Jeannette Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Admins, please move if this is not the right place for this interesting bit of news. The Academy of Russian Ballet (a.k.a. Vaganova Academy) held its annual graduation ceremony on 23 June in the school’s museum. Alas, the COVID situation did not allow the usual graduation concerts at the Mariinsky. However, the Academy has made the following video available (Russian language) and we can see each of this year’s 41 graduates receive their diplomas & pose with school head Nikolai Tsiskaridze, commencing with the head of the class, the radiant Lizi Avsajanishvili, Ludmilla Kovaleva’s star of the year! Pedagogues of the class were Kovaleva & Tatiana Solomianko (for the two groups of females) and Feton Miozzi and Alexei Ilyin for the men. Some 23 women and 18 men graduated. Notice the treasures in this amazing little museum of ballet, which I’ve had the honor to tour a couple of times. Enjoy! A photo of four top grads are on the “cover” of this film...Lizi A. at the far right, in black dress...top male grad Vladislav Khosadevich next to her. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nLVA3B2asxA Edited July 2, 2020 by Jeannette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 On 02/07/2020 at 16:31, Jeannette said: ...top male grad Vladislav Khosadevich next to her. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nLVA3B2asxA His surname is Khodasevich. Vladislav Khodasevich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannette Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) At the end of the rather short film (26 mins), as credits roll, the names of all 41 graduates, within their four classes (beneath name of each professor) can be seen. Then some of the names are repeated - those who scored highest grades in their exams - starting with the name of the highest grad (Lizi), then in descending order. This is the order in which Tsiskaridze called the grads to receive their diplomas (& pose for a pic with masks off): 1. Lizi Avsajanishvili 2. Valeria Besplatova 3. Anastasia Gorbachyova 4. Anastasia Plotnikova 5. Evgenia Zavkina 6. Anastasia Smirnova 7. Vladislav Khodasevich (the only male in the top-honors group) 8. Polina Istinova 9. Polina Chekhovsky All of the top-honors ladies are from Kovalyova’s group, with the notable exception of two from Solomianko: Gorbachyova and Plotnikova. The lone man is from Ilyin’s group. Edited July 6, 2020 by Jeannette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 19 hours ago, Jeannette said: 2. Valeria Besplatova 8. Polina Istinova I don't want to split hairs and look as a perfect bore but it is important for dancers to be noticed and their names remembered. Therefore, the names of these graduates with honours are: Valeria Bespalova and Polina Ustinova https://vaganovaacademy.ru/vaganova/obrazovanie/prikazy/Prikaz_o_perevode_na_kursy_SPO_99_2018.pdf https://www.facebook.com/academyvaganova/photos/балетвокневалерия-беспаловафото-дарья-ченикова/2026464357452839/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannette Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Thanks for “the splits”! Totally agree. Spanish is my native language...Russian is just #8. Sorry. No offense intended. Have a wonderful day, Amelia! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 And a wonderful day and evening for you too, Jeannette! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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