Belarusian school-actor, who recited "Goy ty, Rus' moya, rodnaya", told how he managed to visit "Artek"
Relatives were afraid to let 15-year-old Slava Konorazov from Hrodna go. But the teenager managed to convince them that this trip would help him get into a theater university in Moscow.
Slava Konorazov. All photos here and below are from his social networks
The schoolboy from Hrodna dreams of being a professional actor. He truly works hard and productively to achieve his goal. The boy graduated from the theater department of the Antoniy Tyzenhaus Children's Art School and plays in the folk youth musical-drama theater "Haradzenskaya Nadzeya".
He also tries his hand in cinema. Recently, the film "Partisans" was shown on NTV, where Slava plays an NKVD officer.
And in May, the film "Not Home Alone 3" was released in Russian cinemas, where the Belarusian played one of the high school students.
Many remembered him when he uploaded a video of himself emotionally reciting "Goy ty, Rus' moya, rodnaya," for which he received criticism from Belarusians.
Slava plans to enter one of Russia's so-called "golden five" theatrical universities — GITIS and the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute are priorities.
This year, the boy participated in the Russian International Competition for Young Readers "Live Classics" and reached the finals, which was supposed to take place in the "Artek" camp. He shares his videos and impressions from there on social networks.
The schoolboy's relatives were very afraid to let him go to the occupied territory, but Slava managed to convince them that it was a unique opportunity not to be missed. He argued that he had no connections or "pull," so he needed to find any way to meet people involved in the world of theater and cinema.
The potential danger didn't worry him much — nothing had happened to the camp guests in four years. And the counselors reassured especially impressionable children, saying that air defense systems were installed nearby.
However, the boy saw many prospects for himself. Previously, winners of "Live Classics" were admitted to the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute without exams through a patriotic quota. Now this is no longer the case, but Slava believes that his successful participation in the readers' competition can help him in admissions.
Slava traveled from Hrodna to Moscow on his own (he was on a shift in May). From there, as part of an organized group, he took a train to Simferopol. It was fun, because there was even a girl with a guitar in the carriage. So the teenagers sang, had fun, and chatted all the way.
Almost the last opportunity to talk normally with relatives was approximately 20 minutes before the Crimean Bridge. In Crimea, Slava could not call from a Belarusian SIM card. There was Wi-Fi on the camp territory, but it didn't help much: Telegram and Instagram worked terribly through VPN.
The boy was assigned to the children's camp "Polyovoi" (Field).
There were several other school children from Belarus at the competition.
Overall, the theme of Slava's shift was "Heirs of the Great Victory," so there were many "patriotic" events.
Slava in "Artek"
Slava's trip went without incident. But when another group went on an excursion to Sevastopol, the children were forced to hide in a bomb shelter due to the threat of shelling.
The boys in the camp didn't have enough food — everything was quite tasty and healthy, but not enough for teenagers.
And when Slava caught a cold, he didn't receive much help at the infirmary; he treated himself, as he needed to have his own medications.
Slava successfully performed at "Artek" and made it to the super-final of the competition in Moscow — he performed on Red Square and recited Boris Vasilyev's "In the Lists Not Mentioned."
Now reading
Russian Investigative Committee named responsible persons and perpetrators who, according to its version, attacked a bus with Belarusian children near Bryansk 1717
Comments