Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theater on Saturday, March 20, published a request to help longtime troupe actor Leonid Lenc, who has survived a stroke and now needs rehabilitation.
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“Our theater actor Leonid Lenz needs help: he has had a stroke, with very serious consequences, and will be sent from the hospital to the stroke center for further treatment. There is a long and expensive rehabilitation ahead, and Leonid Lenz and his relatives will need support along this difficult path. , “theater representatives report on social networks.
In 1971, Leonīds Lencs graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory, Arkadija Kaca, acting course. After that he was admitted to the Riga Russian Theater troupe. Later he moved to Russia, where he played on various stages, but in 1988 he returned to Riga to continue his work at the Riga Russian Drama, today at the Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theater.
According to the theatre’s Facebook account, Lenz has played more than 130 roles in total. “Everyone could talk for a long time, because Leonid Lenz is an actor of rare talent, amazing charisma and great soul,” the artist’s colleagues write.
He has many theater awards, including “Gamblers Night“Lifetime Achievement in Theater Arts”, which he received in the autumn of 2020.
Before the presentation of the Players’ Night Award for Leonid Lenz, theater scholar Edith Tishheizer wrote: “He is one of the cultural people who literally paves the bridge of spirituality, understanding and empathy between people and nations. Born in Siberia, where his parents met, Leonīds Lencs has been rooted in the land of Latvia for many generations, and with a deep understanding of different cultures and realms, Leonīds Lencs has created images that affect everyone – because they are first and foremost complex, contradictory and interesting human beings. and courage, sensitivity, and mind.
Studied at the Faculty of Theater of the Latvian State Conservatory in the course of Arkady Kaca, he appropriated the accuracy of this director’s form, analytical attitude towards the image and the performance in general and combined it with fearless immersion in the hidden depths of human feelings. He has worked with directors of various artistic principles, from contemporary theater classics Peter Stein, Olgerts Kroders, Roman Kozak to much younger generations of directors, represented by Viesturs Kairišs and Elmārs Senņovs. “
Financial actors can support:
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Beneficiary: Svetlana Vidyakina (actor’s wife)
Purpose of payment: L. Lenc’s treatment.
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