Alexey Germanovich Temnikov: biography of a ballet dancer

The release of the film “After You” became the reason for the emergence of interest in the biography of Alexei Germanovich Temnikov. Most of those who saw this picture began to search on the Internet for at least some information about this person. This article will help you find out who Alexey Temnikov is, the artist’s biography and how the married couple Anna Matison and Sergei Bezrukov relate to him.

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Was there...

Without delaying the intrigue, I would like to say right away that there is no Alexei Germanovich Temnikov.

In 2020, director Anna Matison began filming a film about the fate of a man selflessly devoted to art, for the sake of which he doomed himself to loneliness.

Starring in the film:

Sergei Bezrukov: Someone dreams of a photo with me, but I dreamed of a selfie with Baryshnikov

The drama “After You” will be released in Russian and Belarusian theaters in March. The actor told how he mastered complex steps, who became the prototype for his character, and which scene was the most difficult.

The image of a genius with a difficult character was not easy for the people's artist.
But his wife always came to the rescue - director Anna Matison.sergeybezrukov.ru "WHITE NIGHTS" LOOKED TO THE HOLES
- In the main character Alexei Temnikov, the image of the ballet genius Mikhail Baryshnikov is clearly discernible.

“He really is my idol.” His work is not confined to the framework of classical ballet - all emotions are expressed in plastic. While he was preparing for filming, he watched the film “White Nights”, where he played the main role. I watched him solo many times to Vysotsky’s song “Fasicky Horses.” I constantly thought about this scene while rehearsing the final dance, after which my hero dies.

Last summer, on tour in Riga, I was lucky enough to meet Mikhail. A wonderful, incredibly humble person! Someone dreams of taking a photo with me, but I dreamed of taking a selfie with Baryshnikov. Words cannot describe how happy I felt when he agreed.

– To play the ballet legend, did you have to stand at the barre for a long time?

– I worked out every day. It helped that when we were students at the Moscow Art Theater School, our teachers tormented us with dance lessons. I still remember many of them. Therefore, he acted in almost all scenes himself. An understudy was only needed during the jumps - you can't master them quickly.

The final dance was choreographed by Moldovan choreographer Radu Poklitaru. I asked him: “Make comments, I’m still a dramatic artist, I don’t understand anything about ballet.” To which Radu thoughtfully replied: “I’m so passionate about your game that I don’t see any inaccuracies. I think everything is great."

The long-awaited meeting with the great dancer took place last summer in Riga. instagram.com/s_bezrukov/

I CAN'T PLAY A DRUNK PERSON

– Recently I had a role in the film “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive". And again they played a hero with a bad character.

– I tried to soften Temnikov’s temperament. In the scene where the character is rehearsing with the artists of the Mariinsky Theater, I caught myself thinking: I work according to the same scheme as with the actors of my Provincial Theater. Immediately he relaxed on camera and started joking. Director Anya Matison noticed this and immediately stopped it: “It’s not good. Every second your hero must be a tough man."

I have never been as bad as in the film After You. Perhaps my fans won’t even like this role.

– What made you nervous while filming?

– You’ll be surprised, but it was absolutely impossible to play the scene where the hero decides to get drunk. No matter how hard I tried. Mathieson repeated the same thing: “Let’s take another take.” I was angry with myself - such sketches are staged even in the first year of the acting department. And how many drunks have you already outplayed? Can't count!

At some point I finally realized what the mistake was. Temnikov is one of those types of people who, even in a drunken state, cannot completely relax, and are constantly focused on some thought. And when I played it, the director immediately approved: “Now I’ve got it - it’s really drunk Temnikov.”

– Many viewers ask: why was the film given the title “After You”?

– Now I’ll try to explain. This story is not about ballet, but about a man with a steely character. Who understood that he was dying and wondered: “What will remain after me?” He spent his last strength trying to shine on stage once again. As a result, he destroyed himself.

When we presented the drama at the Tokyo International Festival, people came up to us and said: “The right hero died happy.” For the Japanese, such a samurai act is par for the course.

– You’ve probably asked yourself the same thing more than once...

– More than once... Therefore, together with the Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation, we came up with a campaign to help children who are struggling with serious illnesses. In cinemas, before watching the film, a short SMS number for donations will be indicated on the screens. Anyone who wants can send any amount. Even ten rubles can save someone's life.

INTERESTING FACTS

The film's script was written by director Anna Matison specifically for Sergei Bezrukov. After filming, in March 2020, the couple got married.

People's Artist of Moldova Radu Poklitaru helped Bezrukov to understand the basics of ballet art. The choreographer was born in Chisinau, but lived in Minsk for a long time. He graduated from the Belarusian Academy of Music, where his teacher was People's Artist of the USSR Valentin Elizariev. He collaborated with the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of Belarus and the Minsk Musical Theatre.

In two episodes of the film, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev starred as himself.

Maya Plisetskaya was supposed to participate in the film. However, during filming, the great ballerina passed away. The directors took her famous phrase as an epigraph: “Don’t humble yourself. Don't give up until the very end. Character is destiny.”

On the main character’s desk, an attentive viewer will see a photograph of Plisetskaya, and on the wall of his office - graffiti with her image. The film also features music for the ballet Carmen Suite, in which she danced one of her main roles.

WHAT IS THE MOVIE ABOUT

The career of the famous ballet dancer Alexei Temnikov was interrupted in the 1990s due to spinal damage. For many years the dancer has lived in Klin, near Moscow, works in his own ballet school and runs a chain of pharmacies. But this does not bring joy. “I was like Mozart, but I became like Salieri,” says Temnikov. Meanwhile, the disease progresses - paralysis is ahead, which for the hero is tantamount to death. Twenty years after leaving the profession, Alexey Temnikov decides to fulfill his old dream: to stage Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “Symphony of Three Movements” on the big stage.

DOSSIER "SV"

Sergey Bezrukov

born in 1973 in Moscow. He graduated from Oleg Tabakov’s course at the Moscow Art Theater School. Since 1994 he has been playing at the Moscow Tabakerka Theater. Since 2014 - artistic director of the Moscow Provincial Drama Theater.

He starred in the television series “Brigada”, “Plot”, “Master and Margarita”, “Yesenin”, as well as in the feature films “Chinese Service”, “Azazel”, “Shadowboxing”, “Pushkin. The Last Duel", "Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive". People's Artist of Russia.

Nina KATAEVA

Let's dot the i's

Sergei Bezrukov himself put an end to the disputes. In an interview with the KP radio station, he literally said: “The image has no prototype, it is a collective character.”

Some saw Mikhail Baryshnikov in Bezrukov’s hero. However, the filmmakers, in particular director Anna Matison, claim that the biography of Alexei Temnikov was invented from beginning to end.

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Who is the prototype?

Many who watched the film “After You” had a feeling of the reality of the film’s hero. After all, even the credits tell the viewer that the film is dedicated to ballet dancer Alexei Temnikov. And after watching, the audience was puzzled as to which ballet dancer it could be, who is the prototype of the film’s hero.

But, to the disappointment of some viewers who believed in the reality of events, the character is fictitious. There was no such person as Alexey Temnikov. But the film directed by Anna Matison very well shows the moments that happened in real life to people of this profession. They, who achieved success and fame, were forgotten for years, and sometimes forever, after dizzying success, they passed away.

What is the film about: premise

The creators of the film “After You” begin to introduce the viewer to the biography of Alexei Temnikov from the period of his life when the dancer’s career was at its peak.

The gifted dancer is constantly in the media's field of view. In their articles, journalists give the highest marks to his skill and call him a rising star. Intoxicated with success, Alexey expects even more, especially since he is about to tour in the United States, during which he hopes to conquer the American public.

However, the dancer's dreams are not destined to come true. The creators of the film do not directly disclose the reason why the artist Alexey Temnikov (the biography is fictitious from beginning to end) received an injury that put an end to his career. Only in one scene does the viewer see that the dancer is drunk before going on stage. So Temnikov’s star fades before it has time to flare up to its full potential.

But Alexey is not one of those who give up. He returns to his provincial town and opens a ballet school. In the success of this enterprise he is helped by a big name, which the viewer has not yet forgotten.

Summary

The film After You is not about ballet. This is a film about a man who repeatedly asked himself the question of what would remain in the world after him. And I was desperately looking for an answer to it. All 20 years after the injury, Alexey Temnikov, a ballet dancer whose biography and photo were familiar all over the world, was looking for ways to return to his favorite business. But his pride literally brought him to death. He could not refuse to film live on one of the country's leading channels in the program “Let Them Talk.” And two days before the premiere of his ballet at the Mariinsky Theater, he goes to Moscow. An attempt to prove that he is a great artist and choreographer led him to death while performing his last dance in his life. He did not give up, but fought until his last breath, still proving that he was the best.

What he wanted, of course, he got. But this was posthumous recognition and glory. And the ballet staged was a triumph in many cities and countries. On the anniversary of his death, a film about him was released on the same prestigious channel. And even if posthumously, they started talking about ballet dancer Alexei Temnikov again. In Wikipedia, a genius looks at us from a photo, not resigned to his fate.

Thanks to Sergei Bezrukov for the image of a brilliant artist created from scratch, in whose reality the audience believed!

Unexpected fatherhood

Nowadays it is ridiculous to hope to spend your life as a hermit, without passions and emotions. Sooner or later, fate will throw some surprise, and more often than not one, and will destroy the prosperous, quiet world to which you are so accustomed.

So, one day Maria enters the office of former ballet dancer Alexei Temnikov (“biography” in his youth is presented above). She tells him that she is pregnant and it is too late to do anything. Alexey is not particularly moved by this message. He simply promises Maria to support her and their unborn child financially. But is this what a girl who is expecting a child and dreams of a happy family life wants?

The surprises don't end there. It turns out that the hermit has been the father of a charming girl named Chiara for 12 years. Her mother Nika informs Alexey about this. Like the previous visit, the visit to the ex-girlfriend does not make any impression on Temnikov. Nevertheless, he does not refuse the offer to spend the day with the girl. Chiara turned out to be an unusually calm and obedient girl. Alexey hardly felt her presence. The same cannot be said about Chiara, who closely watched her father, trying to understand what kind of person he was. As a child of the digital age, Chiara searches the Internet for information about Temnikov and learns that he was a man with a difficult character, with many enemies.

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1985–2002: Early life[ | ]

Elena Vladimirovna Temnikova was born on April 18, 1985 in the city of Kurgan, Kurgan Region, into the family of driver Vladimir Viktorovich and baker Tatyana Aleksandrovna Temnikova. From the age of 4 she played the violin, took part in various music competitions, but never graduated from music school[1], and instead came to the vocal studio of Valery Chigintsev[2]. Soon after graduating from Kurgan secondary school No. 38, she moved with her parents and older sister Natalya to Omsk. In December 2002, as the winner of one of the regional competitions, she went to Moscow to the All-Russian competition, held in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, where she won the grand prix[2].

2003—2006: Beginning of musical career[ | ]

Elena Temnikova.
Photo from 2007. In 2003, on the last day, she auditioned for the second season of the Russian music talent show “Star Factory”. The project released the debut single “Farthest of All”, as well as the second single “Secret”, in the final it took third place, losing to Polina Gagarina and Elena Terleeva. After the end of the show, she toured with concerts along with other participants in the project, and also took part in the fifth season of the reality show “The Last Hero”. Then she signed a contract with the production center of Maxim Fadeev, and in 2006 she wanted to continue her career as part of a female group:

For four years, Fadeev and I were looking for our own direction, a unique style, and a year ago we came up with a project that Max called Serebro[3].

2007—2014: Serebro[ | ]

Main article: Serebro § History

Serebro in Helsinki, 2007.

In March 2007, the selection committee of Channel One sent the unknown group Serebro to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007[4], where they performed the song “Song #1” and took third place[5]. “Song #1” topped the Russian radio chart[6], and also managed to get into the national charts of Switzerland[7], Sweden[8] and other countries. In the same year, the first Russian-language and second single “Breathe” was released, which peaked at No. 2 in the official Russian radio chart[9]. At the end of the year, Serebro won in the categories “Best Debut” at the MTV Russia Music Awards and “Best Selling Russian Artist” at the World Music Awards.

In 2008, the singles “Opium” and “Say Don’t Be Silent” were released, which both topped the Russian radio chart[10][11]. The band's debut album was expected to be released that same year, but it took place in 2009. The record, called “OpiumRoz”, was presented on Poklonnaya Hill and attracted about 70,000 spectators[12]. The album included 11 compositions, including 4 previously released singles, as well as Temnikova’s solo song “Dust of Angels”, written by Maxim Fadeev and Lyudmila Voynalovich.

In 2009, with an updated lineup, Serebro released the song “Sladko,” which also topped the Russian radio chart[13], becoming the group’s fourth No. 1. A week later, the English version of the track was presented, which became the first single from the upcoming second studio album. In 2010, the mini-album “Favorites” was released, which included both versions of the track, as well as the English-language singles “Sexing You” and “Angel Kiss”, which were also released in Russian under the titles “Not Time” and “Let’s Hold Hands” . In 2011, the group signed a contract with the Italian label “Ego”, which released the lead single “Mama Lover” from the upcoming album of the same name, and later the Russian version of “Mama Lyuba” was released. The peak position of the song in the Russian radio chart was No. 8[14], which was the worst result for Serebro on this chart, but nevertheless the single became widely popular after the release of the video and was presented in the “Song of the Year” and “Video of the Year” nominations for “ Muz-TV Awards 2012". Also for the first time for the band, the track entered the national charts of Belgium and Italy and peaked at No. 6 in both countries[15][16] and was able to get into Billboard

Japan Hot 100, ranking at number 49[17], as well as on
Billboard
Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, where it reached number 39[18]. In 2012, the last single from the album, “Gun,” was released, which also entered the official charts in some countries. A week later, on June 19, 2012, the album was released in Italy, and a week later the album was released in other territories. The presentation of the album took place on June 21 at the Roman gay club “Gay Village”[19]. In Russia, the album was released on October 11, and included the Russian version of “Gun” “Boy” as a bonus track.

In 2013, the group presented the first single “Sexy Ass” from the upcoming third studio album. Later, three videos were released: “MI MI MI”[20], “You are not enough” and “Frenzy”, which, in a duet with DJ MEG, was nominated in the “Best Duet” category for the “MUZ-TV Award 2014. Evolution”[21] .

On February 14, 2014, she announced that on December 3, 2014, her contract with the production center of Maxim Fadeev would end, after which she would leave the Serebro group[22]. On May 15, 2014, Temnikova left the Serebro group for health reasons[23]. In the group, she was first replaced by ex-participant Anastasia Karpova, and then by former participant in the show “Vacations in Mexico” Polina Favorskaya[24].

2014—2016: Beginning of solo career and TEMNIKOVA I[ | ]

At the end of the summer of 2014, she became a member of the board of trustees of the Constellation of Hearts foundation, which was created to help sick and disabled children[25]. Also, the singer, together with the popular Russian brand “Marmalato”, released a collection of accessories “By Temnikova”, which appeared on store shelves on December 1[26].

On November 18, 2014, she released her debut solo single “Dependence.” On the same day, Lyric Video was released, which took first place in the category “Best Lyric Video of 2014” according to the ratings of the “ELLO” channel; and a video shot by famous photographer Claudio Porcarelli[27].

On April 6, 2020, the premiere of his second solo work took place - the single and video “Toward”. The song “Towards” was presented in three different versions - romantic, dance and acoustic[28].

On July 13, 2020, she released the single “Let’s Fly Away,” which was released in the deep house genre, popular in Europe[29]. On July 25, 2020, a new version of the track was released, which was later included in the debut mini-album TEMNIKOVA I

[30].

Since September 20, he has been taking part in the third season of the TV show “Exactly the Same” on Channel One[31]. During her participation in the project, she parodied Natalie with the song “The Wind from the Sea Blowed”, Zemfira with the song “Daisies”, Kylie Minogue and “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”, Ekaterina Ivanchikova from the group IOWA with the song “Smile”, the song “Desert Island” from the film “Little Red Riding Hood”, sang by Yulia Volkova (together with Aglaya Shilovskaya as Elena Katina) with the hit “I’ve lost my mind”, P!nk - “Trouble”, as well as Maria Makarova with the song “Lyubochka” , Selena Gomez with the song “Love You Like a Love Song” and Keti Topuria from “A’Studio” with “I’m Flying Away.” In the final, Temnikova performed as Gwen Stefani with the composition “Don't Speak”.

On September 29, 2020, the single “Probably” premiered together with Nathan, and on October 13, a video for this song was presented.

On February 2, 2020, the single “Jealousy” also premiered, and on February 18, a video for this song was presented.

On April 14, 2020, the premiere of the single “Impulses” took place, performed in the deep house genre already familiar to fans of the singer. On July 1, a video for this song was presented. The track became a hit, and was also criticized for its obvious similarity to the song “No more” by the British group Gorgon City[32]. National Music Publishing House LLC twice removed the video for the song from the YouTube video hosting service. The first time the clip was restored to public access, the next time it was not. Because of this, on December 14, the clip was published again with a changed arrangement[33]. The updated version was also included in Temnikova’s first mini-album.

On July 25, 2020, a single called “Warmth” premiered on “Europa Plus LIVE” and on October 17, 2020, a video for this song was released. On the same day, the track could be purchased on iTunes, Apple Music and Google Play Music[34].

On August 6, 2020, she gave a live concert at an altitude of 2320 meters above sea level, thereby entering the Guinness Book of Records. The concert took place on the territory of the Rosa Khutor resort[35]. At this concert, the singer presented to the public 2 new tracks called “Sorry” and “Movements”. On August 6, 2020, Elena repeated her performance, announcing that the concert would now become an annual event.

On September 9, 2020, pre-orders for the debut mini-album TEMNIKOVA I

. The album includes 7 compositions: “Impulses”, “Let’s fly away”, “Warmth”, “At the bottom”, “Happiness”, “Movements” and “Closer”. The EP was released on September 30, 2020, and almost immediately the mini-album reached number one in iTunes Russia. On September 16, 2020, the track “Movements” became available on iTunes Russia and became the third official single from the debut mini-album. Filming of the video for this track began on October 17, and its premiere took place on November 22, 2020.

On December 2, 2020, she presented her new single “Don’t Blame Me,” the video for which was released on May 2, 2020. The director was Alexey Golubev.

2016—2017: TEMNIKOVA II[ | ]

On December 26, 2020, Elena Temnikova and starred in the video for the song “Crazy Russian”, which became the soundtrack to the film “Defenders” directed by Sarik Andreasyan[36][37]. The soundtrack was released on January 27, 2020, and the video on February 1.

On March 31, 2020, the single “Breathe” was released, which became the first single in support of the new mini-album TEMNIKOVA II

. The video premiered on June 27. The director was Alan Badoev.

On April 13, 2020, the single “Naked” was presented, and on May 19, “Let’s Fly Away.”

On June 30, 2020, she presented the next single “Podsypal” in support of the new album. TEMNIKOVA II opened on iTunes

. On September 22, 2020, the track “Seemed Strange” from the upcoming album became available for purchase. The album was released on September 29. In total, the mini-album included 8 tracks: “Breathe”, “Purple”, “I suddenly break down”, “Seemed strange”, “Collect me”, “Purple” and “I don’t believe it”. On October 9, the premiere of the video for the single “Seemed Strange” took place.

On November 3, 2020, the premiere of the single “I’m fine” took place, which was soon included in the album TEMNIKOVA III: Not fashionable

On December 22, 2020, the single “Sing with Me” premiered together with KREC. On December 25, the first VK Music Awards took place on the social networking platform VKontakte, where the single “Breathe” was among the most listened to tracks of the year, ranking in 9th place. She was awarded a special plaque on her personal page on VKontakte, as well as the title of “Artist of the Year”.

2018—present in.: “TEMNIKOVA III: Not fashionable” and TEMNIKOVA 4[ | ]

Elena Temnikova.
Photo from 2020. On January 14, 2020, the first big solo concert took place at Crocus City Hall, which became part of the grandiose and first Russian tour for the singer “TEMNIKOVA TOUR 2017-2018” in support of the mini-album TEMNIKOVA II

. The concert took place to a full house. The remaining tickets were sold out the day before the concert.

On February 23, 2020, the track “Slow” was released as a promotional single for the upcoming album TEMNIKOVA III: Not Fashionable

On March 16, 2020, the song “Purple” became the 3rd and last official single in support of the mini-album TEMNIKOVA II

. The video clip premiered on the same day in iTunes Russia. The filming of the video took place in Kyiv, and the director was Evgeniy Sobolev.

On March 30, 2020, the single “Don’t Hold Me Back” was released in support of the new album. The video clip premiered on April 27, 2020 in iTunes Russia. The director was Evgeny Sobolev.

On April 10, 2020, pre-orders for the first wide-screen album “TEMNIKOVA III: Unfashionable” opened on iTunes. On April 20, 2020, the single “Not Fashionable” was released for the upcoming album. The album was released on April 27, 2020. In total, the album included 13 tracks: “Intro”, “Not fashionable”, “Don’t hold me back”, “Very strongly”, “Drunk”, “White noise”, “Something is wrong” , “Slow”, “It’s fucked up”, “Not stronger than me”, “Stir”, “I’m fine” and “Outro”.

On September 21, 2020, the acoustic mini-album “Above the Roofs,” recorded on the roof of the Gorky Park museum in Moscow, was released on iTunes. In total, the mini-album includes 4 acoustic versions of the singer’s previously known singles: “Not fashionable,” “Breathe,” “I’m fine,” and “Something’s wrong.”

On October 1, 2020, the single “BLACK / WHITE” premiered together with Callmeartur and Fabio, and on October 5, 2020, the single “Under Hearts in Circles” premiered. On December 7, 2020, the single “Under the Moon” was released, and on December 14, 2020, the single “DJ” was released together with DJ Swanky Tunes.

On January 25, 2020, pre-orders for the fourth album TEMNIKOVA 4 opened on iTunes.

The release took place on February 5th. This is Elena's first record that does not have a single dance composition. As Lena promised, the album turned out to be completely lyrical, spring and romantic. In total, the album includes 8 tracks: “Intro”, “Butterflies”, “Battery”, “Spoken”, “Body Contours”, “No Communication”, “On Zeroes” and “Outro”. On March 25, 2020, Elena Temnikova presented the trailer “Trilogy of Love TEMNIKOVA 4”, announcing the release of a trilogy of videos for songs from the new album TEMNIKOVA 4 - “Butterflies”, “No connection” and “Spoken”, connected by a common storyline. On March 28, 2020, the video clip for the track “Butterflies” premiered, on May 15, 2020, for the track “No Communication,” and on June 25, for the track “Spoken.” All three videos were directed by Leonid Kolosovsky.

In May 2020, Ukrainian nationalists tried to disrupt Temnikova’s concert in Odessa. This happened after opposition Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who emigrated to Ukraine, drew attention to Temnikova’s tour. Babchenko informed his readers that Temnikova adheres to a patriotic position towards Russia, and expressed skepticism regarding the appropriateness of her tours in Odessa and Kyiv. As a result, Ukrainian nationalists picketed the club where Temnikova performed and burned the Russian flag[38][39].

On June 14, 2020, the premiere of the single “Follow Me” took place, and on June 28, the single “Heat” was premiered. The premiere of the video clip for the track “Heat” took place on October 25, 2020. The director was Medet Shayakhmetov.

On July 5, 2020, the single “Hug” premiered, and on July 15, the song and video clip “Strangling the Jewelry,” directed by Leonid Kolosovsky, was released.

On August 5, 2020, the acoustic mini-album TEMNIKOVA 4 (Live) was released. In total, the mini-album includes 5 acoustic versions of the singer’s singles: “Butterflies”, “Spoken”, “Contours of Bodies”, “No Communication” and “On Zeroes”.

On October 18, 2020, the single “STRESS” premiered, and on November 8, the single “DAIMNE.LOVE” premiered. On November 21, 2020, the premiere of the maxi-single “Unreal Love” took place together with singer EMMA M.

On December 20, 2020, the premiere of the song “My Favorite” took place, which, according to Elena Temnikova, might never have been released if not for thousands of messages from fans[40].

On January 24, 2020, the premiere of the song “Neon” took place, and on January 31, the acoustic version of the song premiered.

On March 8, 2020, the premiere of the documentary film “Sounds” took place, directed by Leonid Kolosovsky.

On March 13, 2020, the single “Where You Wanna Be” premiered together with Dutch DJ R3hab.

On May 9, 2020, the premiere of the song “Silence” took place, released for the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

On May 15, 2020, the acoustic album TEMNIKOVA PRO I was released. In total, the mini-album includes 16 acoustic versions of the singer’s previously known singles: “Impulses”, “Slow”, “Something’s wrong”, “Unreal love”, “This is fucked up” , “Movements”, “Let’s Fly Away”, “Butterflies”, “Neon”, “Sprinkled”, “DAIMNE.LOVE”, “Inhale”, “Not Fashionable”, “At Zero”, “Stir” and “Heat”.

The final countdown has begun

Suddenly the hero becomes ill. He and the girl go to the capital to see a doctor they know. On the way, they communicate, and he realizes that he has not talked to anyone for such a long time for many years.

The doctor reports that soon Temnikov will not be able to walk at all. The reason is an old injury. Alexey suddenly realizes that he can no longer put off the realization of his old dream - staging a modern ballet about the creation of the world, from the Big Cosmic Bang to the emergence of life.

Straight from the hospital, Temnikov hurries to the theater, where he talks about his idea to the artistic director of the ballet, Martynov. He has long disliked Alexey and, although the idea seems interesting to him, refuses to support him.

Broken Temnikov returns home. He is consumed by the question of what he will leave behind. Alexey cannot find an answer to it, so he does not want to see anyone. He spends the next few days locked in his apartment. However, the flood that happened in his home forces Temnikov to move to his office for a while.

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Dancing school

The injury turned out to be very serious, I had to forget about the stage and ballet. Alexey, having returned to his homeland, to the provincial town of Klin near Moscow, opens a dance school-studio. His house is located in close proximity to the studio, but, as the viewer notices, he covers even this short section of the journey by car. At school, he locks himself in his office, away from people and their problems. He doesn’t expect support from anyone, not because there are no people willing, he just doesn’t want it himself. Over time, his complex character turned the world-famous ballet dancer Alexei Temnikov, an undeniably talented person, into a completely lonely person.

What is he doing at the studio school? There is no need to go to classes, the process is smooth and does not require his intervention. He appears only in VIP classes - this is his only duty. He understands that the disease is progressing, and, as his Moscow doctor said, he will soon not be able to walk.

Wrong choice

Returning to work has a beneficial effect on Alexey. He decides to start transforming his school and find a student who can be trusted to dance a new ballet. Unfortunately, such a young man is not in the studio. Then Temnikov decides to work with his former graduate Roma, especially since the young man himself came to Alexey with a request to stage a number for him to participate in a dance show on one of the TV channels.

The former dancer enthusiastically gets down to business. Rehearsals follow one after another. However, when Roma, after his performance, tells the jury who the author of the piece is, its members vote against the novice dancer. Moreover, experts speak negatively about Temnikov, since at one time the former star had conflicts with almost all of his colleagues.

Biography

Andrey Temnikov was born on May 16, 1957 in the city of Kuibyshev. Father - Anatoly Vladimirovich Temnikov, professor, head of the department of “Theoretical Fundamentals of Heat Engineering” at the Kuibyshev Polytechnic Institute. Mother - Evgenia Andreevna Grigorieva, doctor, head of the city laboratory of the sanitary epidemiological station. In addition to Andrei, the family also had a younger daughter, Natalya.

Paternal grandfather Vladimir Dyldin was engaged in scientific work in Perm, was shot in the 1930s and rehabilitated in the 1990s [ source not specified 1336 days

].
Before the revolution, maternal grandfather Andrei Grigoriev married a governess, a native of the town of Baume-les-dames, in eastern France) Jeanne Orcel [ source not specified 1336 days
]. During World War II, Anatoly Temnikov’s family was evacuated to Kuibyshev, here he married Evgenia Grigorieva. Doctors forbade Grigorieva from having children due to tuberculosis, but she gave birth to two children. When Andrey was born, the Temnikov family lived in the historical center of Samara, on Vodnikov Street, but soon moved.

As a child, Andrei was interested in plasticine modeling and shipping, knew the history of the fleet and designed ship models. His passion for literature led him in 1972 to the philological school at the House of Pioneers, headed by Vasily Pavlovich Finkelstein. Temnikov was already writing poems then, and often passed them off as translations from French. I knew French since childhood [ source not specified 1336 days

], since both of his grandmothers spoke it - Zhanna Avgustovna Orsel-Grigorieva and Alexandra Ivanovna Temnikova.

In 1974, after graduating from high school, Temnikov entered the Kuibyshev Medical Institute; in 1978 he dropped out. He entered the Moscow Literary Institute in the correspondence department in 1985.

Thesis, consisting of a series of stories “The Shadow That I Afraid”, “The Beggar in the Garden”, “Birds and Butterflies”, due to its originality [ source not specified 1336 days

] reviewed at the Institute of World Oriental Literature.
Then it was decided to publish his work as a book in Moscow. But this project was not destined to come true due to the ensuing crisis of the 1990s (lack of money and paper) [ source not specified 1336 days
]. He received a diploma from the Moscow Literary Institute only in 1991, because due to the sale of his father’s dacha on Studeny Ravine in 1988, he was forced to go on academic leave.

In 1990, Andrei Temnikov married Elena Bolotina (actress, director and theater teacher). In 1991, their son Vladimir was born.

Literary career

In June 1990, Andrei Temnikov visited Irkutsk, where he was invited as a member of the jury for a competition of young poets. In May 2006, a trip to Poland took place - an international festival of non-professional theaters was held in Skierniewice. Andrey Anatolyevich Temnikov was the artistic director of the SamGAPS student theater [ source not specified 1336 days

In 1989, Temnikov was invited to (at the newly opened school No. 148), where one after another the poets Sergei Shchelokov, Anna Skornyakova, Vitaly Galeev, Leonid Nemtsev came. In 1991, the Center planned a trip for poets to Moscow to meet with the poetry group Cypress Casket. As an adequate alternative to this title, another work of Russian modernism, Fyodor Sologub’s novel “The Little Demon,” was chosen, and one issue of the magazine “Nedotykomka” was published. The group “Small Demon” was published in the newspaper “Culture” and held several creative evenings in 1991-1993.

From 1992 to 2002, Andrei Temnikov taught literary creativity at the Kharitonov sisters’ gymnasium [ source not specified 1336 days

Since 1998, Temnikov, together with Leonid Nemtsev and Sergei Rutinov, published the magazine “White Man”, where he appeared not only as a poet and prose writer, but also as an author of comics, in which he developed a special interest under the influence of a collection of the Swedish magazine Galago translated into Russian . Six of the eleven issues of “BC” were published during Temnikov’s lifetime, however, his stories, poems and essays were also published in subsequent editions.

Temnikov wrote articles for the newspaper “Culture” [ source not specified 1336 days

], participated together with Igor Goldin and Sergei Rutinov in publications for children. Temnikov wrote scripts and dramatizations for Goldin’s productions. In 1993, he played the role of an artist in Goldin’s television play “River on Asphalt.” In 1996, Samara television showed a film based on the poems of Andrei Temnikov, “Icy Ravine,” in which the writer reads his poems (written by Igor Goldin, directed by Svetlana Kolosova, the film has been lost).

In 2000, Nikolai Suslov and Sergei Rutinov carried out the “Drunken Cursive Writing” project, where Temnikov’s poems are read by the author, as well as Igor Goldin, Leonid Nemtsev, Vova Temnikov (the author’s son), Elena Bolotina.

In May 2006, the Limbus publishing house published the book “The Menagerie of the Upper World,” which became a nominee for the National Best and Big Book awards. Two months later, on July 27, 2006, Andrei Temnikov died of a stroke at the fiftieth year of his life. He was buried at the Sorokinskoye cemetery, next to the Icy ravine.

a swan song

Dancer Alexey Temnikov, whose biography was invented by the creators of the film “After You,” understands that it’s not about the number, but about the performer. He tells his daughter about this, with whom he has become very close lately.

Analyzing his life, Temnikov comes to the conclusion that not all is lost. After all, he has Chiara and will soon have another baby. Alexey proposes to Maria, openly talking about his illness, and introduces her to his parents. It would seem that everything is getting better in the life of the former star, but a call comes from the theater. Its management decided to entrust Alexey with the production of the ballet “Symphony in 3 Movements”.

The call becomes fatal. Temnikov forgets about everything in the world and hurries to the theater. Work on the play begins. Alexey does not spare himself. Finally, everything is almost ready. For Temnikov’s 40th birthday, he is invited to a talk show. There, one of the guests accuses him of failing Roma's number at the dance show. Alexey begins to defend his work and, to prove that he is right, decides to dance himself. Temnikov’s performance amazes the audience, and then he makes the last jump...

The film is interrupted and a short documentary about the artist is shown. It ends with words of dedication to the memory of Alexei Germanovich Temnikov, whose biography is tragic from beginning to end.

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Difficult relationships with women

No matter how Alexey closed himself off from everyone in his studio and ordered not to let strangers in, he meets Marina. She is pregnant, already at an advanced stage. She simply loves him and asks him not to push him away, but to take her as his wife. But Temnikov never said that he wanted to live with her. He agreed to support and help, but nothing more. It’s just that ballet dancer Alexey Temnikov doesn’t want to let anyone into his isolated world.

It just so happened that at the very time when he found out that Marina had a baby, the secret was revealed that he had been a father for 12 years and had a daughter. At the urgent request of his daughter, who really wants to meet her father, Nika, a woman he previously dated, brings him a paternity test. Obviously, Temnikov asked to do it, it remained behind the scenes. The viewer already becomes an eyewitness to the scene of Alexey's acquaintance with the test results confirming paternity.

Reviews from viewers and specialists

The film premiered in 2020. It caused a resonant discussion on the Kinotavr discussion platforms and received numerous, mostly positive, responses in the press.

Anna Matison's film received an even warmer reception at the Tokyo International Film Festival. At the request of its organizers, the film was shown twice outside the regulations and both times to a full house. The rights to the show were acquired by Japan and some countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Now you know that the painting “After You” is about ballet. You also know the biography of Alexei Temnikov, as well as the fact that it was invented by the talented girl Anna Matison.