Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС | |
Former names | State Institute of Theatre Arts (Gosudarstvenniy institut teatralnogo iskusstva/GITIS) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 22 November 1878 |
| Rector | Григорий Заславский |
| Head of International Department | Natalia Plusnina |
Academic staff | 185 |
| Students | 1,500 |
| Location | Moscow , Russia , Russian Federation 55°45′18″N 37°36′11″E / 55.755°N 37.603°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | gitis |
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| Location | 6 Maly Kislovsky, Moscow |
The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (Russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС, romanized: Rossiyskiy institut teatralnogo iskusstva – GITIS) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, the school was founded on 22 September 1878 as the Shostakovsky Music School. It became the School of Music and Drama of the Moscow Philharmonic Society in 1883, was elevated to the status of a conservatory in 1886 during which time the institution was colloquially referred to as the Philharmonic Conservatory. It was renamed the Institute of Music and Drama in 1918, and was known as the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS) from 1934 to 1991.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ Taylor, Philip S. (2007). Anton Rubinstein: A Life in Music, p. 201. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34871-5.
- ^ Ėfros, Anatoliĭ; Thomas, James, translator (2006). The Joy of Rehearsal: Reflections on interpretation and Practice, p. 209. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-6338-4.
- ^ Hartnoll, Phyllis (1983). The Oxford Companion to the Theatre, p. 742. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-211546-1. Snippet view at Google Books.