Russian State Institute of Performing Arts

Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
Российский государственный институт сценических искусств
Building at Mokhovaya Street
TypePerforming arts
Established1779
Location,
Websitewww.rgisi.ru/en/

The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (Russian: Российский государственный институт сценических искусств), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinema (LGITMiK), is a theatre school in Saint Petersburg. It is the oldest Russian state theatre school, being founded in 1779, and has incorporated several mergers of other institutions during its history, including the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatre Institute and the Leningrad Institute of Art History.

It is located at 34 Mokhovaya Street.