Topics for discussion:
- The role of educational institutions in promoting national cultural traditions on the international stage.
- Internationalization of arts education: pros and cons.
- Art and education: pathways of interaction for forming a shared cultural space.
- Ethnic and cultural differences in arts education: myth and reality.
- Creating an international educational product: avenues and opportunities.
- Symbols and images of culture in student creativity: how does art shape worldviews?
- How educational processes influence the perception and reproduction of symbols and images of various cultures.
Moderator:
Grigory Zaslavsky, Rector, Russian Institute of Theatre Arts — GITIS.
Speakers:
- Saito Manami, Chair of the Board of Directors, Japan Dance Research Academy;
- Oumy Sene, Secretary General, Russian Cultural Center “Kalinka”;
- Viktor Nizhelskiy, Senior Researcher; Associate Professor of Directing and Acting; Russian Institute of Theatre Arts — GITIS; Moscow State University of Culture;
- Ergobek Kulbekuly, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, T. K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts;
- Vicente Barrientos, President, BRICS Center;
- Mahmud Mirzo Nazarzoda, Rector, Tajik Institute of Culture and Arts;
- Evgeny Knyazev, Rector, Shchukin Theatre Institute;
- Irakli Khintba, Director General, F. A. Iskander State Russian Drama Theatre;
- Alexey Vasiliev, Rector, St Petersburg State Conservatory named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov;
- Natalia Pakhomova, Rector of the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (RGISI);
- Vladimir Malyshev, Rector of the Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK);
- Elena Yaremenko, Director of the Institute of Animation and Digital Technologies, VGIK;
- Yaroslava Kabalevskaya, Assistant to the Rector, Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Russian Music, PhD in Art History, Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.