Revolve Dance Festival

2023 Summer Edition

Ballet intensive workshop - Bucharest 18-30 august

Now in its 13th edition, Revolve Dance Festival returns for the summer edition with its iconic workshop and the unique Stars Gala.

After two weeks of intensive training, the young dancers of the Revolve Dance workshop presented an extraordinary performance divided into three parts. The first part, Open Class Revolve Dance, featured all participants enrolled in the summer workshop. The second part showcased the Revolve Dance 2023 Ambassadors, young dancers with outstanding international achievements who have been supported by this workshop. Among them were Rebecca Rudolf, a dancer at Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich, who trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School and the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Horia Bucur, a nationally and internationally awarded ballet dancer at the Bucharest National Opera, Alecsia Lăzărescu, a Jeune Espoire laureate at Prix de Lausanne and Hope Award winner at Youth America Grand Prix Barcelona 2020, and Rebeca Zamfir, a Hope Award winner and Youth America Grand Prix finalist in Tampa 2023.

The highlight of the Stars Gala was a breathtaking performance by Iana Salenko and Marian Walter, principal dancers of the Berlin State Opera, who performed a suite from the classical ballet La Bayadère. They were joined by promising young ballet talents selected during the workshop and trained under the guidance of Stanislav Belyeavsky, principal dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Berlin State Opera, and the Finnish National Theatre.

Summer Intensive 2023

Guest teachers

Carole Arbo

Danseuse Étoile, France ( 1993)
Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite”, Ministry of Culture - France
Professor at L’École de danse de Opera de Paris (first division)

Stanislav Belyaevsky

Former Principal Dancer at Mariinski Theatre in St. Petersburg, Staatsoper Berlin and Finish National Ballet

Kirill Melnikov

Professor at Ballet Academy University of Music and Theatre Munich
Former Principal dancer of Bavarian National Ballet in Munich

Anastasia Dunets

Ballet teacher, specialization in pedagogy at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg

Bertrand Belem

Ex Soliste de l’Opéra de Paris
Professeur au Conservatoire National de Paris

Elpida Skourou

Contemporary dancer at Akram Khan Company, London

The performance, distinguished by its high professional level, elegance, and emotional depth, was a masterpiece in every aspect, from choreography to music, scenography, and costumes.

We presented:

A suite from the classical ballet La Bayadère, featuring a corps de ballet composed of young dancers from the workshop and three soloists. The iconic "Shades" were performed by Rebecca Rudolf (Vaganova Ballet Academy), Irina Chiriacescu (Paris Opera Ballet School), and Alecsia Lăzărescu (Royal Ballet School, London).
Najade and Fisherman – performed by Anastasia Dunets.
Tarantella, Gypsy Suite – performed by Stanislav Belyaevskyi.
Suite en Blanc, La Vivandière, Variation de la Flûte – staged by Carole Arbo & Bertrand Belem.
Carole Arbo (Étoile of the Paris Opera and professor at the Paris Opera Ballet School) and Bertrand Belem (Sujet at the Paris Opera, silver medalist at the Varna Ballet Competition, and professor at the Paris Conservatory) led the artistic direction.

Joining them as faculty were esteemed graduates of the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg: Stanislav Belyaevsky (principal dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre, Berlin State Opera, and Finnish National Ballet), Anastasia Dunets (soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre and Finnish National Ballet, ballet rehabilitation trainer), Kirill Melnikov (soloist and principal dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre and Bavarian National Ballet, professor at the Ballet Academy – University of Music and Theatre Munich), and Elpida Skourou from the renowned Akram Khan ballet company in London.