he began a complete photographic reconstruction of the four friezes of the Pergamon Altar . In 2010 he published the reconstruction of the east frieze in a calendar . In 2013, his photographic art exhibition Giants versus Gods was on view in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Further exhibitions followed, for example in 2015 in the Moscow Architecture Museum and in 2017 as a German premiere in Munich under the title The Two Lives of the Pergamon Altar .
Awards
- 1st prize International Mime Festival Primorsko / Bulgaria
- 1st prize - brilliant eye "heart against hate" Cologne
- Award All World Festival Moscow
- Special Award 1st International Pantomime Festival Shanghai
- "Pantomimi Ars Universalis" - Peter Makal Medal
- 1st prize from the jury and audience "International Festival of Monodrama and Mime" Belgrade
- Special prize for the best pantomime, Leipzig Cabaret Festival
Book publications
- Volga trip - Russian way of life between Saint Petersburg and Odessa , Herbig;
- With Rollo on an adventure course - search for traces in the Black Sea, Delius Klasing ;
- Magic of the Volga - Adventures under the Russian Flag, Delius Klasing ;
Film documentaries
- Adventure course: 3-part television series in coproduction with BR about their trip with Rollo Gebhard and Angelika Gebhard from Regensburg to the Caucasus
- Magic of the Volga: 5-part television series in coproduction with the BR about the first crossing of the Volga with your own boat
- Under a false flag: 2-part television series in co-production with BR.
- Giants Against Gods, short film exhibition Pushkin Museum.
Photo exhibitions
- Central HypoVereinsbank , Munich
- Headquarters Commerzbank , Munich
- National Gallery of Lipetsk, Russia
- Pushkin Museum, Moscow
- Architecture Museum, Moscow
- Museum for Casts of Classical Sculptures, Munich
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alexander, Andrey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alexander Andreev (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian artist, director and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Khabarovsk , Siberia |