At the same time, the choreographer is filming for the day in the alternative show “Everybody Dance”
Apparently, the show "DANCES" (TNT) will no longer be the same. At least we won't see a signature confrontation between Miguel and Yegor Druzhinin.
Indeed, on the set of the new project “Everybody Dance” (Russia 1), which is filmed by White Media, we found Druzhinin on the jury. This means that Yegor is leaving the DANCES project.
— This is true, — confirmed the press service of TNT. - Druzhinin warned everyone about his departure, but the project managers are still confused: Yegor's replacement must be sought as soon as possible, castings in the DANCE show begin in April.
What was the objective reason for leaving is still unclear. The productions of other shows in which Yegor is actively involved (the musical "Jumeo") did not previously interfere with filming in "DANCES".
"I'm tired," said Druzhinin. - Every new season, I made a promise to myself not to worry so much about my participants. But it doesn't work. Excitement and emotions are torn apart. And at the end of every season, I feel drained and squeezed like a lemon. You have to spend some time recovering. And he is not. The situation of the competition is clearly not for me. I cannot dispassionately make decisions about the departure of participants when I work with them. You get used to each and get attached. My decision, no matter how you explain it, is a blow to them. I don't want to hurt them anymore. I don't want to hurt myself.
At the same time, Yegor does not leave television. And she works in the new show “Everybody Dance”, which goes on air on Russia 1 already on March 19. There, too, it is necessary to make assessments and “hurt” the participants. Filmed several pools of transmissions.
In this competition, 11 dance groups from all over the country (from Novokuznetsk, Sevastopol, Ulan-Ude, Petrozavodsk, etc.) are fighting for the title of the best dance group in Russia. And a million rubles. The task is to show the maximum transformation and from time to time perform in an unusual style, costumes, come up with interesting theatrical moves and new dance vocabulary. The game will take off.
In each episode of the show there will be guest stars - Larisa Dolina, Philip Kirkorov, Soso Pavliashvili and others. The project is led by Olga Shelest and Yevgeny Papunaishvili.
The well-known choreographer Alla Sigalova, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater, who once worked with Galina Ulanova, Vladimir Derevyanko and Yegor Druzhinin will evaluate the participants.
For me, the first day of filming is a holiday, - explained Yegor Druzhinin. - The atmosphere of the holiday, burning eyes and a decent audience involved in the process. I would like this atmosphere to remain until the end. Let's hope that the participants will exist at the limit of their capabilities and surprise with new numbers. Judging people who can dance is much easier than judging people who pretend they can dance.
Why did I come back? Well, first of all, I rested. Secondly, if you exclude yourself from this coordinate system, then you can simply try to do your own thing, your participants. They win - they win, if not - it's not scary. The main thing is that it will be possible to give the audience interesting performances performed by interesting people throughout the whole season. Well, and then, too much has been done for this project by me as well. It’s a pity for me to cross out and throw it all away, ”admitted the famous choreographer in a video interview with Vokrug TV.
Miguel, Tatyana Denisova, Olga Buzova and Yegor Druzhinin
Now Yegor Druzhinin, in the company of other mentors -, - and invited members of the jury, is conducting castings for the new season of the DANCES show. According to the artist, this year very interesting dancers are trying their hand, who are not like the participants of previous seasons.
“There are also new cities. For example, Chelyabinsk and Nizhny Novgorod, continues Druzhinin. - Some cities traditionally upset us. Unfortunately, this is St. Petersburg. Now we are continuing the castings, after that there will be a fairly long period of master classes, during which we will give the guys material, look at them, notice what is happening. Well, then the main fight will begin, which, unfortunately, will remain behind the scenes: we will try to sort out the participants for ourselves. By the way, as Yegor Druzhinin admitted in an exclusive video interview with Vokrug TV, he does not want his team to have people who are eager to win by any means.
Egor Druzhinin and Tatyana Denisova
Yegor Druzhinin does not forget about his role as a producer and director. From October 5, the Moscow audience will be able to appreciate his new musical "The Flying Ship", which was received with enthusiasm in St. Petersburg. “The main thing we did was to rework the script of the cartoon beloved by many. The plot remained the same, the main plot - too. We tried to make the story understandable and interesting for both children and adults. I am sure that every viewer will find something of their own - where to cry, where to smile, where to laugh, ”the choreographer shared in an exclusive video interview with Vokrug TV.
Egor Druzhinin
Egor Druzhinin is an incredibly talented dancer, choreographer and actor. Yegor is known to many viewers as a judge of the dance competition "Dancing" on TNT.
Childhood
Egor Vladislavovich Druzhinin was born on March 12, 1972 in the "northern capital" of Leningrad. Vladislav Yurievich, Yegor's father was the head of the Kvadrat pantomime studio and at the same time worked as a choreographer at the Komissarzhevskaya Theater in St. Petersburg.
It was Vladislav Yurievich who influenced the boy's future profession. At first, Yegor did not listen to his father's numerous persuasions and flatly refused to dance. But when he declared that everything was lost, Yegor, out of spite, enrolled in a ballet school at the age of eighteen.
The beginning of the creative path
Egor Druzhinin received his first fame thanks to filming a movie, and not dancing. The boy got his first role at the age of eleven. Then he played the main character Petya in the cult film "The Adventures of Petrov and Vasechkin."
Filming in the film was facilitated by the boy's father. In 1981, Vladimir Alenikov, an old friend of Vladislav Yurievich, came up with the idea to make an autobiographical comedy.
Vladislav Yurievich offered his son for the role. Yegor came to audition and read a couple of Petya Vasechkin's lines.
After the trials, the boy, together with his friend Dima Barkov, went to the camp. Vladimir Alenikov, amazed by the talent of young Yegor, went to the camp to the boy to convince him to play in the picture.
The boy agreed in exchange for fulfilling one request: he wanted his friend Dima to audition for the role of Vasechkin.
The director was so impressed by the well-coordinated work and excellent play of both boys that he took them as the main characters.
After the release of the film in 1983, the first fame came to the actor, and the release of the continuation of the picture a year later only consolidated the success.
Little Yegor liked filming a movie very much. In an interview, Druzhinin said that thanks to his work on the set, he could safely skip school, and the teachers forgave the novice actor for all his petty pranks.
But on the other hand, the boy could only participate in the filming. He was not allowed to skip school to voice his character. Therefore, in the film, Petya Vasechkin spoke in the voice of another boy.
However, despite such a successful career start, for a long time pictures with Yegor did not appear. The parents were happy with the success of their son, but the father was still very sorry that Yegor did not develop his dancing talent.
After graduating from school, Yegor applied to the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography for the acting department. In parallel, the young man still signed up for dancing.
Yegor constantly trained at the ballet school, outside of classes he attended the dance studio of Druzhinin "senior" and taught jazz modern himself.
After graduating from university with a degree in Film and Drama Actor in 1994, Yegor went to work at the Theater of the Young Spectator in St. Petersburg. However, the performances on the theater stage very quickly bored the young man, and he firmly decided to follow in his father's footsteps and connect his life with dancing.
Then, after much thought, Yegor decides to leave for the USA and professionally engage in choreography there. Since 1994, Egor has been studying at the Alvin Ailey Dance School in New York.
Once Egor's performance was seen by the head of the dance quintet of the Boater comedy club. Struck by the talent of the Russian dancer, he invited Druzhinin to become a member of his troupe. Egor agreed and worked in the quintet until returning to Russia.
Return to Russia
A few years later, Yegor returned to his homeland and began to make himself known as a dancer. First, he got a job as the head of a dance group at the Valhall restaurant in St. Petersburg.
Thanks to his work in a famous restaurant, Druzhinin was talked about in musical circles. The choreographer began to collaborate with Russian performers, among whom were Philip Kirkorov, the Brilliant group and Laima Vaikule.
In 2002, Yegor first tried himself in a musical. Then his dance troupe participated in the production of the Russian adaptation of the famous musical "Chicago".
After that, Druzhinin paid a lot of attention to this genre: he staged dances for the musicals "Producers", "Twelve Chairs" and "Cats".
In 2004, Yegor was invited to the judging panel of KVN. Egor accepted this offer. In KVN, Druzhinin is called "a worthy student of Gusmnan", since the famous choreographer became famous there for his strictness.
In the same year, Druzhinin was offered the job of choreographer in the fourth season of the popular TV show "Star Factory". The project managers, satisfied with the work of Druzhinin in the fourth "Factory", extended the contract with him for another two seasons.
Since 2010, Yegor again began to engage in theatrical productions: currently Druzhinin acts as a choreographer, director and artist in the play "Life is Everywhere".
Also in 2011, the famous choreographer became one of the members of the jury in the sixth season of the Dancing with the Stars project. Then Yegor judged the participants in the seventh and eighth seasons of the show.
For two years from 2003 to 2004, the choreographer led the Golden Gramophone hit parade on Channel One.
In 2014, Egor received an offer to become a jury member and mentor in a dance show on the TNT channel called "Dancing". He agreed and to this day he judges the participants and trains his team.
In April 2016 on the show “Dancing. Battle of the Seasons ”Yegor said that he was leaving the project. The reason for this decision was the results of the audience voting.
After the announcement of the results, Druzhinin spoke very sharply to the fans of the project and said that they do not vote for good dancers, and very often really talented guys leave the show.
Egor took his team and defiantly left the project, saying that he was not going to return. However, the conflict was soon settled, and filming resumed.
Filmography
After two films about Petrov and Vasechkin, Yegor Druzhinin did not appear on the screens for a long time. It became possible to see Druzhinin again on the big screens only 20 years later.
In 2004, the choreographer played in the television series “Balzac Age, or All Men Are Their Own ...”, a year later he appeared in the series of the television series “Viola Tarakanova”, in 2008 the film “Aurora's Love” was released.
Druzhinin also acted as a director in the films Disco Night in 2005 and First Love in 2009.
The film "First Love" in 2009 was awarded the "Best Film" award at the 9th Kinotavrik International Children's Festival.
Personal life
In 1994, Yegor Druzhinin married his classmate Veronika Itskovich. The first time in America, the choreographer lived without his beloved wife, but soon she came to New York.
They lived in the States for several years and did not intend to have children. According to the couple, Russian children should grow up in Russia, not abroad.
After 4 years, Veronica found out that she was pregnant. Without thinking twice, Yegor and his family returned to their native St. Petersburg.
Egor Druzhinin with his wife and children
In St. Petersburg, a daughter is born to the Druzhinin family, whom they decided to name Sasha. Soon Veronika gave birth to two sons to the choreographer - Plato and Tikhon.
The jury member and choreographer of the show "DANCES" Yegor Druzhinin decided to leave the project before the start of the fourth season of the show. According to representatives of the TNT channel, he warned the management about his plans in advance, so the separation went without scandals. Now, however, the transfer team needs to find a replacement for him.
“At present, the producers of the show“ DANCES ”are looking for a new mentor, the task is to do it in a short time, since regional castings are already starting in April,” StarHit was told in the press service of the channel.
Later, Yegor Druzhinin spoke about the reasons that prompted him to leave the project. According to the choreographer, being in the judge's chair on the show is not an easy task that requires nerves of steel.
"I'm tired. Every new season I made a promise to myself not to worry so much about my participants. But it doesn't work. Excitement and emotions are torn apart. And at the end of every season, I feel drained and squeezed like a lemon. You have to spend some time recovering. And he is not. The situation of the competition is clearly not for me. I cannot dispassionately make decisions about the departure of participants when I work with them. You get used to each and get attached. My decision, no matter how you explain it, is a blow to them. I don't want to hurt them anymore. I don’t want to hurt myself,” said Druzhinin “StarHit”.
During previous seasons, Yegor was very worried when they wanted to remove one of the guys on his team from the show just because the audience did not vote for the dancer. According to the jury member, such situations were unfair. Then the producers of the program took into account his comments.
According to the choreographer, initially the format of the Dancing show was different from other programs, since in this project one team competed with another under the guidance of mentors, and the audience voted for those who would stay and who would leave the project.
“As practice shows, audience voting is not objective, and continuing to work in the same spirit means silently agreeing with what is happening and watching the best of your team leave it,” Druzhinin said about the scandalous situation in the third season .
By the way, after the final concert, Egor thanked the whole team and hinted that his participation in the project as a mentor was coming to an end. “It was the happiest and saddest season. Cheerful because it was fun. Sad because everything ends sooner or later. I love my choreographers. They are always ready to lend a shoulder. I value this more than anything in the world,” said Druzhinin.
At the moment, Egor is working on the musical "Jumeo". This is a unique 3D production that tells the story of Romeo and Juliet in a new format. According to the plot, a couple in love must confront not only their parents, but also the fantastic modern world.
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Fans of the largest dance show in Russia on TNT "Dances" are seriously alarmed by the announcement of their departure from the popular project. The jury member and mentor of the show said that he would not take part in the fourth season.
TNT parted ways with Yegor amicably, since Druzhinin approached this issue without scandals and warned the management in advance about plans for the future.
The transfer was left without one mentor, and therefore the team is forced to look for a worthy replacement.
The producers of "Dances" are actively searching for a new member of the jury. The task is not easy, because there is not too much time before the filming of the new season. As it became known, regional castings will start from April.
What prompted Yegor to make such a decision?
The choreographer noted that being a judge only from the outside may seem easy, in fact, this task requires great endurance and is accompanied by constant stress.
Not being the owner of steel nerves, Yegor realized that he should not take everything that happens on the show with the participants so close to heart.
Giving himself a promise not to worry, the choreographer could not keep it. Emotions tore apart from the inside, as a result, after the next season, Yegor said that he felt empty and squeezed out like a lemon. Recovering from such a state is incredibly difficult.
The viewer of the show "Dancing" personally witnessed the experiences of Druzhinin. In past seasons, Yegor's team members left the show only because the audience did not vote for them. The situation is really unfair, because worthy dancers left the project. The producers listened to the comments of the jury member and made some changes to the rules of the project.
From the words of the choreographer, it became clear that the vote of the audience was not always objective. Despite the original essence of the program - the competition of two teams, it turned out that in fact the best guys, talented and experienced, left the project. It all ended with a grandiose scandal in the third season.
At the end of the show, Egor thanked everyone who is in the project team, and gave a hint that he would no longer take part in it. As for Druzhinin's future plans, he will soon present a new 3D production of Jumeo.
In accordance with the plot, the lovers will have to confront their relatives and everyone in a world full of fantastic events and creatures. The premiere will take place at the end of March 2017.
Rumor has it that, nevertheless, Druzhinin's departure is not associated with fatigue and stress, but with the fact that Yegor is no longer able to restrain his resentment due to disagreement with the results of the audience vote.
Plus, March 19 on the TV channel "Russia 1" starts the show "Everybody Dance", where Yegor Druzhinin will appear as a judge.
As a replacement for the mentor of the channel's management, he is considering the candidacy of Tatyana Denisova. A beautiful and clever girl, a talented choreographer from Ukraine, has already taken part in the show.
Then, in the third season of the Dancing project, she assessed the talent of the inhabitants of Kaliningrad, replacing the popular presenter.
The choreographer is strict in her judgments, she was able to establish herself as a true dance professional. Many novice dancers set her as an example, they want to look as charming as Denisova and learn from the mentor a special manner of dancing, femininity and grace.
Tatiana has experience in similar projects. At home, she is a member of the jury "Everybody Dance". Denisova is divorced and has a son. Tatyana tries not to talk about her personal life in the media.
