III International Festival of Inclusive Art “Inclusive Art. Annual All-Russian inclusive festival of children's creativity Inclusive festival competition

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The organizer of the Festival is the Trusteeship and Care Foundation.

Founder of the Foundation, chairman of the jury, Honored Worker of Russia, member of the Junior Eurovision jury, Grigory Vasilyevich Gladkov.

The Second All-Russian Inclusive Festival of Children's Creativity will be held in Taganrog in April 2019.

The relevance of the project lies in the uniqueness of the festival itself. The festival will help integrate children with disabilities into society. Uniting talented children with and without disabilities. Show strength of spirit and faith. That talent does not depend on a person’s physical health

Purpose of the festival:
creating an inclusive creative space that connects children with disabilities and their healthy peers, promoting the development of their creative potential, the development of talents, cultural identity, and preparing children for independent life in an inclusive society in the spirit of understanding, tolerance, and respect for differences.

Objectives of the festival:
attracting a wide range of children and youth to active participation in the cultural life of society;
stimulating the development of professional and amateur creativity among children and youth, especially among people with disabilities, orphans, teenagers from disadvantaged and single-parent families;
attracting public attention to the creative activities of young people with disabilities as a means of their self-expression and realization;
identifying young talents, supporting creatively gifted children and youth;
expanding creative contacts between children and youth with disabilities and their healthy peers;
involving young people in solving socially significant problems through participation in the volunteer movement;
changing society's attitude towards people with disabilities as equal participants in the cultural process.
The Festival is attended by creative groups and individual performers - students of specialized boarding schools, secondary schools, rehabilitation centers, independent performers who share the main goal of the Festival. Particularly welcome and encourage inclusive creative teams and performances involving people with disabilities and their healthy peers.
To hold an inclusive festival, involve all educational institutions and centers of the Rostov region and Russia dealing with this issue, as well as government bodies (Department of Education, Science and Youth Policy, Department of Culture), representatives of the business community and public organizations in activities to overcome barriers in the field creativity and access to cultural values for the majority of children and youth with disabilities.
Involve a wide range of disabled children in artistic creativity and cultural life; With the help of the festival event, let them communicate and exchange experiences. Identify the most talented guys. If possible, provide them with effective assistance in creative pursuits. For this purpose, attract various artists, teachers, psychologists, and other specialists to provide creative and methodological assistance, solve issues of rehabilitation, social adaptation, and further vocational education of children and youth with disabilities.

Place: Exhibition hall of the Moscow Palace of Pioneers (Kosygina St., 17, entrance to building 6).

Guests will learn what kind of people live in cities, how different they are and what their needs are, and most importantly - together come up with an ideal city, in which everyone will feel comfortable and be able to realize themselves.

Festival participants, together with the presenters, will have to design their city, populate it with residents, build houses for them and create connections between people, institutions and events. Each guest will be able to take part in activities in different areas: write a letter to the mayor or come up with a bill, take a tour of the museum, create transport routes, become a volunteer in a hospital or a journalist, buy something unusual at the city market, build a house and much more.

Festival locations: Library, Depot, Clinic, Media Center, Museum, Park, Market, Theater, School, Factory.

Guests will enjoy lectures and discussions, master classes, games and new acquaintances.

Festival "City of Opportunities" - an inclusive event. This means that everything that happens is accessible to visitors with different forms of disabilities. The festival program touches on the topic of human characteristics and differences.

At the festival it will be possible get advice from a child psychologist and a specialist in the selection of children's literature. There will be a free market at the “Market” - a free fair where you can leave clothes, accessories, toys and books that you no longer need, as well as find something useful for yourself.

It will be more convenient to get to the festival through the entrance to the 6th building of the Moscow Palace of Pioneers.

Festival participants:

Festival program

Lecture hall in the "Park"

12:00-12:15 Festival opening

12:15-12:45 "City and public spaces." Dasha Strelkova, founder of the “Child in the City” program

12:45-13:15 State Budgetary Institution “City Tourism. How to be hospitable? Anton Shipunov, curator of the “Tourism and Services” direction of the “Art-Ovrag” and “Arkhstoyanie” festivals

13:15-13:45 “City information services: how to use them and change the city together.” State Budgetary Institution "Information City"

13:45-14:15 “What is a modern museum?” Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

14:15-14:45 "Inclusion in the Museum." Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

15:00-15:30 “Medical care in the city. How does it work?". Center for Mental Health of Children and Adolescents named after. G.E. Sukhareva

15:30-16:00 “Human mental health. Why is it so important to take care of yourself? Center for Mental Health of Children and Adolescents named after. G.E. Sukhareva

16:00-16:30 “Caring for the planet and good environmental habits.” POC "Greenpeace Russia"

17:00 Closing of the festival

Parallel program at the following sites:

12:00-13:00

Creation of urban characters at the "Factory"

Master class on sand animation in the “Library”

School of fairy tales for mothers: lecture and master class by Victoria Kiss at the Library

Music booth and photo zone at the Clinic

A story about the transport system and navigation in the transport “Depot”

13:00-14:00

Olga Shirokostup will talk about the diversity of creative professions and interdisciplinary education at the School

Theater expert Olga Korshakova with a story about how the city theater is structured (location “Theater”)

Let's create our own museum out of a box together with the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (location "Museum")

"Cardboard Architecture": Master class on creating cardboard houses with artist Anastasia Polyakova (location "Factory")

A psychological image laboratory is opening at the Market

Readings with a therapy dog with the support of the animal welfare fund "I am free" in the "Library"

“Music Booth”: record your own track in 20 minutes, and also learn how to correctly talk about mental disorders and their carriers (Location “Clinic”)

“Photozone”: an impromptu photozone in support of people with mental disorders (Location “Clinic”)

14:00-15:00

Meeting with the poet German Lukomnikov with the support of the Samokat publishing house in the Library

“Theater in a box”: master class by teacher Ksenia Drokovskaya (location “Theater”)

“Only the heart is vigilant”: master class by artist Alyssia Svergun (location “Factory”)

Sculptor Olga Shu will talk about creating tactile models at the Museum

“Trains and their models”: lecture by additional education teacher Alexander Litvinov (location “Depot”)

Master class by Dasha Strelkova “City routes” (location “Depot”)

“Atlas of new professions”: master class on career guidance by Katerina Dyachkova and Dmitry Sudakov (location “School”)

15:00-16:00

Master class by playwright Lyuba Strizhak “How to write a modern play” (location “Theater”)

Round table “Me and the other: How to tell your child about the diversity of people around.” Representatives of children’s literature publishing houses and reading tutors are participating (location “Library”).

Master class on animation by director Sofia Gorya (location “Theatre”)

Master class by Olga and Mikhail Shu on creating tactile models (Museum location)

A master class on environmentally friendly waste disposal is conducted by the Greenpeace Russia PSC in the Market location

16:00-17:00

Continuation of the round table “Me and the other: How to tell your child about the diversity of people around.” Representatives of children’s literature publishers and reading tutors are participating. (location “Library”)

Master class “Model of the World” by artist Alissia Svergun (location “Factory”)

Co-founder and head of the charity project “Shalash”, social psychologist Lilia Brainis will talk about why children do not obey and what to do about it (location “School”)

* the most accurate work schedule for each site will be available from volunteers and at information stands

Ceremonial awarding of the winners Festival of Inclusive Practices– a competition held to identify and disseminate best practices and technologies in the field of inclusive education, took place at the Cosmos Hotel April 18, 2018. The festival took place within the framework of the project “ Effective implementation of the right to inclusive education at the local level"with the support of the European Union, and it was organized by the Regional Public Organization of People with Disabilities "Perspective" and the Association of Inclusive Schools.

The festival of inclusive practices is being held for the second time; 16 regions of Russia are participating in it. The interest in it is evidenced by the following fact: while last year 80 secondary schools applied for participation, this year more than 120 applications have already been received from educational institutions. The best teachers from schools where inclusion programs are successfully implemented came to Moscow to present their practices. The main selection criterion was the ability to broadcast them and transfer experience to colleagues from other regions. Following the results of the festival, it is planned to publish a brochure that will contain the most interesting practices. Any teacher will be able to get acquainted with this valuable experience and join the professional community of teachers working in inclusion.

“There is no ready-made recipe for inclusion; every time we experiment, try, select and develop a program for each child with a disability, based on his characteristics,” many participants said. It is not an easy task to find an individual approach for a particular student with a disability, since what works for one child may not work for another. Teachers use a variety of developments - didactic games, adaptive physical education classes taking into account the health characteristics of children, volunteer programs.

“The successful outcome of the festival can be called the dynamics of the development of inclusive education,– says a member of the festival jury, head of the City Psychological and Pedagogical Center of the Moscow Department of Education Lyubov Oltarzhevskaya.– Until recently, we knew that inclusive education was included in legislation and that children with disabilities received the right to study in general education schools, but how to implement this in a specific school? Today we are already seeing the exchange of effective practices, and this is just the beginning. Teachers should have a redundant set of methods and a wide selection of resources that allow them to create an educational route for each child.”

This year, the Association of Inclusive Schools was a partner of the Perspektiva ROOI. Its representatives provided expert support and helped determine the best competitors at the selection stage. Association Expert Olga Egupova considers the festival an important tool for attracting new participants - this is the only way inclusive education in the country will gain momentum.

« The Education Law allows teachers to be independent in choosing the methods of work that they consider correct, the main thing is compliance with federal state educational standards,- she says. – Their experience is unique: on the one hand, it consists of many already existing technologies, tested by the global pedagogical community, and on the other hand, it is “cut out” very individually for each child.”

The jury determined the winners of the festival in four categories. The work of MBDOU “Kindergarten No. 268 of a combined type” in the city of Krasnoyarsk was recognized as the best inclusive practice in preschool education; the practice of “Secondary comprehensive school No. 88 with in-depth study of individual subjects” in the city of Voronezh won in the nomination “Best inclusive practice in the field of primary education.” The victory in the nomination “Best inclusive practice in the field of secondary and general education” went to “Secondary School No. 14” of the city of Petrozavodsk (Republic of Karelia), and in the nomination “Best inclusive practice in the field of additional education” the MBU DO “House of Creativity of the Oktyabrsky District” of the city won Ulan-Ude (Republic of Buryatia).

“I got into the project, one might say, by accident: a friend has a child with a disability, and she and her parent organization tried to open a resource class,-- spoke about her work Lyudmila Gorchakova, educational psychologist at Voronezh school No. 88. – She connected me too, and I really got excited! In a class of eight children with ASD, we organized a volunteer team to accompany them in their studies; the children help their friends and do well. I try to prove that children with ASD are almost no different from ordinary students, I invite their parents to meetings so that they tell other parents about them. If at first there was still some wariness towards inclusion, now, according to the survey results, out of a hundred questionnaires there are only three - with a negative attitude towards it».

“I saw very interesting works,– the chairman of the ROOI “Perspective” summed up the festival Denis Rosa.– I remember how in 2005 we joined the then small inclusion movement that was beginning to develop in Moscow. Now it has grown and become huge, all-Russian, and this shows the success not only of our work, but also of our wonderful colleagues and partners - teachers, education officials in different regions, employees of the Ministry of Education. It is very important that we are not alone in promoting the idea of inclusion. Those who came to the festival are true enthusiasts who set a great example for others.”

The participants of the Festival were welcomed by the head of the political department of the Delegation of the European Union to Russia, Mirko Kruppa. Mr. Kruppa congratulated the laureates and winners of the Festival. In his speech, Mr. Kruppa noted the importance of inclusion and explained why the European Union supports the implementation of social projects in Russia.

“We have been working closely with Perspektiva for many years, and this is a very fruitful cooperation,” said the Head of the Political Department of the EU Delegation Mirko Kruppa.“It’s gratifying that this year the Association of Inclusive Schools became its partner. It is very important that you are all working in the same direction, in the same boat. Creating an inclusive society is the task of all countries in the world. Every person on earth should have the right to happiness and to choose their path in life. Yes, there are obstacles and limitations, but positive motivation and enthusiasm can overcome many problems. You set an example of such enthusiasm. The European Union is committed to working with Russia and will continue to support projects aimed at promoting inclusive practices.”

At the end of the award ceremony, children with disabilities performed in front of the festival participants - they performed an eccentric dance and a song in sign language. The 11-year-old talented musician Daniil Shipunov with Down syndrome, a student of Small Business College No. 4, was truly delighted and applauded. He played the most complex works of world classics on the piano. Inclusive education can work wonders!

The final day of the Festival was Thursday. April 19. All Festival participants took part in the “Inclusive Education” cluster of the Moscow International Education Fair at VDNKh. The 4 winners presented their developments to colleagues and visitors to the exhibition, one of the largest events for specialists in the field of education. Foreign experts from Latvia and Finland, who were on the Festival jury the day before, also welcomed the IMSF participants and shared their impressions, highly appreciating the level of the presented works.

ROOI "Perspective" thanks for the support of the Festival: the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Association of Inclusive Schools and personally President Batalov Anton Sergeevich.

We also thank the Matrix company (JSC L’Oreal) for providing gifts for the Festival participants.

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From 17 to 23 September inPushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin with the support of the Absolut-Help charity foundationwill passInternational inclusivefestival dedicated to the issues of overcoming physical andcommunicativebarriers in a modern museum.

The festival program includes events intended simultaneously for people with disabilities and ordinary visitors: sound and plastic performances, performances, tactile master classes, film screenings, multisensory works by contemporary artists. During the festival there will be a performance “Japanese Motifs (Butoh Dance)” created by the troupe of the Center for the Implementation of Creative Projects “Inclusion” of the Foundation for Supporting the Deaf-Blind “Connection”. At the opening, the production “Masterpieces of Japanese Poetry in Russian Sign Language” will be shown, performed by deaf actors of the Nedoslov Theater. The festival will include presentations of the “Time Machine” project (together with the Lanit Group of Companies) and the educational program “Specialist in excursion services for visitors with disabilities in an art museum,” developed jointly with the Reacomp Institute.

The business program of the festival includes: a lecture by Huang Xiu Ling from the Imperial Palace Museum (Taipei), a master class by Barry Ginley, curator of inclusive programs of the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), a multisensory master class by a leading specialist in inclusive and educational projects of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) ) by Rebecca McGinnis, as well as a tour for people with mental disabilities and dementia led by Molly Bretton, Accessibility Program Coordinator at the Royal Academy of Arts (London).

This year the inclusive festival at the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin is devoted to the topic “how to understand a museum.” Particular attention will be paid to the problem of interaction with visitors with mental disabilities. The issue of the perception of art by people with developmental disabilities is still controversial. As part of the inclusive festival, lectures and discussions will be held on the worldview, perception of art and creative capabilities of people with special needs.

Festival curator. Coordinators: specialist of the department of inclusive programs Albina Dzhumaeva, specialist of the department of inclusive programs Mark Molochnikov.

The festival will feature: Director of the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin Marina Loshak, artist Leonid Tishkov, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Alexandra Levitskaya, art therapist Maria Dreznina, executive director of the Absolut-Help charity fund Polina Filippova Olga Morozova, vice president for social projects of the Lanit Group of Companies Elena Gens, neurobiologist Alexander Sorokin, staff of the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin and other museums.

Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkina expresses gratitude to the Absolut investment group and personally to Alexander Svetakov, the STV film company and personally to Sergei Selyanov.

Attendance at all festival events is free, with pre-registration on TimePad. The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the program.

During the days of the Inclusive Festival, visitors with disabilities of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd groups are entitled to free entrance tickets to the Main Building and the Gallery of Art of Europe and America of the 19th-20th centuries.

A person accompanying a visitor with a disability of the 1st and 2nd groups is provided with a free entrance ticket (only when visiting the museum together).

More detailed information about the inclusive activities of the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin in the “Accessible Museum” section.

Festival program
- Master class on ceramics for children with special needs
  
  Conducted by Marina Kovalenko, head of the ceramics and sculpture workshop of the Central Exhibition Center "Museion"
  
  Venue: Central Exhibition Center “Museion”, room 118
  
  13:00 — 14:30
  
  Dance performance « The Movement Concert" / "Movement Concert"
  
  Hosted by Andrew Greenwood, dancer, choreographer, founder and author of programs of the International Dance for Health Foundation.
  
  Venue: Gallery of European and American Art of the 19th-20th centuries, 21 halls
  
  18:00 — 20:10
  
  Screening of the film “Anton is here”
  
  With English subtitles and audio commentary
  
  Running time: 110 min. (film), 20 min. (performance)
  
  Venue: Central Exhibition Center “Museion”, Great Hall
- Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin
- Venue: Gallery of European and American Art of the 19th-20th centuries
- Tactile master class “Ceramic reliefs in creativity”FernandALeger»
  
  Conducted by Varvara Zamakhaeva, researcher at the department of art of European and American countries of the 19th-20th centuries
  
  Like many of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, Fernand Léger worked in several types of fine art. Leger's desire to work with ceramics was explained by the desire to change art. He wanted to make his work accessible to everyone. Continuing the artist’s idea, with the help of tactile models for the blind and visually impaired based on decorative reliefs, we invite you to get acquainted with the work of the French modernist.
  
  Venue: Gallery of European and American Art of the 19th-20th centuries, room 23
- Art project “Family Nest” for foster families with children with special needs
  
  Venue: Central Exhibition Center “Museion”, room 114
  
  18:00 — 19:30
  
  Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin, Italian courtyard (hall 15)
  
  Participants:
  
  Marina Loshak, Director of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin
  
  Elena Gens, Vice President for Social Projects of the Lanit Group of Companies
  
  Olga Morozova, head of the Center for Aesthetic Education "Museion"
  
  Maria Dreznina
  
  Nadezhda Shalashilina, HR Director, Lanit Group of Companies
  
  Moderator— Evgenia Kiseleva, head of the department of inclusive programs of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin
- Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin
- Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin
- Master class “Four Jewels of the Cabinet” for the blind and visually impaired
  
  “The Four Jewels of the Study” - this is how in China they figuratively call the indispensable attributes of an enlightened person, painter and calligrapher: brush, paper, ink and ink. At the master class, you will get acquainted with the history of the invention and different types of paper, learn that black ink has five colors, and the brush has its own secret.
  
  Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin, Italian courtyard (hall 15)
  
  13:00 — 15:00
  
  Master class “Methodology for conducting art therapy classes in an art museum for children in difficult life situations” for professionals
  
  Conducted by Maria Dreznina, art therapist, senior researcher at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin.
  
  Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkina, halls 1-6, Central Exhibition Center "Museion", room 114
  
  15:00 — 15:30
  
  Performance “Japanese motives (Butoh dance)”
  
  Performers: Center for Implementation of Creative Projects “Inclusion” of the Foundation for Support of the Deaf-Blind “Connection”
  
  Butoh is an experimental avant-garde Japanese dance founded by Tatsumi Hijikata in the 1960s, the birth of which he defined as the result of “an encounter with that which wanders.”
  
  inside the body." Butoh practice is one of the areas of work of Inclusion.School.Moscow with a group of deaf-blind and deaf-visually impaired people. The performance harmoniously combined several vectors of the group’s creative development: Butoh dance, Japanese poetry, music.
  
  Timing: 30 min.
  
  16:00 — 17:30
  
  Discussion« Bordersinclusion. Special groups:pro et contra»
  
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  Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkina, hall 29
  
  Participants:
  
  Olga Morozova, head of the Center for Aesthetic Education "Museion"
  
  Maria Dreznina, artist, art therapist, employee of the Museion Center for Aesthetic Education
  
  Polina Filippova, executive director of the Absolut-Help charity foundation
  
  Anna Shcherbakova, defectologist, employee of the Moscow State Psychological and Pedagogical University
  
  Alexander Sorokin, neurobiologist, employee of the Federal Resource Center for Comprehensive Support of Children with ASD, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
  
  Moderator — Evgenia Kiseleva, head of the department of inclusive programs of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin
- Conducted by Oksana Kitashova, junior researcher at the Department of Aesthetic Education of Children and Youth at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin
  
  Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin, 17-18 hall, Italian courtyard (hall 15)
  
  12:00 — 13:15
  
  Multisensorymaster-class “Object world of Japan”Edo era»
  
  Conducted by Evgenia Kiseleva, head of the department of inclusive programs of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin
  
  The world of things in Japanese culture is full of symbols, meanings and hierarchies. The screen, scroll and fan as forms of paintings occupy a special place in the exhibition of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin. A non-visual acquaintance with the attributes of everyday and festive culture of Japan is offered by the multisensory master class “The Object World of Edo Japan”. The lesson is intended for people with visual impairments, developmental disabilities, as well as everyone.
  
  Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin, Italian courtyard (hall 15)
- Master class on engraving and printmaking for visitors with special needs
  
  Conducted by Svetlana Kochetkova, head of the printmaking workshop of the Central Economics Center "Museion"
  
  Venue: Central Exhibition Center “Museion”, room 207
- Conducted by Natalya Kortunova, senior researcher at the department of art of European and American countries of the 19th-20th centuries
  
  Venue: Gallery of European and American Art of the 19th-20th centuries
- Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin
- Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin
- Conducted by Alexandra Bakun, a student at the Young Art Critics Club of the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin
  
  In the museum, in sculptures and paintings, various animals live: birds, fish, animals, even sometimes magical ones. During our walk through the museum, the children will get acquainted with its collection, learn how animals were depicted in different eras and assemble their own “Noah’s Ark”, which they can take with them.
  
  Venue: Main building of the Pushkin Museum named after. A.S. Pushkin
- Master class “Smell from a painting.”
  
  Conducted by Lisa Filimonova, a student at the Club of Young Art Critics of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin
  
  The sense of smell is one of the most powerful human senses. Thanks to it, old memories can pop up in a person’s head, everything around becomes brighter. We invite you to feel yourself not in front of the picture, but right in it, among the flowers and fruits.
  
  Venue: Gallery of European and American Art of the 19th-20th centuries, hall 14
- Conducted by Mark Omelchuk (13 years old), a student of the Art Lovers Club of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin
  
  In a programme:
  - acquaintance with paired portraits of German and Dutch artists of the Renaissance;
  - poetry of the 12th-16th centuries:

You will be able to see performances in sign language, voiced by professional announcers and translators. from 10 to 16 December on the stage of the Moscow Theater of Mimicry and Gesture. These days there will be the first open inclusive theater festival “Territory of Gesture”. 13 Russian and foreign theater groups will take part in it.

Among the theaters that will visit Moscow as part of the festival are the Theater of the Deaf from St. Petersburg, the Music of Sand theater from Kazan, the theater of facial expressions and gestures “Voice of Silence” from Ulan-Ude, the center for sociocultural animation “Amplitude of Silence” from Novosibirsk and many other. The theater troupes invited to participate in the event include both deaf and hearing actors.

At the festival, the Moscow Theater of Mimic and Gesture will present several new productions at once: the premiere of the play will take place at the opening "The Marriage of Don Juan", and the plays "Woman from the Shop Window" And "Name Day of Baba Yaga" will be included in the competition program.

Festival program "Territory of Gesture"

The jury of the competition - Honored Artists of Russia, teachers of theater universities, specialists in sign language and the art of pantomime - will select winners in the categories "Best Actor", "Best Actress", "Originality of Production", "Best Theater Group", "Best Theater Group" pantomime" and others.

In addition to competitive performances, the festival venues will host master classes in Russian sign language, acting and sand painting.

“It’s a pity that often hearing viewers, when they see the “Theater of Facial Expression and Gesture” on the poster, think that it is exclusively for the deaf and they have nothing to do there. Those hearing spectators who come to us then dramatically change their opinion about our theater and about the deaf in general. This is a theater that can show drama, comedy, musical performances, pantomime, and choreography. We want to be seen, heard and treated differently,” said the director of the Theater of Facial Expression and Gesture Nikolay Chaushyan, one of the initiators of the festival.

Live broadcasts Competition performances will be available to watch online. The final gala concert of the “Territories of Gesture” will be attended by ballet dancers and folk dance groups, circus performers and a gesture song choir, which will perform together with the soloist of the “Blue Eternity” military orchestra, Ismail Koros.

The festival will be held within the framework of the project “Support for the Theater of Facial Expression and Gesture” of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Entrance to all performances of the festival free. Invitations can be obtained at the box office of the Theater of Mimicry and Gesture.