Meeting between mass media representatives and directorate and panel of festival critics is held prior several hours to opening of XI International theatrical festival «Nauruz»

Today, on June 3, before several hours to opening of  XI International theatrical festival of Turkic nations «Nauruz», at the press center of the festival, a meeting between media representatives and directorate, panel of critics of the festival  took place.

In the press –conference took part the following: Irina Myagkova, Chairman of the critic’s board  of the festival  – prominent in Russia and abroad theatrical critic, theatre specialist, candidate of art critics, art critic,  translator  (Moscow); Marina Korchak  - chief of Cabinet of drama theatres of the Union of theatrical figures of Russia (Moscow); artistic director of the festival, chairman of the Union of theatrical figures of Tatarstan  Farid Bikchentaev and director of the festival  Ilfir Yakupov .

The issues of organization and development of the festival, principle of selecting theatres-participants, festival grounds and other interested questions    were debated.

Artistic director of the festival  Farid Bikchentayev  underlined that    XI «Nauruz a crossroad: «First festivals were  built such way to show all the theatres of our Turkic  family. But that  was more  festival of friendship of peoples than  a theatrical event. Now,   selection of performances for the festival is more rigid, and this is  right.  We should see  how theatrical  process is progressing  in Turkic world».

Irina  Myagkova during a press conference marked that  Kamal theatre  thanks to  «Nauruz »  became a leader among the   Turkic  theatres. «In each language group there is always a theatre-patron. For instance, at the Finn-Ugor festival, people stand in   awe to Finnish theatres. In Turkic world, a Turkish theatre once was a leader,  but by artistic parameters   their theatre is difficult to refer to leaders. Kazan took responsibility for arranging  «Nauruz – this is an immense responsibility and at the same time a political merit, And I  can clear-cut say that today Tatarstan  and Tatar theatre after Kamal is a leader».

Press- service, RT Ministry of culture