The Mariinsky Ballet of St. Petersburg, Russia, is considered one of the world’s top ballet companies. The institution that cultivates the finest dancers for this premier ballet stage is the Vaganova ...

Summer Reed is a professional ballet dancer. She attended ballet school in Lexington, Kentucky, and has had opportunities throughout her career to travel the world, performing on the largest stages.

Many young girls dream of becoming ballerinas, but only very few are prepared to apply the all-out effort and make the sacrifices that this dream demands. The famous Vaganova Ballet Academy in ...

No other school can boast the talent that St. Petersburg's Vaganova Ballet Academy has unleashed on the world stage: Pavlova, Nijinsky, Nureyev, and Balanchine, to name just a few. Another alumnus, ...

Standing a slight 5 feet tall, Jennifer Felkner commands the room when she walks in. Five fidgety 12-year-olds transform into poised, mature young women in her wake. Over the next 75 minutes, ...