by Claudia Bauer | Apr 11, 2019 | Career, Profiles
Before Maria Khoreva danced her first performance as a member of the Mariinsky Ballet, she was already a superstar, with devoted Instagram fans following her life as a pupil in the Vaganova Academy (follow her @marachok). Her talent was already obvious—as were...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 14, 2017 | Profiles
Hollywood portrayals of the dance world tend to be either campy love stories or dark, twisted melodramas. But a new French drama coming soon to American cinemas offers a more introspective (and authentic) perspective of one dancer’s search for artistic...
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...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
These days, we know Svetlana Zakharova as an international ballet superstar. As a young student at St. Petersburg’s prestigious Vaganova Academy, however, she was…well, still a superstar, just on a slightly smaller scale. Here are some excerpts from her...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The Vaganova Academy has been a powerhouse for supreme technicians and artists for centuries. Iconic names—Balanchine, Nureyev, and Zakharova, to name a few—have sprung from the St. Petersburg school. Vaganova training transforms students to master the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Don Quixote overflows with humor, flirtation and romance. And what better character to gather romance and energy than Cupid—performed in this video by the Bolshoi Ballet’s Evgenia Obraztsova. Obraztsova is one of the elite few holding the dream title of prima...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
(Vaganova Academy graduate Olga Smirnova and Karim Abdullin, photo by Damir Yusupov) Even though he was Russian and trained at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, George Balanchine’s work has never been performed by students at the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
At the Vaganova Ballet Academy, being chosen to dance a leading role in the final graduation performance is no small honor. One of the top ballet programs in the world, the Academy was founded in 1738 and has since trained countless stars, including Anna Pavlova,...