
Gordeev Sergiy Ivanovich
winner of international theater festivals and creative awards,
honored artist of Ukraine,
PhD in art history, professor,
member of the board of the Kharkiv Interregional Branch of the National Union of Theater Workers of Ukraine
About the teacher
Kharkov Institute of Arts, 1972, specialty: "Director of the Drama Theater", qualification: "Director of the Drama Theater".
PhD in Art History 17.00.01 - Theory and History of Culture
Thesis: "Acting art of V.N. Chistyakova as a phenomenon of Ukrainian theater culture of the twentieth century". Diplom DK No. 031347 of December 15, 2005.
Chairman of the primary cell of the KhSAC of the interregional branch of the National Union of Theater Workers of Ukraine and member of the board of the Kharkov MV NSTDU (since 1973, membership card No. 6228).
Honored Artist of Ukraine No. 642 of March 27, 1998.
Awarded the academic title of Professor of the Department of Directing (02 PR No. 003841 of October 19, 2005).
He has been working at KhSAC since 1976.
The names of the disciplines taught. "Fundamentals of directing and mastery of the actor", "Directing shows and art projects", "Directing activities in modern theater art", "Methods of teaching professional disciplines", "Fundamentals of pedagogical skill in stage art", "Staging and performing skills", "Pedagogical workshop", "Practice research", "Production Practice".
Teaching and administrative activities
Teaching activities:
He developed curricula and author's courses, OPP in the specialty "Stage Art". which are indicated in the previous section. He joined the opening at KhSAC of choreographic, television, acting specializations, graduate school in the specialty "Theater Art", magistracy in the specialty "Stage Art". Currently trains applicants for the levels of "Bachelor", "Master".
He developed the OPP and the curriculum "Directing shows and art projects".
Manages the scientific research of masters in full-time and correspondence departments.
As an examiner, he conducts final certification in the specialty at full-time and correspondence departments.
He is the founder of the director's art school of the KSAC in the specialty 026 "Stage Art" (approved by the Academic Council of the KSAC, protocol No. 8 of 26.03.2021), the author of his own methodology for training directors of mass shows, teachers of cultural and art institutions. He raised several generations of students, many of whom became diplomas and laureates of city, all-Ukrainian, state, international festivals of theatrical art, have the honorary titles "Honored Artist of Ukraine", "Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine", "Excellence in Education of Ukraine".
On the basis of KhSAC he created a stationary educational theater (2000), a student variety theater "Academy" (1999) - Diploma winner and laureate of many international and all-Ukrainian theater festivals.
Administrative activities:
Head of the Department (1996-2024 years), Member of the Council of the Faculty of Stage Art, Member of the Council of KhSAC, Head of the Department of the Kharkiv Interregional Department of NSTSU, Member of the Board of the Kharkiv Interregional Department of NSTSU, Member of the Expert Commissions on Licensing and Accreditation of Universities of I-II and III-IV Accreditation Levels, Member of the Methodological Commission on the Specialty "Stage Art" standards "Bachelor", "Master" of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2016-2019 years).
Participates in the work of state examination commissions for the protection of bachelor's and master's studies, the development, design and conclusion of agreements on creative cooperation with art universities of Ukraine.
Scientific and creative achievements, advanced training
Scientific achievements:
1. the main scientific interests associated with the development of problems of theater pedagogy, the study of the achievements of the theater school of Les Kurbas and the acting art of the People's Artist of Ukraine Valentina Chistyakova. Information about scientific and creative work is reflected in numerous publications, Wikipedia of Ukraine, encyclopedic and biobibliographic reference books, which are in the library of KhSAC.
2. Participation in the organization of international and all-Ukrainian scientific conferences, seminars, round tables, thematic exhibitions and evenings in honor of outstanding artists of the Ukrainian scene. Opposition in the defense of dissertations, review of monographs, textbooks and scientific works.
3. Publications on the history and theory of Ukrainian theater, acting and directing, actual problems of modern theater pedagogy, including:
- "Valentina Chistyakova - the legend of the Ukrainian theater" - monograph;
- "From the book collection of Les Kurbas" - catalog (co-authored);
- "Department of Directing KSAC" : Kharkiv State Academy of Culture: to the 95th anniversary of its foundation - monograph;
- "The creative heritage of Les Kurbas in the 21st century" - bibliographic index (one of the compilers).
- Gordeev S. I. Theater and pedagogical principles V. I. Tsvetkova in the formation of the Ukrainian actor and director // Aspects of historical musicology: Sat. nauk.st. Vol. XXV. Kharkiv, KhNUM im. I. P. Kotlyarevsky; red.-order. YU. P. Velichko, L. V. Rusakova. Kharkiv, KhNUM, 2021. P. 174-198.
- S. Gordeev, R. Nabokov, M. Krypchuk, V. Buhaiova «Determining the directions of specialist preparation development in the specialty 026 Performing arts based on the survey results of applicants for higher education» / 4th International Seminar on Education Research and Social. – Science. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ISERSS 2021): Atlantic Press. 1.
- "Pedagogy of modern Ukrainian theater: on the way to artistic synthesis": Problems of interaction of art, pedagogy and theory and practice of education: Sat. science. art. Vol. 63. Kharkiv. KhNUM im. I. P. Kotlyarevsky, 2022 S.89-91.
- The concept of the pilot project for the dual format of training specialists: directorial education / Svitlana Shumakova, Sergey Gordeev, Roman Nabokov, Viktoriia Buhaiova, Alina Borysova // Amazonia Investiga. 2023. Vol. 12, Iss. 71. P. 40–53. URL: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001156596500002
- Gordeev S. I. Acting and pedagogical creativity of Vyacheslav Khimyak in the context of the development of the Ukrainian theater music and drama school // Problems of the interaction of art, pedagogy and theory and practice of education: Sat. science. art. / Kharkov. National University of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky. Kharkiv, 2023. Vol. 69. S. 123-158.
Creative achievements:
More than 170 theatrical performances, regional theatrical concerts, evenings, holidays, cultural and artistic programs, recordings by the Kharkiv Regional State Television and Radio Company of theatrical performances and programs dedicated to outstanding artists of the Ukrainian theater,
participation in the preparation and holding of theater festivals of international and all-Ukrainian levels, jury member of numerous art competitions and festivals, including director:
- "High school of Kharkiv region - the best names". Regional event of the Department of Education of the Regional State Administration (2001-2019);
- "With love to Kharkov". Gala concert of the XIII International Festival of Foreign Students (2017);
- "Good luck, graduates!". Solemn celebration and graduation ceremony (KhSAC, 2016-2021);
- Gala evening on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of KhSAC (as part of the director's group, 2019);
- Organization and preparation of the anniversary evening for the 60th anniversary of the Department of Directing. (KhSAC, 2019)
- Organization of the I and II regional seminars on mass forms of stage art, for artistic directors and heads of creative teams, club-type cultural institutions of the Kharkov region "Author's direction" (from the experience of staging mass holidays and theatrical shows of teachers of the department of directing of the Kharkov State Academy of Culture). As part of the seminars, master classes on directing mass events were held. (Kharkiv, 2020, 2021, PC Metalist).
- Art project "Les Kurbas. Berezil", dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the theater (TNPU named after V. Gnatiuk, Ternopil, 2023).
- Director of the theatrical online festival "Unreal events in the real world, or the meeting of the new 2023 in KhSAC." Theatrical online concert (Kharkiv, Kharkiv, 2023)
- Director of the theatrical online holiday "Miss Charming Freshman 2023". Competition and entertainment program (Kharkiv, Kharkiv, 2023)
- Director of the theatrical pop online concert "Renaissance of Ukrainian Song" (KhSAC, Kharkiv, 2023)
- Director of the gala Evening - presentation of the anniversary biobibliographic index "Director. Teacher. Scientist", dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth of Prof. S. I. Gordeeva. (Ternopil, TNPU named after V. Gnatiuk, 2023)
- Director of the online art project dedicated to the International Embroidery Day "Embroidering Ukraine" (Kharkiv, Kharkiv, 2024)
- Director of the solemn Evening - presentation of the anniversary biobibliographic index "I create a portrait of time," dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth of Prof. V. A. Khimyak. (Ternopil, TNPU named after V. V. Gnatiuk, 2024)
- New Year's holiday concerts for teachers and applicants of KhSAC (offline, online 2018-2024)
Work as a member of the organizing committee or jury of international, all-Ukrainian art competitions
1. Member of the expert council of the All-Ukrainian festival of folk art "Yarmarinka" as part of the National Holiday "Sorochinskaya Fair" (cf. Big Sorochintsy, Poltava region, 2021).
2. Member of the jury of the All-Ukrainian competition of vocal skill "New people fest - 2021" (Kharkov, 2021 KPC "HM Cultural Center").
Advanced qualifications:
1) Kharkiv National University of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky, reference No. 01/21 of 18.05.2021, topic - pedagogical innovations in teaching professional theater disciplines at the Department of Directing KhSAC in the context of updating educational technologies and new prospects for improving the educational process (180 hours)
2) Participation in the international online seminar "Integration of the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture into the European Educational and Scientific Space in Conditions of War" (Kharkiv, Ukraine), Humanitas University (Sosnowiec, Poland), Linguistic Higher School (Czestochowa, Poland).
3) Participation in the VI Regional Education Forum "Education - Energy of the Future" (20.10.2024, Ternopil, Ukraine).
Research interests. Stage art, variety art, theater pedagogy, history of Ukrainian theater, theater school of Les Kurbas and Valentina Chistyakova.
Estimated number of publications. More than 200


