Hellenes in the Eccentropolis: Ancient Greek Culture as the basis of Theatrical Theories of the Russian Avant-garde (N. Evreinov, G. Kryzhitsky)

The article analyzes the dynamic aspects of the manifestation of the "mythologeme of antiquity" in the theatrical theory of the outstanding figure of the Russian avant-garde Nikolai Evreinov, reveals the degree of influence of his most important postulate about the Dionysian nature of drama on the philosophical and artistic concept of the "theater of spirit and flesh" Georgy Kryzhitsky as a theorist of the early FEKS (Factory of the eccentric actor), compares their key landmarks in the history of antiquity as avant-gardists. The previously unexplored material of the theoretical works of G. is introduced into scientific circulation. Kryzhitsky of the beginning of 1921-1922, on the basis of which the hypothesis is put forward that the author, almost forgotten today, sought to realize the retrotopia of "theatrical Hellenism" in post-revolutionary Petrograd (Eccentropolis).