by April Deocariza For Dance Teacher | Oct 27, 2021 | News
Cuban dynamo Joan Boada was a leading star of San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet), where he performed as a principal dancer for 17 years. During that time, he lent his power, charisma and refinement in works by Helgi Tomasson, George Balanchine, Yuri Possokhov and...
by Margaret Fuhrer for Dance Spirit | Jul 4, 2018 | Career, Training, Trending
World, if you haven’t already, meet Jay Ledford. She’s an incredibly gifted 18-year-old student at the Kirov Academy of Ballet with lines for dayyyyys. She’s also transgender. And describing her as inspiring is a bit of an understatement. Jay began...
by Lisa Traiger | Dec 1, 2009 | Company Life
Patricia Zhou’s dancing exemplifies the benefits of Vaganova training: A 16-year-old junior at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC, Zhou has a gracious épaulement, expressive limbs and precise execution, along with softness, breath and pliancy....
