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Holiday “Kruzhilin Toloki” is a Mass Form of Theatrical Art

On March 28, 2017, in Moscow, there was held the XI Awarding Ceremony of the All-Russian professional prize “Faces of the Mass Theatre” for the best mass theatrical projects of 2016. The literary ethnographical holiday “Kruzhilin Toloki” was awarded a diploma in the nomination “The Best National Holiday” and a letter of thanks for the contribution into the ethnocultural development of the peoples of Russia.

“Faces of the Mass Theatre” is the main prize of Russia in the field of theatrical mass performances having no analogues either in Russia or abroad. It awards the best theatrical projects and their authors according to the results of the annual competition for creative achievements in the field of the mass forms of theatrical art. The prize was established in 2005 by the Union of Theatrical Figures of Russia and the Public Relations Committee of Moscow. From 2005, the prize winners were 116 authors-directors and their projects including grand cultural programs dedicated to the 65th and the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the 75th anniversary of the legendary parade on Red Square of 7 November, 1941, the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of Kazan, a multimedia show “Ode to the Motherland” in Petergof, the Opening Ceremony of the XXVII World Summer Universiade in Kazan, the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games Sochi-2014, the Opening Ceremony of the VI World Sport Games “Children of Asia” in Yakutsk, and many others. From 2013, the Prize co-organizer is the Council of the All-Russian public organization “Assembly of the Peoples of Russia”, and from 2017 – “Commonwealth of Festive Industry Workers” under the support of the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture.

In 2016, the competition jury received about a hundred various projects from 60 regions of Russia from Kamchatka to Kaliningrad, from Ukhta to Derbent.

The feature of the present competition is a diversity of subjects and forms of the projects presented.

Valeriya Sholokhova