One of the four major drama academies in the world , St. Petersburg State Drama University

The Russian State Academy of Stage Arts (formerly known as the St. Petersburg State Academy of Drama), located in st. Petersburg, the cultural center of Russia, is the oldest and largest theater academy in Russia, founded in 1779. It is one of the four major theatre schools in the world and a member of the World Federation of Theatre Education.

Institutional analysis

Located in St. Petersburg, the cultural center of Russia, holy theatre is the oldest and largest theater academy in Russia, built in 1779. The school is together with the State Repin Academy of Fine Arts, the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and is known as the Russian National Treasure Level, the European Temple Of Art Academy. The Holy Theatre is also the oldest and largest theatre academy in Europe; it is one of the four major theatre academies in the world and a member of the World Federation of Theatre Education. It is regarded as the oldest and largest theater school in Russia to train and impart all professional skills in the field of modern theatrical arts.

Holy Theatre is the world's top drama school and the most well-known drama school in the world with the Stanislavsky system as its teaching philosophy. The school has played a guiding role in the development of other drama schools in the world. The St. Petersburg State Drama Academy established diplomatic relations with the Central Academy of Drama on the mainland in the 1950s. In 2015, the Central Academy of Drama exchanged with the Academy of State Academy of Dramatic Arts of Saint Petersburg for the first time, and carried out cooperation projects, and the Holy Theatre is also the guiding academy of the Central Academy of Drama.

Every year, about 1,500 students from different countries study here, and its watch directing major is even more famous in the world. The school is known for its rigorous style and accurate selection system. The Faculty now has the Department of Acting, the Department of Directing, the Department of Theatre History and Criticism, the Department of Screenwriting, the Department of Ballet Performance, the Department of Dramatic Music, the Department of Integrated Arts and the Department of Set Design. There are dozens of professional directions under the nine faculties and there are related graduate and doctoral programs.

The college not only has a high degree of achievement in the field of theater, but also is famous in ballet education and music education, and its masterpieces "Sleeping Beauty", "Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake" are still far-reaching in the world as the pinnacle of ballet.

School history and achievements

Holy Theatre is a world-renowned comprehensive theater school. The Academy has extensive experience in teaching theatrical performances. World performing artist, the famous Soviet actor Nikolai Konstantinovich Chelkasov, who has starred in films such as "Peter the Great" and "Don Quixote", graduated from the school's acting department.

In terms of school drama creation, Lyudmila Rasumovskaya, a graduate of the screenwriting department, created the sensational "Forbidden Game of Youth"; the play was created in the 1980s, and in the last decade or so, it has been put on the stage of almost all countries in Europe, and it has also been staged in the United States and Canada. Where it plays, it causes a sensation. The school has always implemented the teaching policy of table directors in the Stanislavsky system in the teaching of directors, among which the director of the famous film "Quiet Don" Sergei Apollinarievich Gerasimov graduated from the department of directing.

St. Petersburg's operas are also renowned, and the Mariinsky Theatre is located in St. Petersburg as a world-renowned opera and ballet theater. The completion and opening of the Mariinsky Theatre heralded the dawn of a golden age in the history of opera in St. Petersburg. Verdi's The Power of Destiny was first performed here in 1862, and the composer was present. A large number of Western works translated into Russian quickly appeared on Mariinsky's stage, and at the same time, masterpieces of Russian national music, including the first Russian national operas, were staged here. Many of the college's graduates of the General Arts Management program have become theater managers and staff.

In this long history of more than two hundred years, the Academy has undergone a transformation and development from the realist tradition of the Imperial Drama School to the Mayerhold method of work. The leading teaching purpose of the Academy is still based on the Stanislavsky system, especially the dramatic techniques that it advocated in its later years and are well known in Russia, namely: the method of physical action and the method of action analysis; in addition, the "biomechanical method" of Meyerhold is also included in the academy's actor training system. The Academy strives to combine traditional training methods with contemporary innovative ideas, especially those based on the achievements of Russian theater in the 20th century. This pedagogical philosophy has allowed st. Petersburg State Academy of Dramatic Arts to remain in close contact with the forefront of theatre education and performance.

Professional settings

At present, the school has 7 faculties, namely the School of Acting and Directing, the School of Drama and Music, the School of Puppet Theatre, the Department of Stage Design and Theatre Technology, the School of Drama, the School of Screenwriting, and the School of Integrated Arts and Stage Design.

1. Department of Acting

There are 7 majors in drama performance/theatrical performance creation/variety show performance/puppet show performance/opera performance/pantomime performance

2. Department of Directing

There are 7 majors in Theatre Director/Musical Theatre Director/Film and Television Director/Variety Show Director/Puppet Theatre Director/Ballet Director/Opera Director

3. Department of Theatre History and Criticism

There are 4 majors in Theater History/Theater Criticism/Russian Literature/Theater Communication

4. Department of Screenwriting

There are 3 majors in drama research/drama script writing/film and television script creation

5. Department of Ballet Performance

There are 2 majors in ballet performance/ballet choreography

6. Department of Drama and Music

There are 8 majors in theatrical music creation/ live director/ audio equipment application/ theatrical music performance/ orchestral conductor/ orchestra performance/ electronic orchestra conducting/ electronic orchestra performance

7. Department of Comprehensive Art

There are 7 majors in Management and Production/ Ticket Design / Poster Design / Ticket Distribution / Theatre Production / Film and Television Planning / Drama and Film and Television Communication

8. Department of Set Design

Puppet Theatre Stage Art and Design / Puppet Theatre Stage Art / Puppet Theatre Stage Technology / Stage Art / Wiah Design are a total of 5 majors

9. Department of Stage Technology

Stage Lighting/Stage Smoke/Stage Design/Theater Design have a total of 4 majors

School advantages

1. Holy Theatre is the oldest and largest theatre school in Europe;

2. One of the four major drama academies in the world and one of the members of the World Federation of Theatre Education;

3. Ranked fifth in the world among performing universities

4. The largest performing arts education and research center in Europe

5. Russian National Treasure Level, European Temple-level Art Academy