The Stars Dome Group company, the organizer of the tour, and the Theater of Variety Miniatures led by Evgeny Petrosyan, presented the new pop program "Joke for a Joke" to the public of the Emirate for two days, on February 10 and 11, 2011.
It is no exaggeration to say that the chamber mood and atmosphere of the theater, which hosted drama and tragedy, opera nights and ballet performances at different times on its stage, were qualitatively different these February days. The walls of the theater literally shook with laughter.
For two consecutive evenings, the performances of “the most popular of all the people”, the most beloved, well-known and popular pop artist Yevgeny Petrosyan, fully and even slightly more answered their name, since sparkling jokes did not stop for a single minute for almost 2 hours.
In the cozy, pleasant and comfortable atmosphere of the Madinat theater, everyone who came to the concerts of the master of Russian pop music, was pleased to spend one of the evenings in company with a real master of the humorous genre.
Amazingly conveyed emotions, gestures and facial expressions, endless improvisations of Petrosyan could not leave indifferent any of the audience. The Emirate audience People’s Artist of Russia Evgeny Petrosyan pleased with the newest, most fun and witty performances about our life today. In his monologues, monoscores, humorous stories, couplets, anecdotes, witty reprisals and jokes, the audience, as if in a crooked mirror, saw the reflection of many modern phenomena, and someone recognized themselves or their friends. It is worth noting that Petrosyan’s concerts are always distinguished by their style. His performance in Dubai was no exception. According to the feedback from the audience who attended the concerts, Evgeny Vaganovich managed to expand the genre framework of the traditional theater of miniatures. And the number of flowers presented to the artist became an additional confirmation of the love that the audience has been giving to its idol for many years.
The organizers of the concerts from the Stars Dome Group noted that "the company is proud that it once again managed to organize a real celebration for art lovers in Dubai." We go to the theater or concerts to relax our souls, and laughter is rightfully considered the best cure for stress and boredom. That is why everyone who did not miss the February tour of Evgeny Petrosyan in Dubai received a lot of positive emotions. Real, pure and sincere. Spectators who left the hall after the performance noted that they spent a very cheerful evening surrounded by a pleasant audience.
It remains to hope that the first such tour will not be the last. In general, "we demand the continuation of the banquet" ...
Details from the life of the artist
Evgeny Vaganovich Petrosyan (born September 16, 1945 in Baku) is a Soviet and Russian comedian, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, a conversational artist and TV presenter.
From school, he began to participate in amateur performances, speaking in Baku clubs and houses of culture. He read fables, poems, feuilletons, played skits, participated in a propaganda team, played in folk theaters, conducted concerts in solo and doubles and so on.
After graduating from high school in 1961, he came to Moscow, dreaming of becoming an actor. He graduated from VTMEI, where his teachers and mentors were Rina Zelenaya and A. Alekseev. Since 1962, he began performing on the professional stage.
Petrosyan worked in the genre of entertainment from 1964 to 1969: he worked as an entertainer in the State Orchestra of the RSFSR under the direction of Leonid Utesov, from 1969 to 1989 he served in the Moskontsert.
- In 1970, Evgeny Petrosyan was awarded the title of Laureate at the IV All-Union Pop Art Competition.
- In 1985 he graduated from the department of stage directors of GITIS. In the same year he was awarded the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
- In 1991 he was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR.
- Since 1979, there has been the Petrosian Theater of Pop Miniatures. At his theater, Yevgeny Petrosyan created the Center for Pop Humor, which contains unique materials on the history of pop music of the 19th and 20th centuries: magazines, posters, photos and other materials.
