The theatre awaits them (1981)

Meeting of applicants of the Moscow Theatre and Art Technical School with teachers.

Posters of the educational theatre, school stands with puppets, costumes.

Young people walk along the street, enter the school building.

Young people at the stand with the announcement: list of the school faculties.

Lighting technicians in the circus wheelhouse.

Panoramic view of the fountain.

Aerial acrobats performing.

Preparation for the play "The Seagull" on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theatre.

The "Beryozka" ensemble performing.

The building, the fountain in the Bolshoi Theatre square.

Young artist in the open air.

A model poses for students in the workshop.

A teacher with students.

Students learn fabric painting, costume sewing.

Costume fitting.

Students in the Tretyakov Gallery.

In the costume department of the Satire Theatre, actress O. Aroseva tries on a costume for the play "Mad Money" made by a student of the school.

The curtain opens at the Vakhtangov Theatre, a scene from the play "Old Vaudevilles".

Literature and mathematics lessons at the school.

The "Chemistry in Dolls" stand in the chemistry lab.

Classes in sculpture, props, and a puppet workshop.

Students act out the play "Puss in Boots" using dolls they made with their own hands.

Classes in lighting and radio engineering classes.

The school's educational theatre, installation of scenery.

Students work in the lighting and sound rooms.

A parade on the circus arena, the lighting changes.

A clown rises on balloons.

Classes in the school's make-up room: students do portrait make-up of N. Gogol and A. Pushkin.

Spectators in the hall of the school's educational theater.

An excerpt from the play "The Taming of the Shrew" (synchronously).

A hand applies make-up to an actress.

A graduate of the TKhTU, leading make-up artist of "Mosfilm" T. Krylova and her assistant apply make-up to actress G. Belyaeva for the film by A. Pavlova.

Photo of ballerina A. Pavlova.

Hands sort through the photos. T. Krylova talks about her work in the make-up room (synchronously).

Filming of the film "Anna Pavlova": director E. Lotyanu, actress G. Belyaeva and T. Krylova on the set.

The chandeliers in the auditorium of the Bolshoi Theater are lit.

Bolshoi Theatre artist-technologist G.V.Shevelev and stage machinist V.Kashlikov (graduates of TCTU) supervise the installation of scenery for the opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila". G.V.Shevelev talks about his work (synchronously).

Installation of stage lighting.

A worker nails down the scenery.

Checking the scenery mechanism.

The chandelier goes out.

Prologue of the opera, panning from the orchestra to the stage.

Illustrations for Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila".

TCTU costume designers students defend their diplomas.

A group of students walks along Kalininsky Prospekt.

Moscow street.