The international festival of stage fencing “Silver Sword” named after N.V. Karpov was held for the 14th time at the GITIS Theatre on
Participants of the festival — professional actors and students of theatre schools demonstrated their mastery of the blade. They competed in 5 categories: best fight, original fight, best male performer, best female performer, best teaching and staging work.
Outstanding performances were also awarded with prizes from the Rector of GITIS, the President of the festival, the Association of stuntmen for the best fencing trick, as well as an audience choice prize. Handmade designer blades were awaiting the best of the competitors.
Important part of the programme, during the contest there were workshops on stage movement and fencing. The festival closed up with the traditional gala concert with participation of GITIS from the acting faculty, the faculty of novel form of stage arts and the faculty of musical theatre.





