Kuklachev Yuri Biography

His parents were engineers, but Yuri had dreamed of becoming a clown since childhood. The first performance of Yuri Kuklachev took place at the All -Union Substance Subscription of the amateur performances in the year, where he received the title of laureate and an invitation to study at the Moscow State School of circus and pop art, which Yuri Kuklachev successfully graduated in the year.

He later received a diploma with a degree in the "theater critic" of the State Institute of Theater Arts. From for a year, Kuklachev performed in the state circus. In the year, a domestic cat first appeared in his room. The cats and clowns created by the artist of the program and “City and Peace” conquered the audience both in Russia and abroad. In Yuri Kuklachev founded the world's first private cat theater in the premises of the former cinema "Call" on Kutuzovsky Prospekt.

The tour of the theater Yuri Kuklachev takes place in a variety of corners of the world. The theater was awarded many international awards, including the Golden Cup and the title of “The most original theater in the world” during a tour in Paris. They have three children: Dmitry, Catherine and Vladimir. Senior Dmitry is a clown, a soloist and head of the cat theater who replaced his father in this responsible post.

Daughter Catherine is the main artist of the theater.

The youngest son Vladimir is an artist of ballet, he worked in Israel as a ballet director of the supply of a winner, but has recently been working in Russia. The talent of Yuri Kuklachev was awarded with many prizes and awards: - “Golden Crown” in Canada for outstanding achievements in training, for a humane attitude towards animals and the promotion of this humanism - the Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol - Honorary Artist of the RSFSR - the title “People's Artist of the RSFSR” for staging the “Circus in MOME Baggage ”and the performance of the main role in it.

In the year, "Theater of Cats Kuklachev" received the status of a state institution of culture of the city of Moscow. Theater is the winner of the Golden Cup and the title of “The most original theater in the world”, obtained following a tour of Paris. In the recognition of the artist’s unique talent, Mail of San Marino released a postal brand dedicated to Kukekhev, who became the second clown on the planet after Oleg Popov, awarded such an honor.

Including the most important thing is Kuklachev, ”the artist himself comments. I would especially like to note the charitable and educational activities of Yuri Dmitrievich. There are always special guests - pupils of orphanages on the performances of the theater of cats; There are preferential tickets are offered to disabled people and veterans. The theater regularly makes charitable performances in orphanages, sanatoriums, hospitals.

Kuklachev is the author of several books, including “My Favorite Cats”, “Koshkin House”, “Kilka, Strelka, Chamomile and Clown Yurashka”, “Yuri Kuklachev and his cats” and the textbook “If you want to be a clown” for students of the circus school. During the five -year work of Kuklachev in Paris, the speeches “Lessons of Kindness” conducted by Yuri Kuklachev were accepted with enthusiasm.

Each course there lasted a week, and several thousand listeners gathered for it. In the year, Yuri Kuklachev proposed the program "School of Kindness" in Russia again, the first offer of the artist did not find support for the environment of officials. For the lessons, he wrote a series of books “School of Kindness” and methodological recommendations for teachers and psychologists for conducting “Lessons of Kindness and Self -Cognition” for primary school children.

Books were held by the Expert Council, the “Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation”, and are included as a manual for extracurricular reading, in the lesson “The World”. The program "School of Kindness" successfully carries out its work for six years in schools, boarding schools, social assistance centers of the article on the topic: Kuklachev, cat theater in the cat encyclopedia users searched for:.