REAL NUCLEAR KIDS MUST BE EXPERTS IN THE ART OF… ORIGAMI!

03.08.2011

Yes, a professional actor simply has to be able to do everything (without exaggeration)! After all, you never know what interesting idea will come to the minds of production director. To assess what Nuclear Kids are capable of, let’s see what they have already learned on the project? Mastering the fan dance and fencing, group choreography and stage fight, complex interpretation of characters and even more complex vocals… There is one more thing left… The Eastern art of origami!

Why would an actor need the skills of fine art paper folding?! However, according to the musical script, Chio and San (Stas and Andrey from Angarsk) are two characters passionate about Japan. They were given the task of making elegant paper “cranes” live on stage. “I also didn’t think that the ability to make them would be handy… – says Andrey (San). – My brother was just fond of it. There was a big book on origami at home, and I learned how to make many, many different figures: dolphins, clowns, sumo wrestlers and oysters… And, of course, the well-known “cranes”.

The young “atom” was surprised when director Gulnara Golovinskaya told Andrey that in the very first scene of the musical, his task would be to make a “Crane of Hope”. “We even have lines in our roles,” Andrey shares, “that a thought is material. Chio and I make cranes for all those affected by Fukushima, and we wish them all the best.” “Yes, yes,” agrees his friend Stas (Chio), “our characters embody harmony, they are like symbols of goodness, like Yin and Yang!”. It wasn’t difficult for the friends to get into such positive roles. As the boys themselves say, they understand each other perfectly, so speaking and moving synchronously on stage is very easy for them. “We just need to look at each other – and that’s it!”, Stas smiles. “It’s like an instinctive level of understanding”, Andrey echoes.

I’m sure all characters should strive for such mutual understanding on stage. However, director Gulnara Golovinskaya says that in addition to coordination “the kids should work hard on acting speech. Their positive words should definitely reach the audience. Not put people to sleep, but encourage them instead. The goal is to melt the hearts of everyone sitting in the audience and working on stage!”. The boys still have time for self-improvement. There’s exactly one week left until the musical’s premiere…