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Sergei Volobuyev, Oleg Gabyshev and Dmitry Fisher, winners of the 2014 Russian Federation Presidential Prize for Young Cultural Professionals

The prize was awarded for development of Russia’s choreographic traditions.

Sergei Volobuyev, Oleg Gabyshev and Dmitry Fisher are soloists at the Eifman Ballet Theatre of St Petersburg.

Sergei Volobuyev was born on June 3, 1986, in Kovel (Ukraine) and graduated from the Kiev State Choreographic Institute in 2004.

Oleg Gabyshev was born on August 10, 1985, in Volgograd and graduated from the Novosibirsk State Choreographic College in 2003. He won St Petersburg’s highest theatre prize, Golden Spotlight, in 2010 and 2012, the Government of St Petersburg Prize for Literature, Arts and Architecture in 2010, the Government of St Petersburg Youth Prize for Artistic Creativity in 2011, the Government of the Russian Federation Prize for Culture in 2011, the Golden Mask national theatre prize in 2013, and Ballet Magazine’s Soul of Dance Prize in 2014. 

Dmitry Fisher was born on April 2, 1984, in Perm and graduated from Perm State Choreographic College in 2002. He won St Petersburg’s highest theatre prize, Golden Spotlight, in 2007, the Government of St Petersburg Prize for Literature, Arts and Architecture in 2010, and the Government of the Russian Federation Prize for Culture in 2011. 

The three dancers’ repertoire includes main roles in the Eifman Ballet’s unique performances. Boris Eifman’s stagings use the language of dance to speak of eternal themes such as the search for happiness for all, the cost of such happiness, the power of vice over humanity, the nature of true faith, and the human soul’s life.

Alexander Gorbunov, Vasily Kulygin and Alexei Lyalin, winners of the 2014 Russian Federation Presidential Prize for Young Cultural Professionals

The prize was awarded for their participation in creating the Mikhail Ulyanov State Northern Drama Theatre of Omsk. 

Alexander Gorbunov, Vasily Kulygin, and Alexei Lyalin are actors at the Mikhail Ulyanov State Northern Drama Theatre of Omsk.

Alexander Gorbunov was born on June 23, 1982, in Omsk and graduated from the Dostoyevsky Omsk State University in 2006.

Vasily Kulygin was born on March 18, 1981, in Omsk and graduated from the Dostoyevsky Omsk State University in 2006.

Alexei Lyalin was born on September 9, 1982, in Omsk and graduated from the Dostoyevsky Omsk State University in 2006.

In 2002, the group of young actors, together with their teacher, director Konstantin Rekhtin, arrived in the small Siberian town of Tara. The theatre’s troupe has changed over the years since then, but for the three actors, devotion to their life’s cause and work remained the most important thing. Their efforts to continue the best traditions of Russia’s small theatres have turned the Northern Theatre into Tara’s main focus of educational and cultural life.

Sofia Geveyler and Dmitry Petrov, winners of the 2014 Russian Federation Presidential Prize for Young Cultural Professionals

The prize was awarded for embodying humanist ideals in a documentary about the Paralympics, Spirit in Motion.

Sofia Geveyler wrote the screenplay and directed the film, and Dmitry Petrov was the animation director.

Sofia Geveyler was born on January 5, 1990 in Leningrad and graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 2013. She is director at the Ostrov Studio and the author of a number of documentaries that have won prizes at Russian and international film festivals. 

Dmitry Petrov was born on July 22, 1979, in Yaroslavl and graduated from the Repin Institute of Arts (St Petersburg) in 2007. He is an artist and director at the Alexander Petrov Studio animation studio. He has worked as artist and director for a number of animation and documentary films.

Experts agree that the film presents with talent the story of overcoming obstacles, strength of spirit and forging ahead despite the pain and circumstances in the way. Before the film was even completed, the International Paralympic Committee gave it the status of official film of the XI Sochi Winter Paralympics, the first time such a decision was made in the Paralympics’ more than 50-year history.