Training of directors in the context of interaction between cultures of Russia and America

The article deals with the training of Directors for the drama theater in the course of interaction of theatrical cultures of Russia and America. In English-speaking countries - it is mainly the experience of individual vocational training; in the USSR and in the new Russia-the mass of fundamental education. Trends of active interaction of cultures lead to integration and mutual enrichment of the developed traditions. The author shows positive historical experience of interaction of specific teachers (K.S. Stanislavsky, M. Chekhov, Lee Strasberg, R. Boleslavsky) and mutual enrichment of their theatrical and pedagogical methods. Typical for the training of filmmakers in post-war theatre of Russia became the methodology of the effective thinking, nurturing creative individuality and professional technologies in America. In the modern theater there is a need for better individual education of Directors on the basis of the experience of both countries. Another prerequisite for training specialists is the task of developing a universal methodology for the professional education of a Director.