David Gabarayev(1933-2007)
- Actor
David Gabaraev is an Ossetian theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR, People's Artist of the North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, People's Artist of the Republic of South Ossetia.
There were five children in the family, David being the youngest. Childhood coincided with the years of the Great Patriotic War, years of deprivation and poverty. After graduating from school, he worked as a physical education teacher at school for a year.
He came to the South Ossetian stage in 1961. The actor played many roles in various dramatic genres. But his talent manifested itself most clearly and originally in the comedy genre. More than one generation of viewers knows and loves them. David Gabaraev began his stage life by participating in the vaudeville 'My Wife's Husband' by G. Khetagurov, playing the role of Kariu in it. Playing within the play gave the actor ample opportunity for hyperbole and burlesque in depicting the character of the hero, and understanding the nature of such simple drivers as Kariu allowed Gabaraev to use funny improvisations - jokes that enriched the genre of stage vaudeville.
David Gabaraev is the creator of the phenomenon of the modern folk hero - in life and on stage. A living connection with the folk culture of laughter colored all of Gabaraev's work and forced us to talk about this Master of the Stage as a unique phenomenon in the Ossetian theater, a successor to the traditions of folk fair performances.
David Gabaraev is the only actor of the South Ossetian theater who acted in films. Gabaraev came to cinema in 1971, already having ten years of experience in the theater behind him. He played his first role, Abrek Tsaray, in Nikoloz Sanishvili's film Chermen (1970).
There were five children in the family, David being the youngest. Childhood coincided with the years of the Great Patriotic War, years of deprivation and poverty. After graduating from school, he worked as a physical education teacher at school for a year.
He came to the South Ossetian stage in 1961. The actor played many roles in various dramatic genres. But his talent manifested itself most clearly and originally in the comedy genre. More than one generation of viewers knows and loves them. David Gabaraev began his stage life by participating in the vaudeville 'My Wife's Husband' by G. Khetagurov, playing the role of Kariu in it. Playing within the play gave the actor ample opportunity for hyperbole and burlesque in depicting the character of the hero, and understanding the nature of such simple drivers as Kariu allowed Gabaraev to use funny improvisations - jokes that enriched the genre of stage vaudeville.
David Gabaraev is the creator of the phenomenon of the modern folk hero - in life and on stage. A living connection with the folk culture of laughter colored all of Gabaraev's work and forced us to talk about this Master of the Stage as a unique phenomenon in the Ossetian theater, a successor to the traditions of folk fair performances.
David Gabaraev is the only actor of the South Ossetian theater who acted in films. Gabaraev came to cinema in 1971, already having ten years of experience in the theater behind him. He played his first role, Abrek Tsaray, in Nikoloz Sanishvili's film Chermen (1970).
