The Festival is to be held with support of the Government of Russian Federation, Government of Moscow, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Department of Culture of the City of Moscow, the Governments of Spain, Italy, and some other countries.
The program of the 10th Festival is twofold: productions by foreign companies and the program of Moscow theatres.
The program of the 10th Festival features the stagings of such well-known and much loved in Russia grand masters of the world theatre as Philippe Genty and Mathurin Bolze of France, Sylvie Guillem, Robert Lepage, Russell Maliphant and Matthew Bourne of Britain, Romeo Castellucci of Italy. The Moscow audiences will see three one-act ballets choreographed by the classic of the American modern dance Merce Cunningham and dating from three different periods of his artistic career. The sets for the production of The Rainforest, also included in the CITF program, were designed by Andy Warhol. One of America’s most innovative and popular choreographers and unchallenged leader of “Momix Dance Company” Moses Pendleton will present his latest production of Botanica.
The 10th Festival will open with Declan Donnellan’s Russian-cast production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. This is a joint production of Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Theatre Les Gemeaux (Paris, Sceaux) in association with Cheek by Jowl (London, Great Britain)
The Moscow theatres will be represented at the Festival by the more interesting productions having been premiered over the past two seasons.
More Information: www.chekhovfest.ru/en
