LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Choreografija; Giedrius Mackevičius; Lietuvos teatras; Pantomima; Plastinė drama; Režisūra; „Balaganėlis“; Choreography; Giedrius Mackevičius; Lithuanian theatre; Mime; Pantomime; Plastic drama; Theatre direction; „The Puppet Show“.
ENAcquaintance with Giedrius Mackevičius in Kaunas. Mackevičius arrives in Moscow, and enrols on a course at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS), taught by Professor Maria Iosifovna Knebel. Starts working with the pantomime enthusiast team. First steps at the Cultural Centre of the I.V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. The creative process of the first play "Balaganchik" (based on a work by Alexander Blok). Mackevičius seeks to find his own style. The premiere of the play "Balaganchik" at a cinema in an outlying district of Moscow. [From the publication]