This book shows how the totalitarian ideology of the Soviet period shaped the practices of Soviet theatre for youth. It weaves together politics, pedagogy and a

A latecomer continually hampered by government control and interference, the Russian theatre seems an unlikely source of innovation and creativity. Yet, by the

There is a complex relationship between performance, youth, and the shifting material circumstances (social, cultural, economic, ideological, and political) und

A fully updated new edition of this overview of contemporary Russia and the influence of its Soviet past.

This collection of new essays explores the role played by women practitioners in the arts during the period often referred to as the Belle Epoque, a turn of the