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BOLSHOI
BALLET
ACADEMY

Moscow's

Presented by A.S.E. Global Bridges*

"On behalf of the United States Government, I congratulate A.S.E. Global Bridges* and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy on 15 years of successful partnership. Your collaboration has deepened ties between the U.S. and Russian dance communities and encouraged cross cultural understanding through the arts... Your success demonstrates that the Russian and American people can perform, learn, and thrive side-by-side. I wish you many more years of successful collaboration ahead."

Honorable John J. Sullivan

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, 2022

A.S.E. Global Bridges - Program Staff

Rina Kirshner
ASE's Vice President and Director, BBA Programs in the US and NSLI-Y Programs

BBASI NY & BBA Teacher Certification

Program Director: Geneva Bernal

Phone: 212-687-6118 ex. 207

gbernal@aseglobalbridges.org

BBASI CT & Auditions Coordinator

Program Director: Sofia Kutceva

Phone: 212-687-6118 ex. 208

skutceva@aseglobalbridges.org

'21 BBASI CT Summer Staff

BBASI YAGP Collaboration

Scholarship Coordinator: Emily Fennell

efennell@aseglobalbridges.org

NSLI-Y Russian Language & Culture Way

Program Assistant: Irina Zakharchenko

irina@aseglobalbridges.org

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