THEATER DIALOGUE: TURKMEN PUPPETEERS MEET WITH ARMENIAN COLLEAGUES

Representatives of the Turkmen State Puppet Theater and the Yerevan State Puppet Theater held an online meeting. Head of the Department of Acting Technique and Scenic Speech of the Theater Faculty of the Turkmen State Institute of Culture, Aymammed Ishankuliev told about the activities of the Puppet Theater in our country. 

In turn, Director of the Puppet Theater Ruben Abrahamyan invited his Turkmen colleagues to take a virtual tour, introducing them to the secrets behind the scenes and telling about the peculiarities of the creative activity of the theater, which was opened in 1987.

The repertoire of the Yerevan State Puppet Theater includes performances for children and adults, folk tales and performances based on foreign classics.

Speaking about the biography of the Turkmen Puppet Theater, representatives of our country noted that the people in Yerevan had the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the Turkmen State Puppet Theater during the tour that took place in 2014 on the stage of the Yerevan State Puppet Theater named after Hovhannes Tumanyan.

As it was noted during the meeting, the acquaintance with the activities of the Yerevan Puppet Theater opened up a new direction of cooperation for the Turkmen stage masters and will allow establishing a mutually beneficial dialogue between specialists from various services of the two theaters, including puppet masters.

In conclusion of the video bridge, the meeting participants expressed their desire to exchange creative visits as soon as such an opportunity arises.

The meeting was organized with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan and the diplomatic mission of our country in Yerevan.