ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA? In February 1972, as the Washington Post’s Moscow correspondent, I visited the Vaganova Ballet Academy, principal training ground for the renowned Kirov/Maryinski Ballet, in ...

Many young girls dream of becoming ballerinas, but only very few are prepared to apply the all-out effort and make the sacrifices that this dream demands. The famous Vaganova Ballet Academy in ...

Gabrielle Perkins, 17, of Oakland, has become the only American accepted this year into one of the world’s most prestigious ballet academies: the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The studios reflect a traditional Russian ballet academy, with senior instructors who received their Vaganova ballet training from the finest professional institutions and have danced in professional ...

Gabrielle Perkins, 17, of Oakland has become the only American accepted this year into one of the world’s most prestigious ballet academies: the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Samantha Collen has performed all over the world, graduating from St. Petersburg State Conservatory and training and teaching at the world-renown Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg, ...

Akop and Gaiane Akopian, artistic directors of the Michigan Ballet Academy, will present “Winter Season,” February 24 and 25, using contemporary and modern choreographies. Dancers on stage will reveal ...