Valery Fokin
[5] The play was based on Franz Kafka's 1915 novel,[5] which Fokin also made into a feature film in 2002, screening at festivals in Tokyo, Moscow, Vyborg, and Karlovy Vary.He often draws upon poignant real life historical events or references, reflecting a predominantly artistic view of the world and an often paradoxical truth.[13] The Prize organization stated:«The profession is like the alphabet: the more you are able to use it, the more it allows you to express yourself.» These words of Valery Fokin sum up his conception of theatre and - even more precisely - of directing.For Valery Fokin, theatre cannot and must not be reduced to a simple process of entertainment or commercial promotion, but must serve as a means to allow the artist to acquire a rich and colourful internal vocabulary.Valery Fokin’s multi-faceted nature is well known on the Russian stage, for he has succeeded magisterially in welding the old and the new, philosophy and psychology, imagination and technique.This year Valery Fokin is awarded the XVII Europe Theatre Prize in recognition of his revolutionary conceptions in both the social and the institutional domain.
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