The shortlist for the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Prize has been announced

wikipedia.org | NVO/CC PAR 2.5Moscow Art Theater Chekhov presented the shortlist for the award. The list of nominees included directors Ivan Sosnin “Far Close” and Andrei Gordin with the play “It’s good that I’m like that”.The award was established in the year of the 125th anniversary of the theater’s founding. The award ceremony will take place on March 27. Now the expert council has submitted eight nominations.“There are eight nominations for the Art Theater Prize: ballet, opera, literature, film, theatre, contemporary art, classical music, contemporary academic music,” the prize organizers said.It should be noted that the nomination “Ballet” will be presented by Ildar Gainutdinov, who performs the main role in the ballet “Faun”. Alexei Putintsev, who plays the role of Florizel in The Winter’s Tale, and Elizaveta Kokoreva, who plays the role of the Sylphe in the ballet La Sylphide, will also be nominated for the prize. All productions are staged at the Bolshoi Theatre. According RT the winners will be able to present their creations on the New Stage of the Moscow Art Theater once a year.