The Participants are to explore the topic of “Origins and new opportunities for dialog between Russian and Chinese theaters”. Speakers will reveal how strong the impact of the Russian theater school is on Chinese theater; what themes, names, ideas of Russian classics are relevant on the Chinese stage; how Russian theater is presented at Chinese touring venues; what are the achievements and prospects for the development of Russian-Chinese theatrical relations.
Moderator: Evgeny Mironov, Artistic Director of the State Theater of Nations, People's Artist of Russia, twice laureate of the State Prize.
Speakers:
- Tian Qinxin, Head of the National Theatre of China (China);
- Valery Gergiev, Artistic and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre;
- Kirill Krok, Director of the Yevgeny Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre;
- Liu Zhenyun, Writer, Playwright (China);
- Natalia Mazur, Director of the State Theater of Nations (Russia);
- Andrey Pronin, art director of the Pskov Academic Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin (Russia);
- Hongbo Zhang, CEO of the Chinese Literary Authors Society (China);
- Ning Wang, Director of the China National Grand Theater (NCPA, China);
- Fan Jing, Theatrical Producer of Vancy Culture Company (China).