Russian Youth Theatre

Russian Youth Theatre
Address Toronto
Canada
Opened 1999
Years active 1999-2014
Website
www.rctcc.ca
CINDERELLA. Veronika Anissimova - Cinderella, Stas Solomeanciuc - Prince
Tess Buchatsky as Clara in THE NUTRACKER

The Russian Youth Theatre is the first and only stationary Russian theatre in North America. Founded in 1999 by Nikolay Cherkasov and Andrew Kartuzov, the theatre promotes stage arts within Canada's Russian community with a number of broad-range productions for all ages. Staged productions include Samuil Marshak's The Cat's Mansion and Twelve Months, Cinderella and The Dragon by Evgeny Shvarts, Town Musicians of Bremen, The Woes of Wit by Aleksander Griboyedov, There Was a War Tomorrow by Boris Vasiliev, Funtik's Adventures, Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector General, The Nutcracker, Pinocchio, Mama, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, Love's Sublimation, Snow White, Cat Leopold New Year Adventures, Love For Three Oranges and many others. The Russian Youth Theatre's creative team has included artistic directors Nikolay Cherkasov, Valentina Souetova, and Gennadiy Dolganov, music director Andrew Kartuzov, choreographer Ekaterina Kornienkova, and costume designers Ekaterina Maryevych and Inessa Gorina.

Awards and Recognition

RYT has been a recipient of numerous cultural development awards in the past. Most recently, RYT was granted the Prestige Toronto 2013 award. .[1]

Every season, the Russian Youth Theatre presents its most distinguished actors with an award of excellence and merit. The purpose of this award is to recognize the accomplishments of its recipients and to celebrate their achievements in theatrical performance. Past winners of the award are Elena Hasnash, Veronika Anissimova, Dasha Bosaya, Nick Newcastle, Joseph Buchatsky, Nikita Talerchik, and Alexey Osipov.

Alumni

With nearly thirty actors in its regular troupe, the Russian Youth Theatre provides a multi-faceted approach to youth education in dance, music, and drama. Several of the theatre's alumni have gone on to make careers in the arts. Noteworthy alumni include model Taras Koltun [2], circus artist Andrei Anissimov, visual artist Alina Osipov [3], mezzo-soprano Veronika Anissimova [4], soprano Katya Shelehova [5], ethnomusicologist Polina Dessiatnichenko [6], dancer Maria Shalvarova.

Wit Works Woe

In 2009, the Russian Youth Theatre filmed the production of Wit Works Woe by Aleksander Griboyedov, in collaboration with the NTV Canada channel. The film was broadcast on television in 2010 and was followed by the live transmission of Cinderella.

Revival Dance Ensemble

The Revival Dance Ensemble[7] was established in 2002 under the Russian Youth Theatre by choreographer Ekaterina Kornienkova. Based in Toronto, Revival presents a full range of dance styles of different cultures. The ensemble makes regular appearances at the Canadian National Exhibition, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the Folklorama Festival, the Matryoshka Festival, and other important events.

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