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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
The number of children’s and youth theaters in Moscow has grown by almost 10 percent compared to the previous academic year. Currently, more than 780 groups work in the capital’s schools, colleges, and centers for additional education. This was reported on World Theater Day Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.
“We try to create as many ways as possible for the comprehensive development of children, paying special attention to the creative direction. Theater is not only art, but also an opportunity to develop flexibility of thinking, concentration, imagination and communication skills. Therefore, theater workshops are organized on the basis of the capital’s schools, colleges and centers of additional education, where children, under the guidance of famous directors and actors, participate in master classes and master stage professions. Two years ago, we launched a large-scale project “Commonwealth of School Theaters”, which has already united more than 22 thousand young artists. In the 2023/2024 academic year, the children staged 745 performances and held 1.5 thousand shows,” said Anastasia Rakova.
According to her, within the framework of the festival “Live Stage” young Muscovites performed at prestigious professional venues. These are the stages of the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, the Children’s Musical Theatre of the Young Actor, the Moscow New Drama Theatre, the theatre and concert hall “Palace on the Yauza” and the culture and arts centre “Shchukino”.
The repertoire of children’s and youth theaters includes both modern original productions adapted for teenagers and classical works. It is important that the capital’s schoolchildren and college students have a unique opportunity to study with recognized masters, including Vladimir Mashkov, Evgeny Knyazev and others.
At the same time, children not only master acting skills, but also try to create scenery, work with different types of puppets and plastic arts. There are more than 20 puppet theaters in Moscow educational institutions.
In addition, children’s and youth theaters stage performances in foreign languages. They can be organized both in schools with a special language focus and in regular schools.
A landmark event for young artists of the Commonwealth is the Moscow Theatre Festival-Competition of School Theatres “Live Stage”. In the 2023/2024 academic year, more than 500 creative groups took part in it. Schoolchildren and college students presented 30 dramatic and musical productions, which were watched by about seven thousand spectators.
The project “Theatre Backstage” is popular among students. More than 700 children and 100 teachers have already visited the backstage of the Moscow Oleg Tabakov Theatre School, the Museum of the Moscow Art Academic Theatre named after Maxim Gorky and the Puppet Theatre named after S.V. Obraztsov, where they got acquainted with the work of makeup artists, costume designers, sound engineers and other theatre specialists.
Special conditions have also been created for the professional growth of teachers. The Moscow Workshop of Theatre Pedagogy club was organized for the heads of school theatres. At meetings with cultural figures, they discuss the repertoire, methods of working with young actors and the specifics of the staging process. In 2024, the first enrollment was opened for the master’s program at the Moscow City Pedagogical University in the specialty of “school theatre teacher”. Students study the psychology of creativity, acting, directing and other disciplines under the guidance of experienced practitioners.
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