Boris Amarantov

Boris Amarantov
Native name Борис Амарантов
Born (1940-09-14)14 September 1940
USSR
Died 3 March 1987(1987-03-03) (aged 46)
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Occupation actor, director, mime
Years active 1962–1987

Boris Georgievich Amarantov (Russian: Бори́с Гео́ргиевич Амара́нтов; September 19, 1940 — March 3, 1987) was a Soviet variety actor, actor and director. Winner of many international competitions and festivals.

Biography

Born September 19, 1940 in the family of a dynastic priest.

On the sixth attempt he enrolled at the State College of Circus and Variety Arts in Moscow. The young candidate was supported by a well-known clown-mime Leonid Yengibarov, a member of the selection committee.[1]

In 1962 Boris graduated from the State College with the performance Ke-la-la (backing track Chella llà), which was staged by Sergei Kashtelyan. With this song he performed on the Little Blue Light and starred in the film Fair Wind, 'Blue Bird'!.[2]

In the same year Amarantov was awarded at the VIII World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki,[3] having made an impression with very current at that time act Save the World (Nuclear Worker Failed) a warning of the threat from escalating Cold War, the nuclear nightmare. The number was based on the combination and contrast two pieces of music lyric of the song Top, Тop, Stomping the Вaby by Tamara Miansarova and composition in rockabilly style called I Want You to Be My Baby, performed by American singer Lillian Briggs.[4]

Soon Boris Amarantov created his own theater of pantomime where the performance Miracles in Нis Вag is created, staged by Grigory Chukhray, Mark Donskoy and himself Amarantov. The play was a great success.

Later Amarantov became a victim of the machinations of the Soviet bureaucratic machine: as a result of intrigues on the part of senior officials of the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR, his theater closed repeatedly, and after reestablishment Amarantov himself was discharged from it. After losing the job of his profession, he was forced to make a living by serving as a night watchman. In July 1975, he wrote a letter to the Supreme Soviet Presidium of a statement renouncing his Soviet citizenship and the requirement to give him the right to exit from the USSR to the West. He was refused in this request, was threatened and harassed.

In August 1977, he emigrated from the USSR and arrived to the United States in November. Contrary to his hopes, Amarantov's hopes of a career as an actor in the USA did not materialize. He moved to France, where he attended the school of mime Marcel Marceau.

Death

After returning to the USSR, Boris Amarantov died under mysterious circumstances March 3, 1987. He was buried at the Vostryakovskoye Cemetery (129 section).[5]

Filmography

  • Evening in Moscow (short, 1962) as juggler
  • On Tomorrow's Street (1965) as mim Boris Amarantov
  • Fair Wind, "Blue Bird"! (1967) as Lorimur
  • Love for Three Oranges (TV, 1970) as Tartaglio
  • The Big Attraction (1974) as mim

References

  1. ↑ Чтобы помнили. Борис Амарантов — Взлёт и падение
  2. ↑ Борис Амарантов с номером «Ке-ля-ля» в фильме «Попутного ветра, Синяя птица!» (видео)
  3. ↑ Амарантов — мим, жонглер, эксцентрик
  4. ↑ «Голубой огонёк» (1964) Борис Амарантов «Ке-ля-ля», «Берегите мир», реж. Сергей Каштелян (видео)
  5. ↑ Могилы ушедших поэтов
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