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IRINA VASSILENI-URALSKY
CAREER HISTORY
                        BALLET NEW YORK, INC
1998-present Co-Artistic Director.

                        RUSSIAN BALLET SCHOOL
1998-present Director, Principal Instructor.

                        BALLET IOWA ASSOCIATION, INC.
(DES MOINES, IOWA)
1991 - 1997 Ballet Mistress/Associate Artistic Director
  • Restaged, rehearsed, and coordinated restaging efforts for over ten classical ballets.

  • Supervised a company of over 20 dancers.

  • Project leader for many areas including: communications with national dance companies and schools.

  • Participated in the development and implementation of long-range plans for the company repertoire as well as for the organization’s business plan.

  • Rehearsed the company in a widely varied repertoire.

  • Taught company classes.

  • Coached all company dancers in all levels from principal dancer to corps de ballet.

1992 - 1997 Director of Education

  • Adapted the Vaganova technique for use in the United States.
  • Designed a curriculum based on the adapted Vaganova technique.
  • Supervised a staff of seven instructors and one administrator.
  • Coordinated efforts for fund-raising, marketing, press, and special events for the school.
  • Lead instructor for the Professional Division.
  • Developed and implemented long-range plans for the school.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Ballet, Pointe, Variations, Repertoire (All Levels) - Russian Ballet School (1998-present)

  • Ballet Master Class- Loyola University New Orleans 2004

  • Ballet, Pointe, Variations & Methodology (Summer Workshop)- Corvallis Academy of Ballet (1998,1999, 2000,2002,2004)

  • Ballet, Pointe, Variations (Summer Workshop)- Eastern Connecticut Ballet (1998)

  • Ballet, Pointe, Variations – Uralsky Dance Productions (1997-1998)

  • Ballet & Variations (Summer Workshop) - Academy of the Colorado Ballet (1997)

  • Ballet, Variations & Methodology (All Levels)- School of Ballet Iowa (1992 - 1997)

  • Ballet, Variations & Methodology (Summer Workshop) - Omaha Ballet School (1993 - 1994) 

  • Ballet & Variations (Summer Workshop) - Academy of the Colorado Ballet (1991 - 1992)

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE ( Bolshoi Ballet )
1979-1990 Ballet Dancer (Ballet and Opera)
  • Performed the following: You and Me (Duet), Chipollino (Chipollino's sister), Carmen Suite (women's trio), Bournonville Conservatory (variation), Much Ado About Nothing (girl-quartet), Icar (sextet), Giselle (Giselle's friends-sextet), Nayada and the Fisherman (girls-quartet), Golden Age (friends-sextet), Red Berry (girls-birch trees), Paquita (variation), Swan Lake (little swans-quartet). Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Raymonda, La Bayadere, Don Quixote, and The Nutcracker (Corps de Ballet). Mlada (Egyptian Dancer), Russlan and Ludmilla (Eastern Dancer) (Bolshoi Opera).

TOURS ( Bolshoi Ballet )

Greece (1988); China (1988); Holland (1986); France (1986); England, Ireland (1986); Australia (1985); Poland (1985); Germany (1985); Austria (1985); Japan (1983); Italy (1982); Czechoslovakia (1982).

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