Im a mixture of Russian blood and the English school News Royal Opera House. You come from a ballet family did this inspire you My mum and dad were both principal dancers in Chelyabinsk, where I grew up sometimes they even danced together. Now they have retired and are teaching. The National Youth Ballets 30th Anniversary Season Programming is an exciting mixed bill which includes classical and neoclassical based works with roles for all. Royal Ballet School Teacher Training Course' title='Royal Ballet School Teacher Training Course' />But my sister is a ballerina and still dancing in Chelyabinsk. When I was small it just seemed natural I should dance too. It also seemed natural I should go to the Perm State Choreographic College, as both my parents had studied there and my sister was already there, in her graduation year. You went when you were nine thats very young. I was very little and happy to go but didnt know it was going to be so hard. I went on the overnight train because at the time we couldnt afford the plane and I still remember the view as the train moved off watching my parents waving goodbye to me, and I was crying. The first nights in the dormitory at school were difficult too. You couldnt show you were crying and missing your mum. You had to hide it. But it got easier later and technology became better so I got a mobile phone and could reach my parents that way. I remember when I entered the arabesque competition. My dad had promised me a laptop computer if I won a prize and I did, I got the silver medal. I was the first boy at school with a laptop. Each morning starts with a handshake, theres puy lentils for lunch and ballet is compulsory. Whats in store on Prince Georges first day at school. The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Established in 1738 during the reign of Empress Anna, the academy. Vadim Muntagirov Im a mixture of Russian blood and the English school The Royal Ballets newest Principal on training in Perm, the challenges of moving to. Suddenly there was a queue of boys all wanting to try it out. How did you come to study at The Royal Ballet School Was this your preferred choice or were there other schools in the frameBristol Russian Ballet School Summer Course. Our summer school is for VocationalNone Vocational Ballet students. Since we started our courses in 2011 we have had. International School of Music Bethesda MD music teacher biographies, instructor qualifications, Rockville, Potomac, Chevy Chase. After six years at Perm I entered the Prix de Lausanne competition and won a study scholarship I had lots of schools to choose from, including the Vaganova Academy in St Petersburg, and The Royal Ballet School. To be honest I chose The Royal Ballet School mainly because it was in London. I was a teenager and fed up of Russia and thought it would be amazing to live in a great city in Europe. It was very difficult at first because I didnt speak any English. I shared a room with Benjamin Ella, who is a dancer with The Royal Ballet now, and a good friend, and we created a hybrid language of English and Russian to get by. I actually didnt expect to stay longer than a year, but after my first year Gailene Stock the former Director of the Royal Ballet School asked me if I wanted to continue and graduate, so I stayed. After graduation I was offered a contract with English National Ballet right away. Tell us about your dream partnership at English National Ballet with Czech prima ballerina Daria Klimentov. We get on so well together. We match each other in physique and she is Czech and the Czech and Russian culture is a bit similar. And our sense of humour is also the same. Funny Birthday Name Games. When you are really relaxed in rehearsals it gives you the confidence to explore new things. We can make jokes, or be really honest and say whats on our mind, then just let it go. If youre dancing with someone you dont feel so comfortable with you can feel scared and shy, which might mean you dont give your best. Daria retired in May this year and has been quoted as saying she waited 2. Thats lovely. At first I dont think either of us thought we were a particularly amazing partnership. We were just working on dancing together as well as we could and enjoying it. A4399-1024x683.jpg' alt='Royal Ballet School Teacher Training Course' title='Royal Ballet School Teacher Training Course' />We werent trying to push it and create something special, it just came naturally and it was up to the audience to decide whether we were good together or not. Hp Pre Installed Programs Disappear here. And now you have joined The Royal Ballet. What are you most looking forward to It is a really exciting time because every role I will dance with The Royal Ballet will be a debut for me. There is Manon with Lauren Cuthbertson and also Don Quixote, Onegin and Swan Lake. Ive already danced The Sleeping Beauty and The Winters Tale with the Company. The Winters Tale was particularly interesting for me to do because Id never really done this style of choreography before, so it was a big challenge, and when you are young it is good to always challenge yourself. What other highlights are you looking forward to Im looking forward to all the different classes I will take part in particularly to work with the Russian teacher, Alexander Agadzhanov. What I also love about The Royal Ballet is that, unlike other companies, you have your own dressing room inside the Royal Opera House itself and sometimes before you rehearse there are operas going on it makes you feel closer and more connected to the stage. I think I will enjoy this aspect a lot. I hope to guest for other companies sometimes too. It improves you a lot as a dancer because you go to a new company and the production and the ballerina you dance with are both new, so you have to push yourself. Its a pressure, but a good one that makes you stronger. Then when you come back home it makes you feel more special. Tell us about dancing the role of Lensky in John Crankos Onegin for The Royal Ballet. I am really looking forward to this its a great story, a Russian classic, of course. A few years ago I was only thinking about cabrioles and pirouettes and how to jump high. Now I realize there are lots of amazing ballets where I can be an actor as well as a ballet dancer. Do you enjoy the challenge of acting through dance Yes I do, especially when you know a ballet well enough, as then it seems to come naturally. Once you have mastered the steps and they are in your body and muscles, you can start to let go. That is when the acting comes in. But I dont like to force it as it is sometimes hard to push the acting in the rehearsal studio the best time for me is on stage when I have danced two acts already. By that time I am so tired I dont think about the steps at all, they become automatic and thats usually the best moment when I can let go and really go for it. You are a product of both Russian and English schools of ballet have you developed an individual style I think I have. I cant say I am 1. Russian now, because I have worked at The Royal Ballet School for three years, and with English National Ballet for four and a half years. So I am a mixture of my Russian blood and training and the English school, which have very different styles. I dont want to change that though it is good to have a bit of everything. This article first appeared in the Royal Opera House Magazine, which is sent quarterly to the Friends of Covent Garden. Find out more about becoming a Friend. 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