Matvey Dubrovin | |
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| Born | July 12, 1911 |
| Died | October 22, 1974 (aged 63) |
| Occupation(s) | Theater director educator |
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Matvey Grigor'evich Dubrovin (Russian: Матве́й Григо́рьевич Дубро́вин, IPA: [matveˈj grigoˈrjevich dubroˈvin] ; born July 12, 1911, in Saratov, Russian Empire – died October 22, 1974, in Leningrad, USSR). He is the founder of the Theater of Youth Creativity (or TYUT for short) in Leningrad (1956). Honored Cultural Worker of the RSFSR. He developed the theory of integrated education of children through theatrical art. Matvey Dubrovin's method was based on education of a person through the use of theater.
Matvey Dubrovin created an educational system that teaches children by means of theatrical art. An author of various articles and methodological developments on aesthetic education, Matvey used the Theatre of Youth Creativity to educate the universe of now well-known figures of Russian theater and cinema, including Evgeny Sazonov, Lev Dodin, Sergei Solovyov,[1] Aleksandr Galibin, Andrey Krasko.[2]