The Babkina Theater on Olympic Avenue has existed since 1993. His repertoire includes performances, concerts, shows, festivals. The theater is led by People’s Artist of Russia Nadezhda Georgievna Babkina.
About the theater
The Babkina Theater on Olimpiysky Avenue is a modern building, built in the Art Nouveau style. Its stage is unique and universal, any events can be held here. The theater is equipped with the latest technology. The auditorium is transforming. Acoustic characteristics are some of the best in Europe.
The Babkina Theater (Olympic Avenue, 14) is equipped with comfortable dressing rooms, large rehearsal rooms.
Only talented, vibrant artists work in the teams of the theater.
High professionalism, creativity, skill - all this is the Babkina Theater (Olimpiysky Prospekt, 14). How to get to this wonderful cultural institution? It is most convenient to do this on the subway. The closest stations to the theater are Dostoevskaya and Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Further on foot. The map presented in this article will help you find the right path.
To make it easier to find a theater, you should pay attention to the objects that are near it. Nearby are Suvorovskaya Square and Catherine Park. And right in front of the theater, which is located in Diamond Hall, a multi-story business center, is Grandfather Durov’s Corner.
Repertoire
Concerts, performances, musical tales, dance programs and various shows are offered to the audience by the Babkina Theater (Olympic Avenue). Repertoire for 2016:
- "The show of giant soap bubbles."
- “Dinner with a fool” (performance).
- Concert of Igor Mirkurbanov.
- "The Night Before Christmas" (folk musical).
- "Epics and buffoons."
- "Cinderella" (puppet show).
- "Kostroma" (national show).
- "Dawn-Charger" (festival of amateur groups).
- "Cinderella" (puppet show).
- "Dance Ornaments of Russia"
- Concert of all groups of the theater N. Babkina "Russian Song".
- "Puss in Boots" (musical performance).
- "Evening on the Garden" (interactive dance program).
- “Music-parking-2016” (international competition of pop-jazz vocals).
- “Bird of happiness” (Russian ice show).
- “Deniskins Stories” (performance).
- Show "Rain."
- "Living sounds of epic Russia."
- "Fly-Tsokotuha and Cockroach" (musical tale).
- "Dance Kaleidoscope" and other events
Theater groups
The Babkina Theater on Olympic Avenue is a mix of several groups assembled together:
- The ensemble "Russian song". After 5 years of its existence, it grew into a theater.
- The group "Russian Song - XXI Century". Her repertoire includes ethnic works and folklore.
- Show ballet "Living Planet". The team creates dances in which folk motifs and modern styles coexist.
- Group "After 11". The collective repertoire includes folk and original songs, pop-rock compositions.
- Dima Kalinin, nicknamed "Mad Balalaika." A virtuoso musician who performs music of various styles.
- Ballet "Russian Seasons". During its creative life, the ensemble has created more than 400 productions.
- The ensemble "Theater of folk music." The musicians' repertoire includes folk compositions, Cossack and Russian ritual songs, ancient Slavic motifs.
Children's studio
The Babkina Theater (Olimpiysky Prospekt 14) accepts children from 3 to 16 years old to study at the Heritage Folk Studio. Here, boys and girls join their origins, develop spiritually, learn the traditions of their people, become free and learn to be more open. The study of Russian folklore is both a creative development and patriotic education. Children are trained by professional choreographers and choirmaster. The best students of the studio participate in competitions, as well as get the opportunity to perform together with Nadezhda Babkina and the Russian Song ensemble. Everyone is admitted to the Heritage studio, everyone is given a chance to join the art.
Nadezhda Babkina
The Babkina Theater on Olympic Avenue was formed from the ensemble "Russian Song" in 1993. Nadezhda Georgievna, his permanent leader, was also its creator.
N. Babkina was born in the Astrakhan region in 1950. She is a hereditary Cossack woman, and from an early age she sang. Nadezhda Georgievna was very fond of speaking to the public. Being a student of the 10th grade, she won the All-Russian youth competition. N. Babkina graduated from the Astrakhan School of Music, and then the Gnesins Moscow Institute, department of choral conducting. In 1985, she studied at the higher theater courses in GITIS with a degree in "Director of mass performances." N. Babkina was awarded a large number of titles and awards. Today, she is not only the head of the song theater, she continues to perform, tour, takes part in television projects, is a State Duma deputy and is engaged in charity work.