Artak Grigoryan

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Artak Grigorjan ( Armenian Արտակ Գրիգորյան , born January 2, 1945 in Yerevan ) is an Armenian-Austrian theater director and drama teacher. He is a member of the Austrian PEN Club.

Life

Artak Grigorjan was born on January 2, 1945 in Yerevan / Armenia, then the USSR. After studying electrical engineering in Yerevan , he studied theater directing according to Konstantin S. Stanislawkij method / apprenticeship in Saint Petersburg , as well as numerous directing and acting activities both in theater and on television in the former USSR . Artak Grigorjan was initially a lecturer at the State Art University in Yerevan. For the best directorial work of the year, the anti-fascist television film "Letters That Were Never Written" by Max Burghardt , he was awarded the 1st prize of the art associations in 1977. His last work, the anti-Stalinist television play "The Little Organ Grinder" by Lev Ustinov, was banned from broadcasting by the censors.

In December 1979 the citizenship of the USSR was withdrawn and the family emigrated to West Berlin . In 1988 Artak Grigorjan took on German citizenship.

In Germany he continued to work at the theater, as a freelance director, as a director and lecturer for acting at the Theaterschule / Schaubühne Cologne. Furthermore, Grigorjan was involved as a founding member and lecturer for the art of acting at the "New Dance and Theater School Düsseldorf" in cooperation with the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, and as a visiting professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.

Finally, in 1990 he was appointed full professor for ensemble work and role design at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna - Max Reinhardt Seminar . In addition to the educational work (group and individual lessons), Grigorjan's work also included administrative matters in the collegial bodies of the Max Reinhardt Seminar, such as appointment committees, departmental college and the study committee.

With the appointment, he was granted Austrian citizenship.

As a member of the board of the International Theater Institute of UNESCO - Center Austria, on behalf of and with the participation of the Max Reinhardt Seminar, Grigorjan organized the symposia “Quo vadis, theater?” On the basis of the essay “Katharsis: a manifesto for the theater?” "Excerpts from" Katharsis: a manifesto for the theater? "Have appeared as leading articles in the" Magazin des Wiener Burgtheater "foreplay no. 30/2005.

The Austrian Science Fund supported an interdisciplinary research project at the University of Innsbruck to research “Implicit Knowledge in Dramatic Studies” in the Max Reinhard Seminar based on the lessons of Artak Grigorjan. The research results were published as a book under the title "Moments. Professional knowledge of the actor" in 2011 by Alexander Verlag Berlin. A detailed discussion by O.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Maria Deppermann appeared in the "Messages from the Brenner Archive" under the number 31/2012.

He is repeatedly active as an international theater director, leads international master classes for theater and does supervision and coaching for dialogue, situation analysis, lecture and text design.

Artak Grigorjan is married, has a son and lives in Vienna .

research

  • Researching the prerequisites for the creation and development of a theater ensemble.
  • Researching the requirements for the development, development and formation of the acting personality.

Fonts

  • with Allan Janik and Karin Gasser: Moments. Professional knowledge of the actor. Alexander Verlag, Berlin / Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-89581-256-9 .
  • with Allan Janik: Catharsis: a manifesto for the theater? In: Messages from the Brenner Archive No. 22/2003, Research Institute Brenner Archive, University of Innsbruck, ISSN  1027-5649
  • From the Underground - a play based on the novel by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky. , Kaiser Verlag Vienna, in TTX since September 16, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artak Grigorjan - Alexander Verlag Berlin In: alexander-verlag.com , accessed on January 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ Das Magazin des Wiener Burgtheater 30/2005 In: yumpu.com , accessed on January 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ Projektmitarbeiter - Universität Innsbruck In: uibk.ac.at , accessed on January 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ The trauma and love | Culture | St.Galler Tagblatt In: tagblatt.ch , September 8, 2011, accessed on January 18, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Grigoryan, Artak
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Գրիգորյան, Արտակ (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian theater director and acting teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Yerevan , Armenia