What's new

GITIS auditions in Kazakhstan

January 23, 2024

GITIS launches auditions in the Republic of Kazakhstan the upcoming spring as our school deepens ties with the country.

14 performances will be shown at the III International Student Festival of graduation performances “GITIS fest”

November 21, 2023

The festival will showcase 14 performances from various theater schools and theaters in cities such as Belgorod, Belgrade (Serbia), Vladivostok, Zarechny, Kazan, Moscow, New Delhi (India), St. Petersburg, Shanghai (China), and Yaroslavl. The festival aims to serve as a platform for dialogue and collaboration between major Russian and international theater schools.

The Russian Theater School has started in Kazakhstan

September 19, 2023

Representatives from 11 countries gathered on the shores of Lake Zerenda to immerse themselves in a ten-day training program under the guidance of the best instructors from the GITIS and leading creative universities in Kazakhstan

Stanislavsky and musical theatre

April 25, 2023

International conference dedicated to the 160th anniversary of Konstantin Stanislavsky’s birth as part of the strategic academic leadership program “Priority-2030”

Attention!

March 12, 2020

All the international festivals at GITIS are postponed

Stanislavsky’s Method Lives On

April 22, 2019

The Moscow Times visited GITIS and The Boris Shchukin Theater Institute to learn more about the method of the world-renowned director.

Check out our new booklet!

December 19, 2018

GITIS presents its new English booklet that contains all necessary information about institute, its traditions and unique study programs.

GITIS joined Forbes Universities ranking

June 29, 2018

Forbes magazine compiled the first ranking of Russian universities in order to assess the quality of Russian education and to find out which universities graduate young people with entrepreneurial streak, and even those who can later join the Forbes list or become a part of the Russian political elite.

GITIS International Students Give Interview

January 23, 2018

Russian Information Agency — RIA Novosti — took an interview from GITIS international students: Alya Hanin (Slovenia), Georgios Kutlis (Greece), and Daniela Petkovich (Serbia).

GITIS Alumnus Hits Oscar Short-List

December 20, 2017

“Loveless” — the film directed by GITIS alumnus Andrey Zvyagintsev — got short-listed for Oscar Best Foreign Language Film nomination.

GITIS Graduate Debut at La Scala

November 15, 2017

On November 12, Ruzil Gatin — a GITIS graduate — made his first appearance on La Scala stage in Milan (Ruzil graduated from GITIS Variety Department, prof. Borisov class).

Russian King Lear in Beijing

November 2, 2017

On October 25 GITIS students from Kamenkovich and Krimov directing class played King Lear at the WTEA 2017 International Theatre Festival in Beijing.

Beware of fake certificates!

October 30, 2017

Russian Institute of Theater Arts — GITIS is a well-recognized brand, so no wonder that some dishonest people are trying to exploit it. Here is an example of a fake GITIS certificate signed by a fake professor.

GITIS students visit Estonian Academy

October 10, 2017

Second-year students of Leonid Heifetz Directing class went to Tallinn as a second phase of student exchange program between GITIS and Estonian Academy of Music and Theater.

GITIS is elaborating training programs for Cameroon and other African countries

July 30, 2024

GITIS is elaborating training programs and aspires to become the main methodological center for theatre education for the member states of the International Center for Research and Documentation on African Traditions and African Languages (CERDOTOLA). Future cooperation was discussed by GITIS rector Grigory Zaslavsky and the executive secretary of CERDOTOLA Binam Bikoï at their first meeting. The executive secretary of CERDOTOLA Jean Eudes Biem, the head of the Russian business center in Cameroon Olga Gogolina, and the head of GITIS educational and methodological department Daria Drugachenko were also present at the talks. The meeting was organised by the Russian business center in Cameroon.

It has been discussed that first GITIS teachers will visit Cameroon to deliver training on acting, stage speech and stage movement for students of master’s programs in January 2025. It is also planned to receive lectures by GITIS academics on the history of Russian theatre, the history of fine arts and the history of costume. The classes will make a significant contribution to the researches of African colleagues. Regular consultations between GITIS and CERDOTOLA on the training of theatre practitioners and specialists in Africa will follow.

CERDOTOLA aims to develop theatre education in the Republic of Cameroon and other African countries and collaborate with GITIS to get methodological assistance in training actors, directors, choreographers and other professional working in performing arts.

The International Center for Research and Documentation on African Traditions and African Languages (CERDOTOLA) has its headquarters in Yaounde, Republic of Cameroon. Its offices are present in Angola, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe.

Sign inSign up

Cancel