The Bolshoi Theatre hosted XIII International Ballet Competition and Contest of Choreographers, which was founded in 1969 and held in Moscow every four years.
Boris Yukhananov, the artistic director of Electrotheatre Stanislavsky released the world premiere of the opera “Octavia. Trepanation” by composer Dmitry Kurlyandsky at Holland Festival.
Alexander Kalyagin marked his 75th birthday by a new premiere at the theatre he heads, having played Khlestakov in Robert Sturua's play “The Government Inspector. A Version”.
In May of 2017, the Yakutsk Youth Theatre, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, will travel across Russia with a guest performance tour titled “Thank you, Teacher…”
Through the end of April the New Space of the Theatre of Nations will be hosting two installations by Heiner Goebbels, a German composer and director, founder of the avant-garde rock group Cassiber, and winner of numerous theatre and music awards.
The ceremony for the “Breakthrough” theatre award for the youth, which continues to increase its influence with every subsequent year, was held in St Petersburg.
