The rector of Vaganovka will be selected in 2014

In 2014, with the participation of alternative candidates, the elections of the rector of the Academy of the Russian Ballet named after A.Ya. Vaganova.

This was announced at a press conference in the Boris Yeltsin presidential library, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, ITAR-TASS reports.

Touching upon the audit of the economic activity of the Academy, which the commission of the Ministry of Culture began here, Medinsky said that such checks are always carried out when changing the leadership in the institution. The check will take a month if it does not need to continue it.

Now the duties of the rector of the Academy of the Russian Ballet are performed by the ex-prime minister of the Bolshoi Theater Ballet Nikolai Tsiscaridze , appointed by the Ministry of Culture. This appointment caused a protest of teachers of the Academy and Ballet Artists of the Mariinsky Theater.

In 2014, at least another five applicants will run for the post of head of the university. The date of the election will be determined by the Academy by the Academy by the Academy after the New Year holidays, the minister said.