by Amy Brandt | Oct 31, 2016 | Company Life
Translated by Helena Terteryan What does it take to train at Russia’s prestigious Vaganova Ballet Academy? Established in 1738, the venerable institution began an international trainee program in the early 1990s, accepting up to 40 foreign students each year....
by Amy Brandt | May 4, 2016 | Company Life
It was a tale of two competitions here in New York City last week: While Youth America Grand Prix was taking over Greenwich Village and Brooklyn, the Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition was underway uptown. (Which meant a lot of running around for this...
by Laura Cappelle | May 28, 2015 | Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. It may be a dancer’s dream to hit the headlines, but Angelina Vorontsova would rather forget the moment she did. Soon after the acid attack on Bolshoi Ballet director Sergei Filin, in January...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Scandal and rivalry are nothing new for the Bolshoi Theatre. Crushed glass being placed in pointe shoes, needles being left in costumes, and even a dead cat being thrown onstage instead of flowers are just a few of the whispered rumors that have plagued the theatre...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In a controversial move, former Bolshoi Ballet star Nikolai Tsiskaridze has been appointed rector of the renowned Vaganova Academy, associate school of the Mariinsky Ballet. Tsiskaridze is, to put it mildly, a polarizing figure. He has many admirers, but was fired...