Warmest compliments and greetings to laureates of the World Ballet Grand Prix, their teachers and Ms. Leonova, the Academy Principal!

First Prize & Gold Medal (Juniors group)

Shintaro Aboshi– 1st year, secondary education course; teacher – Denis Medvedev, Merited Artist of Russia

First Prize & Gold Medal (Seniors group)

Haruka Toyoda– 3rd year, secondary education course; teacher – Irina Pyatkina, Merited Artist of Russia

Suzu Yamamoto– 2nd year, secondary education course; teacher – Professor Irina Syrova

Warmest compliments and greetings to laureates of the 6th International Competition of Young Performers of Classical, Folk and Modern Dance “DANCEMOSCOW”

(Professionals group)

1st Prize

Haruka Toyoda, 3rd year, secondary education course; teacher – Irina Pyatkina, Merited Artist of Russia

2nd Prize

Classical dance, pa-de-deux. Middle level group.

Sophia Pisareva – 3rd year; teacher – Ekaterina Trunina

3st Prize

Roxy Slavin – 4rd year, teacher – Ekaterina Trunina

Christmas concerts on December 17th, 19th, 2019

The students of the Academy performed the Ballet “Nutcracker”, choreography of Winonen, music of Tchaikovsky on the stage of the Academy theater. This ballet performance will be shown during the dance tour in Greece on December 22th-30th, 2019

From late June through August 2019, the Bolshoi Ballet Academy hosted the Summer Intensive Master Classes in classical dance, folk dance arranged for stage performances and gymnastics, as well as intensive courses in Russian for students form the USA. The Master Classes and Intensive Course take place every year, as parts of the collaboration project pursued by the Academy and the Russian American Foundation.

Young students form the USA spent several weeks at the Academy’s classes and rehearsal studios practicing the basics of the Russian school of classical ballet dance, developing flexibility of their bodies and nurturing their musical sense and stage talents.

As usual, the program also included Russian classes and numerous cultural events and excursions in Moscow.

The Bolshoi Ballet Academy hosted the annual Summer Intensive Course in Russian for students form the USA – a part of the NSLI Program for Youth – Scholarships to Study Language Abroad. Day by day, guests form overseas practiced the basics of the Russian grammar in an effort to use the newly acquired knowledge at numerous cultural events and during their visits to Russian companies and American culture and business venues located in Moscow.

In July 2019, the Academy’s freshman Shintaro Aboshi (class of Denis Medvedev) competed in the Namue Ballet Competition (Kyoto, Japan) and won 1st place in 15-18 y.o. category.

In August 2019, Shintaro competed in the All-Japan Ballet Competition- 2019 and won 1st place and Grand Prix in the “Juniors (13-15 y.o.)” category.

Well done, Shintaro! Congratulations to you and your teacher Denis Medvedev!

SHINTARO ABOSHI

ABOUT THE COMPETITION
IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUND I MADE SOME UNBELIEVABLE MISTAKES THAT I HAD NEVER MADE BEFORE. I WAS VERY SAD AND DISAPPOINTED. HOWEVER I DID MANAGE TO PASS THE QUALIFICATION ROUND, AND IN THE FINALS I TRIED MY BEST TO DANCE PAYING ATTENTION TO DIFFERENT THINGS I HEAD LEARNED IN RUSSIA, IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES.
ON STAGE, THE FINAL PART WAS THE ONE I WAS MOST ANXIOUS ABOUT, BUT I WAS LUCKY AND MANAGED TO PERFORM MY NUMBER WITHOUT NOTICEABLE MISSES.
I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE I MANAGED TO WIN THIS WONDERFUL COMPETITION.
I AM GOING TO USE LESSONS I LEARNED IN THE COURSE OF THE COMPETITION IN THE FUTURE.

・ABOUT CLASSICAL BALLET TRAINING
WHEN I STUDIED BALLET IN JAPAN, WE ONLY WORKED ON OUR TECHNIQUES, NEVER PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BASICS. THAT IS WHY I CAME TO RUSSIA.
I AM VERY GLAD TO BE ATTENDING THE CLASS OF Денис Владимирович THIS YEAR. I HAVE BEEN LEARNING A LOT OF NEW AND IMPORTANT THINGS. THE GOAL IS NOT TO LET THEM BE JUST «SUBJECTS» I TAKE — I WANT TO REALLY EXCEL IN WHAT MY TEACHER TEACHES ME.
OF COURSE, WITH BETTER RUSSIAN PROFICIENCY MY STUDIES WILL GO SMOOTHER, SO I INTEND TO BRUSH UP MU RUSSIAN AS WELL.

I am Edward Cooper from Australia. Ever since being in the Bolshoi production of Le Corsaire which toured to Australia in 2013, I had dreamed of studying at the Bolshoi academy.

My teachers at the academy are very wise and experienced. They always have corrections and notes for us to improve. My classmates are all very talented and inspire me each day.

I am in a room with 2 other boys. The room has good space with a desk to do homework. I also take Russian language and Russian literature classes which although are difficult are very interesting and enjoyable.

I am so glad that I have have the opportunity to study at this academy, and that it has given me the knowledge pursue a career in dance.

I am Rachel Armstrong from Great Britain. I highly recommend this academy to anyone who is thinking of applying It is academy with very high standards in everything which produces very hard working students soon to become successful professionals.

The classes are very well structured to help each student improve in all areas needed. I particularly enjoy gymnastic which gives us strength needed for ballet class. I also enjoy learning different styles of dance such as character and historical and the dances from different ballets which not only helps with understanding steps and technique but also characterization in each dance.

The studios are all raked which prepares everyone for dancing on the stage. Each studios has mirrors to help the students correct themselves, understand what their body is doing.

I am in a room with 3 other girls. The room have good space with a desk to do homework. The dorm are also very clean and there are many different areas to socialize and stretch. The food is very good and provides energy for everyone to work hard all day.

I am Stefanija Gashtarska and I am a 2nd course student at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. Since I was little my biggest dream was to study in Moscow in this academy. When my dream came true I was the happiest girl in the world. Before I came here i had a lot of questions in my head: who’s gonna be my teacher, are the friends and the teachers nice, will I miss my family, is the area safe etc.
To be honest when I came I was surprised.
The good thing about this academy is that all of the students are really kind and always ready to help you, I have a lot of friends from all over the world.
The teachers. All of them very passioned and nice. My classical teacher is Irina Mihaylovna Pyatkina. She is like my second mum. It’s a pleasure for me to work with such an amazing ballerina and person.
Here I got the chance to dance a lot! In the Christmas concert I danced “Raymonda” variation. And also in the greatest Bolshoi theater! I did the Rose Adagio from the ballet “Sleeping beauty”. I was honored to work with my teacher, with Marina Konstantinovna Leonova and Valeri Viktorovich Anisimov. I am so thankful that they believed in me.
The academy is near the center witch means near Bolshoi Theater ( aprox. 15 minutes with metro). We all go and watch performances when we are free.
Everyone here is like my family and I feel like home ❤️