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The Bolshoi Ballet Academy (BBA), one of the oldest and most established schools for classical ballet training, has produced numerous world-class dancers, teachers, and choreographers. With its 240-year history, the Academy is steeped in a rich cultural tradition with a strong curriculum and a pedagogy that focuses on strength, musicality, clarity, and personal expression. Most of the Principal Dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet graduated from the Academy and are among the leading dancers in the world today. Other current alumni include Principal Dancers, Artistic Directors, top ballet educators and scholars in the world. From some of the most accomplished dancers of the 20th century, including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Ekaterina Maximova, to the stars of the current generation, including Nina Ananiashvili, Vladimir Malakhov, Natalia Osipova, Alexei Ratmansky, Polina Semionova, and Nikolay Tsiskaridze, the Academy and its graduates continue to earn the highest honors and acclaims in the international dance world.
The Summer Intensive Programs incorporate the world-renowned Bolshoi Ballet Academy methods with a pedagogy supervised by the Dean of the Academy, Marina Leonova. Teachers come exclusively from Moscow's Academy to instruct students in Classical Ballet, Repertoire, Pointe, Variations, Character Dance, Historical Dance, Male Technique and Partnering*.
All mentioned programs are a partnership between New York based Russian American Foundation ("RAF") and Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet Academy ("Academy"). The Programs are operated in the United States by RAF, based on a ballet curriculum designed by the Academy and taught exclusively by its ballet teachers. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the RAF has no affiliation or responsibility for other programs operated or sponsored by the Academy in Russia or other parts of the world. Neither RAF nor the Academy are formally affiliated with Russia's Bolshoi Ballet Company.
