Classes of the Pro Arte Foundation’s NE ZRYA project with participation of the visually disabled adults took place at the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after Tovstonogov. Master-class led by Anastasia Beshliu, graduate of the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute and actress of the ”Bad Theater”, was dedicated to the various theater practices. The theme of the master class: fantasy and faith. Blind, visually impaired and deaf-blind participants of the Laboratory worked on their characters, presented their speech features, and also worked with objects. 

*‘Ne zrya’ is a phrase in Russian having two very different meanings: ‘not seeing’ and ‘not in vain’.