Ivan Vyrypaev: the facets of creativity

Vyrypayev Ivan Alexandrovich - actor, screenwriter, film director, producer. He himself positions himself primarily as a playwright. Difficult, deep, to someone incomprehensible, he is able to surprise and seeks to share his inner world with the viewer. Today he is the hero of our story.

Biography of a novice actor

Vyrypayev Ivan Alexandrovich comes from the northern region of Russia. He was born in August 1974 in remote Irkutsk. Father Ivan - Alexander Nikolaevich Vyrypaev - teacher at the Irkutsk Pedagogical College, mother - a trade worker.

Ivan Vyrypaev received his acting education at the theatrical school of his native city. In 1995, after graduation, the young man went to cold Magadan, where he learned the basics of the profession on the stage of the city theater. Parallel to the work, Vyrypaev taught the stage movement at the Art College of Magadan. A year later he left for Kamchatka, where for two years he worked in the theater of drama and comedy. However, longing for his homeland did not give him rest, and, after gaining some acting experience, the beginning artist returned to Irkutsk. Here, Ivan Alexandrovich created his own theater studio "Space of the Game", on the stage of which in 1999 the premiere of his performance "Dreams" was held. By the way, the author of the performance was Ivan Vyrypaev himself. The plays of the playwright were later presented to the court of the theatrical spectator in the productions "City, Where I" (2000), "Valentine's Day" (2001), "Oxygen" (2002), "Genesis 2" (2004), "July" (2006) .

In addition to working in the theater, Vyrypayev took part in several television films. For example, in 2002 he played the role of Ivan Azovsky in the film "The Diary of the Murderer", in 2006 - of Guidon in the film "Bunker, or Scientists Under the Ground".

Directing activity. And not only...

Ivan Alexandrovich did not cease to develop in the profession, but he wanted to go beyond the limits of the acting framework. For this, knowledge was needed, and in 1998 he entered the Shchukin school for directing the faculty. While studying, the playwright continued to stage performances on the stage of the studio. He also taught acting to students. And in 2001, fate granted Vyrypaev a fortunate opportunity - he was invited to Moscow to direct the productions at the Center for a new play, "Theater.Doc". The first success did not take long. In 2002 the metropolitan intelligentsia loudly discussed the play "Oxygen", the author of which was the beginning director Ivan Vyrypaev. This period can be called the starting point in the activities of this multifaceted and uniquely talented person. Next was a lot of interesting work, which required endurance, knowledge, experience.

Today Ivan Alexandrovich heads the agency of creative projects "Kislorod Movement", whose functions include helping talented young people interested in art, in particular artists. Performances of the playwright Vyrypaev are known in European countries - his productions are interesting to the spectators of England, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria and France. He is popular among students of GITIS, the Warsaw Academy of Theater Arts, the Moscow Art Theater School. Since 2013 Vyrypayev is the artistic director of the theater "Practice".

Theater "Practice"

"Practice" is a special theater that does not resemble a temple of art in the classical sense of the word. Created in 2005 by Eduard Boyakov, "Practice" has its own format. This means that there are some postulates, according to which the theater lives. In particular, only the modern play is played on the stage of the "Practice", the theater does not have its own troupe. And this is justified by the fact that the performances that are put on the stage are very diverse. According to the artistic director Vyrypaev, sometimes obtaining from the actor the company required in the role of character is very problematic. There are situations when certain actors are required to stage the play, people from the outside.

Ivan Aleksandrovich already supervised the theater in 2006. However, later decided to leave the post and leave for free bread. In his own words, it is very difficult to manage, in principle, a talent is needed for this. Vyrypayev frankly declares that it is difficult to build relationships with people, in particular, with the theater company, and he does not do it well. When in 2013 he was invited to lead the "Practice", he hesitated for a long time. But still accepted the proposal for cooperation, since the theater is very dear to him, the very idea of "Practice" is close. Vyrypayev is not going to change anything in the theater format, but will only continue to develop the established traditions.

Squeeze out the slave

Speaking about the modern theater as an institution, Ivan Aleksandrovich Vyrypaev argues that the theater needs people today - it carries the function of upbringing. And the key in this matter is the way of expressing the educational function from the scene, the method of influencing the viewer. This is a very fine line, which is important to feel and can not be crossed. According to Vyrypaev, his mission as a director and leader is to create performances that will open the world to the spectator as he is - like it to someone or not. It is possible not to love or not to take any phenomena, but you can not deny them.

Vyrypaev considers the complete liberation of man, his openness to a new one, as the key task on the path to knowledge of the world and the existence with him in harmony. This must be learned. The playwright claims that it is necessary to strive to be free and try to squeeze out the slave from himself - the habit of living in fear, built in memory by the ancestors, which is inherited from generation to generation. The secret of success is to learn to live in harmony: not only to take, but to give, to smile to yourself and others, to exist according to the laws of the universe, to open your heart. It is important to recognize others by others, to try to understand and hear each other. And in this quest, art is a powerful weapon.

The film "Salvation" - the nominee of "Kinotavr"

The works of Ivan Vyrypayev were repeatedly awarded with awards at the International festivals (Kinotavr, Golden Lion). He more than once became a laureate of various awards ("Golden Mask", "Triumph"). Ivan Alexandrovich was recognized in 2009 as Germany's best playwright.

The most recent work Vyrypaeva - the film "Salvation" - in June 2015 became the winner of the Russian film festival "Kinotavr". According to the playwright himself and the film director, the festival is a great opportunity to be seen by the viewer. Vyrypayev is glad that all his films (except for "Delhi Dance") participated in Kinotavr. The last work of the director, the picture "Salvation", is very unusual. The idea of the film arose when Vyrypayev learned that in the mountains of Tibet there is a temple in which the service is conducted by a Catholic priest, and the parishioners are Tibetans. It turned out that this is the usual Catholic practice - it has missions all over the world.

For the role of the protagonist of the film (nun) was chosen a non-professional actress Polina Grishina, brought up in an Orthodox monastery. The essence of the film boils down to the fact that the balance in the modern world can be achieved only through acquaintance of cultures with each other and their mutual penetration. According to the author of the picture, the film is dedicated to those people for whom the spiritual path is daily work, and the purpose of their existence is to reach the end.

Paradoxically, Ivan Varypayev himself, whose films have been recognized by a wide audience, does not consider himself a full-fledged film director, because the main occupation for him is drama. Cinema, according to Ivan Aleksandrovich, is simply a way to appeal to the viewer and establish contact with a huge number of people. His paintings "Euphoria", "Oxygen", "Superheroper", "Dance of Delhi" found a response in the hearts of many.

About love to Russia

Today, more and more people are trying to leave Russia. Vyrypayev, on the contrary, plans to stay here and raise the culture of his native state. He says that he loves Russia, and although many things are unpleasant for him, he is not going to leave this beautiful country, he said.

Of course, like many, Vyrypaev can not tolerate bureaucracy, rudeness, rudeness. However, if you do not work on the problem, nothing will change. According to the playwright, only creation and not destruction can change the situation.

Vyrypayev is sure that it's just necessary to open up to the world as much as possible, everything else will come gradually by itself. You do not need to look back at the West, you must try to keep your mentality. It is important to develop self-awareness, to respect what you have. According to Ivan Aleksandrovich, only in the event of force majeure circumstances that threaten the safety of his relatives, he will leave the country. In the meantime ...

He creates, expresses himself, shares his soul. And the main thing is that Vyrypaev himself answered the question of who he is. The playwright realized that the theater for him is his teacher and his life. He had argued with this before, and now he accepted it gratefully.