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Russian Institute of Theatre Arts — GITIS represents the heads of courses, that will recruit students this year.
Acting faculty
Natalia Nazarova — theater and film actress, director;
Gennady Nazarov — theater and film actor;
Natalia Nazarova and Gennady Nazarov will take a full-time course.
Mikhail Skandarov — Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Phd of Art History, Professor (full-time course);
Nina Chusova-director (correspondence course).
Directing faculty
Sergey Zhenovach — Head of the Department of Drama Directing at GITIS, Professor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, State Prize winner, founder and artistic director of the theater “Studio of Theatrical Art”, artistic director — director of the Moscow Art Theater named after A. P. Chekhov (full-time course, acting and directing groups);
Sergey Golomazov — Professor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Artistic director of the Riga Russian Theater named after M. Chekhov (correspondence course, acting and directing groups);
Maximilian Nemchinsky — Head of the Department of Circus Directing at GITIS, Professor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (correspondence course, “Circus Director”).
Nikolay Chelnokov — Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Artistic Director-director of the " Clownarium" (correspondence course, “Circus Director”).
Faculty of Musical Theatre
Georgy Isahakyan — Professor, theater director, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Artistic Director of the Moscow State Academic Children’s Musical Theater named after N. I. Sats (full-time course; acting and directing groups);
Mikhail Panjavidze — director of musical theater (correspondence course, acting and directing groups);
Dmitry Belov — theater director (musical, full-time course, acting and directing groups);
Anatoly Weizenfeld — Senior Lecturer of the Department of Sound Engineering at GITIS (full-time and part-time courses for sound engineers);
Faculty of History and Theory of Theatre and Criticism
Alexey Bartoshevich — Head of the Department of History of Foreign Theater of GITIS, Doctor of Art History, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation;
Vidmantas Siliunas — Professor of the Department of History of Foreign Theater of GITIS, Doctor of Art History, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation;
Alexey Bartoshevich and Vidmantas Siliunas will take a full-time joint course;
Grigory Zaslavsky — Rector of GITIS, theater critic, PhD of Philological Sciences, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (correspondence course).
Ballet Master faculty
Olga Tarasova — Professor of the Department of Choreography of GITIS, ballet dancer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (full-time course, “The Art of the Choreographer”);
Mikhail Lavrovsky — Professor of the Department of Choreography of GITIS, People’s Artist of the USSR, ballet dancer, choreographer (full-time course, “The Art of the Choreographer”);
Vitaly Akhundov — Associate Professor of the Department of Choreography of GITIS, Honored Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
Maria Allash — Professor of the Department of Choreography of GITIS, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia;
Vitaly Akhundov and Maria Evgenievna Allash will take a full-time course (“Pedagogy of Ballet”).
Yuri Smekalov — soloist and choreographer of the Mariinsky Theater, artistic director of the independent creative association MAD Company (correspondence course, “The Art of the Choreographer”);
Variety show faculty
Elena Shanina — theater and film actress, professor, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation (full-time course, acting group);
Andrey Zavodyuk — theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (correspondence course, acting and directing groups);
Producing faculty
Elshan Mamedov — head of the Department of Production and Management of Performing Arts of GITIS, PhD of Art History, creator and artistic director of the production company “Independent Theater Project”, director of the author’s agency “NTP.The Independent Theatre Project agency”;
Evgenia Kuznetsova — head of the literary and dramatic part of the Moscow Theater “Sovremennik” (from 1996 to 2021), Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation;
Elshan Mamedov and Evgenia Kuznetsova will take a full-time course.
Elena Simurzina — teacher of the Department of Production and Management of Performing Arts of GITIS, Deputy Director of the Moscow Pushkin Theater (correspondence course);
Stage Design faculty
Stanislav Morozov — Head of the Department of Scenography of GITIS, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor, chief artist of the theater “At the Nikitsky Gate” (full-time course, “Stage designer of the theater”);
Alexander Ursin — artist-technologist (full-time course,"Technology of artistic design of the performance").