Last Spring Elizabeth Fernandez, applied to attend a world-renowned training through the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, and was accepted. Founded more than 240 years ago, the Bolshoi Ballet Academy has a rich history of training many of the world’s greatest ballet dancers, choreographers, educators and scholars. Its curriculum is respected internationally for a focus on musicality, strength, and pureness of classical technique. Academy’s alumni include some of the most accomplished dancers of the 20th century.
“Attending a Bolshoi training has been a dream of mine. I have to say, it was one of the most challenging things I have ever done, but I am so glad I did it. I am looking forward to implementing what I learned into our dance curriculum at RMSA.”
Elizabeth with instructor, Yevgeniya Michkova, who was a soloists at “Russian State Ballet Theatre of Moscow” where she danced leading parts in famous ballets: Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Paquita, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, and many others.
2016 Bolshoi Class Participants, New York City