MOSCOW RUSSIA
NEWS 2006-2010
2006
At
January 24 Nikolai Zykov took part in the Morning radio show of famous
Russian DJs Bachinskiy and Stillavin. Gennadiy Bachinskiy call Nikolai Zykov "a
real monster of puppetry, Karabas-Barabas of our time". The interactive voting
call Nikolai Zykov "an interesting person" and put him on the virtual "Desk of
honor" of Radio "Maximum".
"Nikolai
Zykov is the Doctor of Puppetry, the first after Got. It is only a few real
puppet masters. Nikolai Zykov - unique-exclusive Russian puppeteer - is one of
them" - Sergey Maiorov, March 24,"Stories in details", STS TV (Russia).
"Stories in details" is
a cycle of TV stories about the most famous Russian and foreign performers.
"Nikolai Zykov puts a strange constrictions on the stage and assembles a huge puppet in front of the spectators. The puppet comes alive and even sings something"- said Evgeniy Petrosyan in his TV show "Smehopanorama" on RTR TV (Russia) on April 30. Evgeniy Petrosyan is a famous Russian variety performer, historian and critic.
Participation
of Nikolai Zykov Puppet Theatre on July 27-30 in Festival International
de Titeres y Teatro AL SUR DEL SUR was an important event in cultural life of
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Exclusive program of
Nikolai Zykov was a great success on the stages of Teatro El Galpon de Catalinas,
Teatro Sosiedad Luz and Teatro Jose Verdi in historical district La Boca.
September
14-16,Cape
Town, South Africa.
The International Union of Puppetry South Africa (UNIMA SA) organized
a second Out The Box, Festival of Puppets,
Masks and Visual Performance. The main festival was
three days long and hosted
provocative and influential visual performing artists and educators.
"All the way
from Russia, Out the Box brings you Exclusive a
flashy and upbeat marionette variety show by manipulator extraordinaire Nikolai
Zykov."
November
10-13, World Performing Arts Festival, Lahore, Pakistan. "Nikolai Zykov has
a variety of technical surprises that make his shows a success. His puppets live
independently from their creator. Nikolai often vanishes in the black background
and you forget his presence while he pulling five strings at once to make the
puppet speak while it is dancing on the stage. Nikolai Zykov is making the step
of technical development into the future" Jakob Steiner, World
Performing Arts Festival, Lahore, Pakistan.
2007
March 19. Participation of Nikolai Zykov Puppet Show in celebration of International Day of Puppetry. The concert took place in the Big Hall of Masters of Arts Central House in Moscow.
March 25. Presentation of new edition of Nikolai Zykov Puppet Show "Giant and others" in Krasny Oktyabr Concert Hall in Moscow.
April 4.
Central Asia Tour of Nikolai Zykov Puppet Theatre. Performance "Exclusive Marionettes" of Nikolai Zykov was
shown in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in Children Centre "Mehribonlic".
April 5. Central Asia Tour of Nikolai Zykov Puppet Theatre. Performance "Exclusive Marionettes" of Nikolai Zykov was shown in Pendjikent, Tajikistan in Geologov Concert Hall.
November 11.
First presentation of new Nikolai Zykov Puppet Show "Workshop of Miracles" in
Krasny Oktyabr Concert Hall in Moscow. New experimental works and new
edition of famous Nikolai Zykov puppet vignettes were shown in two hours
performance.
December 1. Participation of Nikolai Zykov Puppet Show in Closing Gala Concert of International Documentary Cinema Festival "Freski Severa" in ancient north Russian city Vologda.
December 11.
Participation of Nikolai Zykov Puppet Theatre in 10-th Student Puppet Theatre
Festival in Tehran, Iran. Performance "Exclusive
Marionettes" of Nikolai Zykov was shown in Tehran University of Arts.
2008
January 3. 7-th
annual New Year puppet performance of Nikolai Zykov
Puppet Theatre in Armory museum of Moscow Kremlin.
February 6. Kazakhstan, Astana. Participation of Nikolai Zykov Puppet Theatre in celebration of Chinese New Year.
March 23. Two hours Puppet benefice show "Dinosaur welcomes his friends" in Krasny Oktyabr Concert Hall in Moscow. The best puppet vignettes of Nikolai Zykov for 30 years were shown.
May 30-31,
"Giant and others". Participation of Nikolai Zykov
Puppet Theatre in celebration of 55-th anniversary of Kovdor City, Russia.
Kovdor situated in Kola peninsula behind the Polar Circle near the Finland
border.
June 23. Article "Theatre in the suitcase" about Nikolai Zykov Puppet Theatre in one of the leading Russian economic weekly magazine "Dengi".
July 18. Report about Nikolai Zykov and his puppets in RBC TV - Russian Business Consulting Television - main Russian Business TV Canal.
October
7,8.
First presentation of "Other Puppets" in The 5th International Festival
in honor of Sergey Obraztsov. Obraztsov State Academic Central Puppet
Theatre,
Moscow, Russia.
November 4,5, "Giant and others". Participation in The 2nd International Puppet and Mime Festival of Latsia. Municipal Theatre of Latsia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2009
January
28, New Delhi,
India - "Other Puppets", 7th Ishara International
Puppet Festival, India Habitat Centre.
April 5, Moscow, Russia - "Other Puppets" special edition, 1st "Vokrug da okolo" Puppet Festival, State Central Theatre Museum.
April 21, Lodz, Poland - "Other Puppets", 6th International Festival of Solo Puppeteers, Arlekin Puppet Theatre.
May 8-15, Istanbul, Turkey - "Giant and others", 12th Istanbul International Puppet Festival.
October 6,7,
Kilkis,
Greece -
"Giant and others", 11th Kilkis
Puppet and Mime Festival.
December 5, Moscow, Russia - "Dinosaur and His Company" special edition, Central Journalist's Concert Hall.
Also in 2009 Nikolai Zykov has made new vignettes: CD MAN, Biomass, Fire Flies, Worm, Garbage Cans, Bio construction.
2010
January 4
2010 - "New Year Puppet Show", Beryozki Concert
Hall , Pavedniki, Russia. First presentation of
SNOWFLAKES.
March 20 2010 - "Giant and others", Atrium Concert Hall, Sergiev Posad, Russia.
May 24 2010 - participation in final ceremony of "First Steps" puppet festival as a guest star, Masters of Arts Central House, Moscow, Russia.
October 12 2010 - performance "Giant and others" in 12th China Shanghai International Arts Festival and the 2nd Shanghai International Puppet Festival Golden Magnolia, Shanghai Puppet Theatre, Shanghai, China. Nikolai Zykov Theatre has reseived "Arts Innovation" award.
November
3 2010 - "Workshop of miracles", Beryozki Concert
Hall , Pavedniki, Russia. First presentation of
EXORCISM.
December 24 2010 - "New Year Puppet Show", Main stage, Mega Teplyi Stan , Moscow, Russia. First presentation of ROBOT.
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