Art as the point where a city comes together

The festival’s business programme is opened by its curator and co-founder of the company behind it — Katya Abdulova.

“Tochka Cuire” is conceived as an annual festival: contemporary dance, physical theatre, sound drama, exhibitions and conversations about how it all works — at one venue. In 2026 it is CSI “Byl” in Stary Oskol.

Katya will talk about how a festival with a zero budget and an audience with no established habit of contemporary art became a point where the city comes together — and what AELITA PRODUCTION does with it next.