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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
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Restaged, rehearsed, and coordinated restaging
efforts for over ten classical ballets.
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Supervised a company of over 20 dancers.
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Project leader for many areas including:
communications with national dance companies and schools.
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Participated in the development and implementation
of long-range plans for the company repertoire as well as for the
organization’s business plan.
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Rehearsed the company in a widely varied
repertoire.
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Taught company classes.
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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.
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| TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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Ballet, Pointe, Variations, Repertoire (All
Levels) - Russian Ballet School (1998-present)
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Ballet Master Class- Loyola University New Orleans
2004
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Ballet, Pointe, Variations & Methodology (Summer
Workshop)- Corvallis Academy of Ballet (1998,1999, 2000,2002,2004)
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Ballet, Pointe, Variations (Summer Workshop)-
Eastern Connecticut Ballet (1998)
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Ballet, Pointe, Variations – Uralsky Dance
Productions (1997-1998)
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Ballet & Variations (Summer Workshop) - Academy of
the Colorado Ballet (1997)
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Ballet, Variations & Methodology (All Levels)-
School of Ballet Iowa (1992 - 1997)
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Ballet, Variations & Methodology (Summer Workshop)
- Omaha Ballet School (1993 - 1994)
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Ballet & Variations (Summer Workshop) - Academy of
the Colorado Ballet (1991 - 1992)
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| PERFORMING EXPERIENCE (
Bolshoi Ballet ) |
1979-1990 Ballet Dancer (Ballet and
Opera)
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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).
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| TOURS ( Bolshoi Ballet ) |
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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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