Many years are gone and now this school (currently named Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet) is one of the best oldest ballet academy in the world.
Arabesque, ballon, fouetté jeté, grand plié, pas de chat… words sound like french music, so complicated, but so appealing…
Maya Plisetskaya is known as the legend Russian ballerina with the most long-term career in ballet. Her dad was repressed during the Stalinist purges in 1938, mom was arrested and sent to a labor camp in Kazakhstan, so Maya stayed with her aunt, ballerina Sulamith Messerer.
Maya start dancing in Bolshoi theatre and in 1960 became a prime ballerina. The most known roles: Odette-Odille in Swan Lake, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Raymonda, Mistress of Copper Mountain in the Stone Flower, Mehmene Banu in Legend of Love and Carmen in Carmen Suite. She could do ballon like no one else, has great plastic and charisma. Just check her Carmen suita video.
It’s really magic, isn’t it? She dance very emotional and people watched the show could not take eyes of her.
She is 85 years old now, happily married to Rodion Shchedrin, Russian composer. Maya doesn’t have children, because she wanted to dance all her life and she thought children can bother career.
Where to see Russian ballet:
Go and see the best Russian classical ballet which performing on stage of the Russian Academic Youth Theatre (RAMT) in Moscow until August 28! The Summer Ballet Seasons in Moscow are an integral part of the summertime cultural life. Repertoire is here.
Tikets cost from 400 rub to 2000 rub. To book tickets send request to one of these e-mails: event@consarta.ru or zakaz@ballet-letom.ru. Also you can book by phone: +7 495 692 00 69.
Regular performances shows in Bolshoi theatre, season starts in September, 2011. See schedule of performances in the website.
What to do else:
Everyone who admire grace and plastic of ballet dancers can try to go to choreography classes for children and adults. Classic choreography or body-ballet is quite popular trend in dance schools. Body Ballet – is adapted exercise complex based on techniques of classical choreography. Workout includes aerobic dance and stretching exercises. Body ballet can help to strengthen your body, improve muscles, balance and easiness of movement. You will feel an amazing difference in how your body feels.
In Moscow there are many dance schools and studios with professional dance instructors. Price per one lesson starts from 200 rub. Eight lessons – 2500 -4000 rub.
Dance schools with classical choreography lessons in Moscow:
Vesta dance Tretyakovskaya metro station, Bolshoi Ordynsky pereulok, 4. phone: +7 (495) 543-86-94, 2600 rub/ 8 lessons. Vary time of classes, vary quantity of students per one lesson. May come 3 person, next time – 10. Small, but cozy studio located in Zamoskvorechie old Moscow district. Close to Nikolay bar and buffet.
Ballet reverance Arbatskaya metro station, Novy Arbat st., 2 / 2 (pass the arch and turn right, 2nd floor) phone: +7 499 390 2102 3800 rub/ 8 lessons. During August girls from the Reverance Studio will show their pas, adagio and battement in Sokolniki Park, Trubetskoy place and Ekaterinensky garden. You can not just look, you are welcome to join and learn some exercises for free. The next master class will be held 21.08.2011 at 14:00 in The Trubetskoy place, Frunzenskaya metro station at summer concert stage of Young Talents.
Ballet dlia vsekh opened in 2001 by Sergey Radchenko, who played with Maya Plisetskaya in Carmen Suite. He was the first art director of the school. Good school for children – only 3-6 person per class. 4650 rub/ 8 lessons (3-6 persons) Tsvetnoy bulvar metro station, Trubnaya st, 29, c. 2. and other address: Taganskaya metro station, Goncharnaya emrankment, 3. phone: +7 (495) 972-50-05.
World Class Profsoyuznaya metro station. Profsouznaya street, 31, build. 5. phone: +7 (495) 510-64-53. To join classes you need to have membership cards in World Class fitness club.
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