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Department of Directing was established in 1959. Among the special departments of the KhSAC, it occupies one of the respected places. Graduates of the Department of Directing are known both in Ukraine and abroad. These are talented theater directors and actors, leaders of professional theater groups, directors of theatrical events, teachers of secondary and higher educational institutions of culture and arts.

In 2019, the department celebrated its 60th anniversary. During this period, its teachers carried out more than forty graduates of specialists. Precisely because the training of specialists at the Department of Directing was effective, its experience was offered in the educational process of colleges of culture and in institutions of higher education of culture and arts in many regions of Ukraine, where former students of KhSAC successfully work as teachers.

Now at the department of directing, which has become a real scientific and methodological center in the field of stage art of Slobozhanshchina, teachers work, whose creative, scientific and pedagogical work is marked by bright milestones related to its history. Great experience in the upbringing of creative youth for many years has been used by the Honored Artist of Ukraine, Candidate of Art History, Professor S. Gordeev, who successfully combines the duties of the head of the department with many years of pedagogical, scientific, creative and social activities. Along with him, his students teach at the department - directors known in Kharkov: Honored Artist of Ukraine O. Nastachenko, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Candidate of Art History V. Bugayova, Candidates of Art History R. Nabokov and O. Lachko, laureates of international theater festivals M. Ostrovskaya, I. Sikalov and K. Nastachenko.

In addition to scientific and pedagogical work, the teachers of the department take an active part in the embodiment of mass holidays, show programs, presentations, concerts and other theatrical events of the city. These are, first of all, annual events of the Main Department of Education and Science of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration: "Higher School of Kharkiv - the best names", "Teacher's Day", regional and city holidays: "City Day", "Victory Day", "Knowledge Day", "Wide Shrovetide", show contest "Queen of Kharkov" etc. Together with teachers, future directors take part in the organization and staging of these events, gaining the necessary practical experience. Without their participation, not a single artistic event takes place at the Academy itself; future directors are invited to concerts, holidays, presentations of creative programs in the districts of Kharkiv region, where they delight the audience with bright performing art. Students-directors also differ in the originality of the embodiment of the plan of productions, when they demonstrate creative abilities on the stage of the educational theater or perform at city, all-Ukrainian and international theater festivals.