vaganova_dancer Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Hello everyone! I posted about this on the Ballet Talk for Dancers forum and was recommended to come here Last week I received my acceptance letter from Perm State Ballet School in Russia! I am beyond excited!! Here is what I wrote on BT4D: This makes me the first Israeli to be accepted to study ballet in Russia, and I believe I am the second or third student from America to study at Perm. I am quite proud of myself School starts September 1 but I'm not sure if I will be able to start until mid-September. It mostly depends on funding, which I am trying to figure out now. It is proving to be rather difficult! I was actually hoping to speak to some of the forum members here who, if I remember correctly, are parents of dancers studying in Russia. It would be great if I could get in touch with these members, and my parents would also appreciate being able to talk to other parents in similar positions. One of the members there referred me here and said there were some parents of dancers studying in Russia on this forum. I would love to get in touch with anyone who might be able to help and offer some advice! Thank you Noa 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Hi Noa, and a very warm welcome to the forum. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaganova_dancer Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 Hello and thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie 2 Milner Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 congratulations. I'm sure the parents with children in Russia, or who have been in Russia, will see your post and comment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Congratulations Noa!! An amazing achievement and welcome to the site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Noa, I am the parent of Heather who is studying in Russia but I know you are already in touch with her via formspring. Congratulations on gaining your place at the Perm school. Regarding funding, the best thing to do is to get in touch with charitable organisations and get as much sensitive publicity as you can. Good Luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Noa, I believe that there is a British girl (I think that she is from the north of England -possibly Manchester) who is studying at Perm. I don't know her personally but I remember reading about her in a British newspaper. If you do a google search you may be able to find her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amber21 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Welcome and congratulations on your lovely news Noa and Good luck on your quest for funding. Ax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Congratulations and I do hope you obtain funding, Noa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaganova_dancer Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Yes primrose I am in touch with Heather! She is so sweet and has been really helpful and nice explaining things to me about ballet in Russia in general Re: funding - I am glad you said about the publicity, as that is what I am working on doing right now. So far I've tentatively scheduled to do two separate interviews (online on dance sites) as well as another site that will publish a blurb about me. My parents and I are trying to contact an Israeli newspaper as well. I found two organizations that I will contact because it seems they would be relevant. The first is the Ronen Foundation, and the second is the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. I will keep looking also. aileen, is Rachel Hernon the girl you were referring to? It took a while, but finally a google search turned this article up: http://menmedia.co.uk/tamesideadvertiser/news/s/531445_ballet_star_of_future_steps_out_in_russia It was written in 2007, and it says that it was her second year there out of a three-year course, so she will have graduated by now. But I will try to get in touch with her! Thank you for that tip. And many thanks to the rest of you for your congratulations! It feels unreal still 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 vaganova_dancer, I'm not sure if this is the girl that I was thinking of. I thought that I had read about her fairly recently, but when you are reading articles on-line you don't always take notice of the date of the article. I wish you the best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaganova_dancer Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 The article did mention that she was one of two or three British girls studying there, so I suppose there is a chance you were thinking of another girl! And if British students studied there in the past, I would assume there may be some there now. I will keep googling to see what I can find, and if any of you knows anyone I might get in touch with, I would so appreciate it! Thanks so much for everybody's help already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 vaganova_dancer, this may or may not be relevant, but Vadim Muntagirov, who became a principal with English National Ballet at the age of 21 (he is now 22) and is in demand as a guest dancer around the world, did much of his training at Perm before he came to the Royal Ballet School at 16 or 17 having won the Prix de Lausanne competition. His parents were both principal dancers with the Chelyabinsk Ballet where his sister is currently a dancer, I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double trouble Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Hi, rachel hernon did study at perm and now she is currently teaching, training and performing with the london russian ballet school. she teaches my DDs and she is brilliant, a very technical dancer my girls have improved so much. good luck at perm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 All the very best of luck at Perm vaganova_dancer, I hope you enjoy your time out there, also all the best of luck with funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Many congratulations from me too.Hope you have a wonderful experience.!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaganova_dancer Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 aileen, relevant or not, this is very interesting to know! double trouble - the ballet world is such a small one, isn't it? I will look up the school, perhaps I can contact her through there. Thank you, tulip and thequays =) One of my friends at my summer intensive just graduated from Bolshoi and she was able to get me in touch with a friend of hers who graduated from Perm after studying there for 3 years. So even though I've not gotten really anywhere as far as funding is concerned, I feel like I'm at least making some kind of progress by contacting people who are 'in the know'! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circe Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 May be worth looking at the Rotary Club http://www.ribi.org/foundation/scholarships/ambassadorial-scholarships. I know nothing about it at all but though it may be worth a look to see whether what you are doing would fit within their funding criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double trouble Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Hi just to let you know that if you go on utube and put in London Russian ballet sch then you can see Rachel and there is a facebook where you could probably get in touch with her.Good luck with funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletcoach Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Huge congratulations vaganova_dancer!!! You most be very aspiring and talented young dancer! As I know, it's very tough, to study in Russian very highly acclaimed School, but it worth every bit and will pay you back in your professional future:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 This is an old thread!! I wonder if an old thread ....in this case four years old ....is revived it can somehow be flagged up. It's very easy if you are not looking carefully to post a comment that may not be read by the previous posters as the thread is too old!! Just wondering about the above comment!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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