Description:
The paper defines the problem and outlines approaches to the study of the status of acting in the system of modern theater. Actors have occupied an indisputable preeminent position in the theater since the antiquity until the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, when director’s theater emerged in the avant-garde tradition and there was confrontation between the old and new artistic systems (“actor’s” and “director’s” theater), which today shapes the dynamics of the theatrical process. The experience of the Satirikon Theater and its director K. Raikin, which eagerly apply the actor’s transformation in their performances, is considered essential for determining the essence of contemporary understanding of acting. This experience is summarized in several theses, confirmed by examples from the performances of Satirikon of the 2000s.