In Kazan, winners of the award "Tantana" ("Triumph") -2017 announced

On the stage of the Tatar State Academic Theater named after G. Kamal, a solemn ceremony of awarding the annual theater prize of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan (Triumph) - 2017 was held.

We remind  "Tantana" has been  established by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan seven years ago, since then, it has been annually awarded on a competitive basis to the representatives of the dramatic, musical and puppet theaters of the republic for outstanding achievements. This is a kind of regional analogue of the prestigious Russian award "Golden Mask". This year to 11 traditional nominations one more was added - "The best performance for children". The size of the monetary prize in each of them is 50 thousand rubles.

In a jury  worked  Minister of culture  of the Republic of Tatarstan  Ayrat Sibgatullin,  Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan on Culture, Science, Education and National Affairs  Razil Valeev,  First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Elvira Kamalova, the famous Kazan theater scholar  Niyaz Iglamov,  head of the literary-dramaturgical part of the Kamalovsky Theater, Elena Shevchenko, candidate of philology, theatrical critic Aygul Gabiashi, leading specialist of the creative department of the Union of Theater Workers of the Republic of Tatarstan, teacher of  Kazan Theater college  Adilya  Khaibullina;  editor-in-chief of the magazine "Sakhna" (Scene), the Honored art worker of the Republic of Tatarstan Zinnur Husniyar; musicologist, journalist, public relations specialist of Kazan Musical College named after I.V. Aukhadeev, Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan  Sirina  Latypova; theatrist Fattahova Gulshat.

The winner in the most interesting and weighty nomination "Tantana " - "Event of the Year" was announced by the First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Elvira Kamalova. This title was awarded to the production by  Ilgiz Zainiev "Sak-Sok" in the Naberezhnye Chelny Puppet Theater. We remind  the play is one of the nominees of the Russian theater prize "Mask". Elvira Kamalova congratulated all those present in the hall with the International Theater Day: "Thank you from the huge army of spectators, for making us better, cleaner, you decorate our lives and we understand that there is something to strive for, there are goals and tasks."