Gil Isoart, Paris Opera Ballet teacher, offers a beautiful and informative on-line class
Ballet Class with Gil Isoart
Tag: Training
The Children of Theatre Street
The Children of Theatre Street profiles three students studying at the Vaganova Choreographic Institute in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in 1977. This film inspired me as a student, and it still fascinates me today. Grace Kelly narrates. George Balanchine was a product of this school (then called the Imperial Ballet School), and he eventually founded the…
Alexandra Danilova
Alexandra Danilova, prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes, rehearses a variation from Le Pavillon d'Armide for the annual (graduation) SAB workshop performance. I recognize Mme. Danilova's own Russian Imperial style in the student's port de bras and epaulement. Mme. Danilova, always bejeweled and perfumed, wore these kinds of long floral chiffon skirts, color coordinated with…