Bolshoi Ballet Academy Graduates
The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one of the oldest and most established schools for classical ballet training, has produced numerous world-class dancers, teachers, and choreographers. Most of the Principal Dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet graduate from the Academy and are among the leading dance artists in the world today. Other current alumni include Principal Dancers, Artistic Directors, top ballet educators and scholars in the world. From some of the most accomplished dancers of the 20th century, including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Ekaterina Maximova, to some of the stars of the current generation, including Nina Ananiashvili, Vladimir Malakhov, Natalia Osipova, Alexei Ratmanski, Polina Semionova, and Nikolai Tsiskaridze, some other notable modern day alumni around the world are:
- Mihkail Kaniskin - Principal Dancer, Stuttgart Ballet; Principal Dancer, Berlin State Opera Ballet
- Andrey Klemm - Ballet Master, Paris Opera Ballet
- Leonid Kozlov - Principal Dancer, Bolshoi Ballet; Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet
- Alex Lapshin - Principal Dancer, Boston Ballet; Faculty, Miami City Ballet School
- Marina Mosina - Principal Dancer, Colorado Ballet
- Irek Mukhamedov - Artistic Director, Greek National Ballet; Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet; Principal Dancer, Bolshoi Ballet
- Gennadi Nedviguine - Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet
- Yuri Possokhov - Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet
- Gennadi Saveliev - Soloist, American Ballet Theatre; Founder and President, Youth America Grand Prix
- Larissa Saveliev - Founder and Artistic Director, Youth America Grand Prix
- Stanislav Tchassov - Artistic Director, European Ballet; Soloist Bolshoi Ballet
- Alexander Vetrov - Artistic Director, Metropolitan Classical Ballet; Principal, Bolshoi Ballet
- Alexander Zaitsev - Principal Dancer, Stuttgart Ballet
Numerous alumni from our Annual Summer Intensives have been accepted to the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow and are currently studying there.
