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GUEST TEACHERS FOR 2024

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)

Kirill Melnikov

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

Andrey Ivanov

Head of professional selection process and teacher for Eifman Dance Academy
Former Principal Dancer at Marinskii Theater

Nina Ivanovich

Professor of Historical and Character Dance at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg

Balázs Baranyai

Teacher and choreographer at The Boris Eifman Dance Academy
Choreographer assistant and teacher at Eifman Ballet
Choreographer assistant of Nacho Duato, teacher and choreographer of the Mikhailovsky Theater

Bertrand Belem

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

Konstantin Keykhel

Graduate Choreography Department of Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet Masters Program

Guest professors over the years

Lienz Chang

Primo ballerino @ National Ballet of Cuba
Choreography assistant for Monsieur Roland Petit
Maître de Ballet, assistant choreographer @ Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Ballet master, choreography assistant @ Teatro alla Scala in Milan
Ballet master and choreographer @ Teatro San Carlo Naples
Ballet master, choreographer @Teatro Massimo Palermo

Elpida Skourou

Contemporary dancer at Akram Khan Company, London

Olga Makarova

Former ballerina of the Novosibirsk Opera
Classical dance, character, stretching and floor-barre teacher
Originally from Saint Petersburg, Olga graduated as valedictorian from the Vaganova Ballet Academy. Olga was a ballerina at the Novosibirsk Opera, Russia, and currently dedicates her time to teaching classical dance, character and stretching and floor-barre exercises.

Marina Saladino

International teacher, Gymnastics trainer
Floorbar instructor, classical dance teacher

Misha Tchoupakov

Associate Professor of Ballet of Dance at North Carolina School of the Arts and Rehearsal Director and Resident Master for Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP)

Eva López Crevillén

Director of the Superior Conservatory of Dance María de Ávila (Madrid)
Choreographic assistant to Nacho Duato at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg

Aleksandr Stepin

Acting teacher at the Vaganova Ballet Academy
Ballet acting teacher, pantomime

Alexei Moskalenko

YAGP Assistant Artistic Director, Master Teacher & Coach
Clásico girls and boys, pas de deux
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Alessio Di Stefano

Vice-Director of the Vincenzo Bellini Academy, Catania 2018,
Art Director at Spazio Di Land, Catania 2019
Contemporary ballet teacher

Bruce Taylor

Jazz teacher at L’École de danse de Opera de Paris
Modern, contemporary and jazz teacher

Cezara Blioju

She studied classical dance and contemporary dance for 10 years at the National College of Arts “Regina Maria” Constanta and out of the desire to explore the choreographic environment as much as possible she attended the choreography department of the National University of Theater and Cinematography I.L. Caragiale in Bucharest, graduating in 2015.

Caridad Martinez

Member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Classical dance teacher at Dance Theatre of Harlem, Collaborator with Ballet Beyond Borders
Classical dance teacher