Delightful Documentary About The Vaganova Ballet Academy

This is a delightful documentary about the Vaganova Ballet Academy. What a place! The best! According to Wikipedia:

Auditions for the school begin in June, and children must be at least 10 years old to apply. The audition process is divided into three sections.

Aptitude: to assess the candidate's proportions, height of jump, degree of turnout and general appearance etc.

Physical: an examination by a specialist medical practitioner to assess the physiological possibilities of the candidate

Artistic: to assess the candidate's musicality, rhythm, co-ordination and artistic talent

Originally founded as the Imperial Theatrical School in 1738, the Vaganova Ballet Academy was renamed in 1957 for Agrippina Vaganova, whose teaching methods have proven so influential that virtually everyone in the world can trace their ballet educations, however varied or imperfect, directly to her. Since she died as recently as 1951, educational lineages are still short (mine is Vaganova, Olga Preobajenska, George Zoritch, me).

The Etudes (Vagnova Ballet Academy). 2015

This 14-minuts film about the Vaganova Ballet Academy was made in 2015.#vaganova #vaganovaacademy #vaganovastudents

Posted by Академия Русского балета имени А.Я.Вагановой on Wednesday, March 2, 2016