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15 January 2015, 21:42

"Ballet is not a technique, it is a soul!" -Anna Pavlova.

Academy of Russian Ballet named after. Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova- ballet school in St. Petersburg, is one of the oldest ballet schools in the world. It was founded in May 1738 by Empress Anna Ioannovna herself as "Dance ABOUT Vale Her Imperial Majesty School" and since then the Academy has been one of the best.

The initiator and first teacher of the school was a French dance master Jean Baptiste Landais. Initially, in specially equipped rooms of the Winter Palace, his students included 12 girls and boys - children of palace employees. Of course, the ballet of those times cannot be compared with the present: Lande directed all his efforts to ensure that the students mastered ballroom dancing, which was then the basis of training. But the result was obvious: the Russian Empire had its own ballet.

Jean-Baptiste Lande

Most of the important events that influenced the entire Russian ballet took place within the walls of the current Vaganova Academy. It was there that the first Russian choreographer worked Ivan Valberkh(Lesogorov), who prepared the troupe for the arrival of the famous Frenchman Didelot. Myself Charles-Louis Didelot, the founder of the modern method of classical dance, taught at school for about 20 years - during this time he managed to ensure that Russian ballet became part of the European ballet (at that time a new system of theatrical pointe classical dance was taking shape there, which was radically different from the Russian one, close to system of ballroom and everyday dance). Didelot demanded from his students not only perfect technique, but also acting expressiveness. It should be noted that Walberg's productions were weaker than Didelot's ballets, and he understood this. In them, pantomime prevailed over dance, and the choreographic score was rather weak. In ballet Didelot demonstrated the grace of dance and the perfection of forms; Walberch advocated content and bright, lively images. While Didelot “reigned” in ballet St. Petersburg, Walberch was reorganizing the ballet school in Moscow.

Ivan Ivanovich Valberkh

Moreover, at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries, Russian ballet was superior to many foreign ones, and classical dance, which Didelot introduced, became the core of the educational program of the ballet school. The duration of the program took seven years. The principles of admission to dance training were established (constant age restrictions for admission and the requirement of special natural abilities) and certification of students (annual competitive transfer from class to class).

Outstanding Russian poets (Pushkin, Griboyedov and Derzhavin) sang in their poems the ballets of Didelot and his ballerinas. The French choreographer strengthened the role of the corduroy, the connection between dance and pantomime, and established the priority of women's dance. In the first third of the 19th century, Russian ballet reached creative maturity, a national school emerged, which became characterized by vitality, deep content, and virtuosic technique. Avdotya Istomina- a student of Didelot - was one of the first ballet dancers to use pointe shoes.

Charles-Louis Didelot

IN 1851 year, another world-famous Frenchman arrived in St. Petersburg at the invitation of the Directorate of Imperial Theaters - Jules Perrault(the largest choreographer in the era of romanticism). He worked in Russia for about 8 years.

Later he began teaching at school Marius Petipa(the period associated with him was called the “Petipa era”), Swede Christian Ioganson and Italian Enrico Cecchetti, thanks to whom interest in male dance arose, as well as many other excellent teachers.

Marius Petipa

Choreographer and pedagogical activities had a decisive influence on the development of methodology at the school. Marius Petipa, who arrived in St. Petersburg in 1847 year also at the invitation of the Directorate of the Imperial Theaters. The entire second half of the 19th century is the era of M. Petipa. The great choreographer created many original performances, preserved and enriched the ballets of his predecessors.

Each choreographer brought into Russian ballet the features of his own national school - French, Italian, Swedish. And the ballet school “absorbed” all this knowledge.

Ballet technique: French, Russian (Agrippina Vaganova), Italian (Enrico Cecchetti)

WITH 1921 year, its graduate, a student of Christian Ioganson, who left the stage of the Mariinsky Theater, began teaching at the St. Petersburg Theater School - Agrippina Vaganova. Seeing the work of brilliant masters of classical ballet, Vaganova herself becomes an adherent of a strict academic school.

Comparing, critically selecting everything that was closest to herself from what she happened to learn during the years of her study and work at the Mariinsky Theater, Vaganova gradually formed her artistic and pedagogical principles, which formed the basis of her pedagogical system, her “Vaganova” pedagogical method. It is based on the meaningfulness of choreographic techniques and technique, and not on the formal study of individual movements. IN 1934 year, A. Vaganova published the book “Fundamentals of Classical Dance,” which went through 4 editions and was translated into many languages. In it, she systematized all the pedagogical experience of her predecessors and her own, revealed the creative principles and methods, the achievements of all Russian classical ballet. In addition, she gave an analysis of the techniques and forms of classical dance, analyzed individual dance steps, poses, and terms. Vaganova paid great attention to the staging of the body. Without a well-positioned back and stability, professional skill is impossible.

IN 1957 year, the Leningrad Choreographic School (since 1991 - the Academy of Russian Ballet) was named after A. Ya. Vaganova

Agrippina Vaganova

...as Esmeralda

The Academy was glorified not only by famous choreographers, but also by talented graduates. For example, Anna Pavlova, who shone in Paris at Diaghilev’s “Russian Seasons”, introduced Russian ballet to the whole world, and Marina Semenova in the difficult 1920s she proved to her native country that classical ballet was needed.

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky

Leningrad Choreographic School (Vaganova Academy) during World War II

Interesting fact: Students of the Leningrad Choreographic School and artists of the Kirov Theater (now the Mariinsky Theater) were evacuated to Perm and the village of Nizhnyaya Kurya, where their performances took place on the stage of the Perm Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Young students then had to rehearse in a cold hall, getting out of their felt boots to repeat the movement after the teacher on the icy floor, and the artists who performed on the front line, risking their lives, had to dance for the fighters on the uneven bottom of wooden truck bodies. Also, during the war years, an order was given “from above” to give all pupils coupons for 600 grams of bread, like workers, and not small children’s portions.

For comparison, I found wonderful gifs from Swan Lake (the episode of the dying swan) with Anna Pavlova

Maya Plisetskaya

Ulyana Lopatkina

Svetlana Zakharova

The success of the Academy over the years was supported by the work of Galina Ulanova, Fairy Balabina, Natalia Dudinskaya, Vladimir Ponomarev (one of the founders of the school of men's classical dance), Matilda Kshesinskaya, Vaslav Nijinsky, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ulyana Lopatkina.

Vladimir Ponomarev in the ballet "La Bayadère"

Marina Semenova and Alexey Ermolaev in the ballet "The Nutcracker"

Galina Ulanova in the ballet "Sleeping Beauty"

Rudolf Nureyev (left) with Academy teachers and his partner

Mikhail Baryshnikov - student of the Academy, 1962

students of the Academy. Vaganova, 1970

1970s

young Diana Vishneva

boy in the foreground - Vladimir Shklyarov

Museum of the History of Choreography at the Academy

The Russian school to this day rightfully has the status of one of the most authoritative in the world. The Harmonious Teaching System is still considered the most logical and subtle scientific study about the nature of dance and the technique resulting from this nature.

Academy students lovingly call their alma mater "ballet Oxford". Classes are held six days a week, 10-12 hours a day. The Academy selects children who have entered the 5th grade of a general education school and are absolutely healthy; children who have completed preparatory courses are welcome. The reception takes place in three rounds: the first round evaluates appearance, professional data (rise, step, turnout, flexibility, jump), the second round is a comprehensive medical examination, the third round is a re-assessment of professional suitability in combination with a sense of rhythm, musicality, expressiveness. After 7 years of study, the student receives a diploma of secondary specialized education “ballet dancer” with the right to work; more gifted and promising students have the opportunity to study at the Academy for another 2 years and receive a Bachelor of Arts degree. Like all schoolchildren, students study general education disciplines, as well as the history of ballet and costume, study ballet music, and in high school - acting. And most importantly - dance. Classic and historical-everyday, characteristic and duet. Initial vocational training is free, the best students are provided with a scholarship. Students take part in episodic roles and extras in performances of the Mariinsky Theater.

Bonus! Anna Pavlova and her dying swan

P.S. It is believed that the best ballerinas graduate from the Academy in St. Petersburg, and the best ballet dancers from Moscow))

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There are only a few days left before the Olympics in Sochi. And the torch with the Olympic flame continues its solemn procession across the vast expanses of the country. Last weekend he reached St. Petersburg.
At one stage, the Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky picked up the baton. Already in the evening, the minister was seen in the box of the Mikhailovsky Theater at the anniversary evening. And this afternoon appointments took place, which, of course, became significant for people interested in art in general and ballet in particular.
So, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, premier and teacher of the Bolshoi Theater, has been appointed rector of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (ARB). The artistic director is prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater Ulyana Lopatkina.

Irina Aleksandrovna Kolpakova was proposed to head the Academy's artistic council.
Before commenting on the appointments, I would like to dwell in a few words on the history of the choreographic school. AND I. Vaganova. ARB is the oldest ballet educational institution in Russia. Last December, the 275th anniversary of its founding was widely celebrated. Over the years, the walls of the school on Zodchego Rossi Street have produced outstanding dancers who glorified not only Russian, but also world ballet. Among them: Anna Pavlova, Vaclav Nezhinsky, Galina Ulanova, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, George Balanchine. Many famous choreographers considered it an honor to teach at the school. And here we cannot fail to mention Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova, who built her own system for training and training dancers.
Lately the academy has been in a fever. The confrontation between the rector Vera Dorofeeva and the artistic director and general director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev was widely discussed. The theater was dissatisfied with the quality of education at the academy. And the school, in turn, was due to the fact that it was going to be merged with the Mariinsky Theater. Plus, Vera Dorofeeva’s contract with the school was ending and something had to be decided. I think that the latest decisions of the Bolshoi leadership and Nikolai Tsiskaridze also played a significant role.
To question the competence and professionalism of Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Ulyana Lopatkina and Irina Kolpakova is, at the very least, stupid. But small concerns still arise.
Will Nikolai Tsiskaridze have enough free time and energy, taking into account his busy work schedule, for full-time work? Will he be able to move from the capital to St. Petersburg or will he be in and out of school? And is it possible to speak, as a fait accompli, of the final parting with the Big One?
Ulyana Lopatkina has already stated that she does not intend to stop her artistic career. So does she have enough time and energy to fully manage the academy? Taking into account numerous rehearsals, performances and tours.
Irina Kolpakova. Recently there was a series of programs on “Culture” with her participation - I looked with pleasure at this bright person. A student of Vaganova, how much she could give to the school! But even here, not everything is so simple. Irina Aleksandrovna is 80 years old, and she lives and works in the USA. And the distance in hours by plane from America to Russia is the same as from St. Petersburg to Moscow by train.
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