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Slava Stepnov
director
A graduate of the Russian Academy of Dramatic Arts (GITIS) in Moscow, Mr. Stepnov has been working for the theatre over 25 years as director, actor, and playwright. His directing credits include pieces by Anton Chekhov, William Shakespeare, Luigi Pirandello, Lord Byron, Edward Albee, and others. Stepnov has worked in theatres throughout Russia, Georgia, Peru, United States. He has written three plays and numerous essays. In 1993, Mr. Stepnov organized the Pacific Theater Festival in Vladivostok.
Mr. Stepnov came to the United States in 1995 as a guest teacher and director at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. In 1997 Stepnov moved to New York City and founded the Steps Theatre Production Company.
American critics have called Stepnov's style "movie-esque" and one of his productions a "unique directorial gem". Russian critics referred to him as a "genuine artistic whose choices in a process of searching for forms and expressions are always surprising", and concluded that Stepnov might find himself in the company of such masters as Barishnikov, Nuriev and Brodsky. |
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