JEAN VALENTIN PHOTOGRAPHY: All the preparations that you saw last week were for the unveiling of the fall jewelry collection from Erickson Beamon (Vicki Beamon and Karen Erickson). Normally you wouldn’t expect ballerinas, opera singers and violinists to a such event. read more

VOGUE.COM: An enchanting Degas moment on Sunday evening at Milk Studios courtesy of hostesses Vicki Beamon and Karen Erickson, who showcased their spectacular costume bijou (including an extraordinary necklace that was an homage to Alexander McQueen) and some sparkling crystal masks, on a bevy of cygnets from the Russian American Foundation’s Bolshoi Ballet Academy United States Youth Program. read more

HARPERSBAZAAR.COM: Dance fever: Moncler models boogied down at Grand Central, while Erickson Beamon’s event featured ballerinas in jewel-covered masks. read more

FASHION.ELLE.COM: One doesn’t really expect to find ballerinas, an opera singer and a famous violinist inside Milk Studios on a Sunday evening—such talents are usually reserved for the main stage at Lincoln Center. read more

REPUBLICAN AMERICAN.COM: MIDDLEBURY Some young dancers bit their lips as they executed a pirouette. Others showed no break in their serious demeanor has they auditioned for a world-renowned summer ballet program. read more

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Russian American Foundation ran an audition on Sunday (January 9th) for a scholarship to a summer training program with the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. read more

DANCE MAGAZINE: A big, light-filled studio; 25 or so coltish girls in black leotards; a kind-looking, dark-haired teacher walking among them, exhorting, showing steps with her hands. It could be any New York ballet class, except for an extra figure in the room, a striking young woman in a mini-skirt, perched on a chair at the front, emitting a concentrated stream of instructions: “Put legs instantly in passé,” she says almost tonelessly. “Fifth position, then passé. Don’t hide yourself. If you like what you’re doing, you must show it.” read more

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Russian American Foundation and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy are holding auditions to fill two spots at the school for the summer. The winning dancers, one man, one woman, will be offered scholarships to train in Moscow for what’s known as a summer intensive. read more

9NEWS.com: A Colorado ballet dancer, Seth Ives, cannot wait to begin his studies at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow next semester. read more

DANCE STUDIO LIFE MAGAZINE: In Russian, “bolshoi” means large, or grand. Anyone who has heard anything about ballet equates the Bolshoi Ballet name with a real pedigree – an institution represented by stellar dancers, such as Maya Plisetskaya, Yekaterina Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Galina Ulanova, Nina Ananiashvili, and more recently, Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev. read more

ROSWELL NEIGHBOR: Roswell High School junior Alexis Collins recently returned home from Moscow where she served as an ambassador and finalist of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth programs. read more

THE DES MOINES REGISTER: Micah Garton of West Des Moines studied with Russia’s famous Bolshoi Ballet Academy this summer. read more

AMERICA.GOV: U.S. secondary school students returning from a summer studying at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow say they now have a better understanding not just of dance but also of Russian people, culture and language. read more