Americans, Julian and Nicholas MacKay are attending the Bolshoi Ballet School. Their mother, Terresa MacKay, was recently interviewed by Prime Time Russia. She tells about their experience in Russia.
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Ilya is better known as Ilya Kuznetsov. He attended the Bolshoi Ballet Academy from 1984-1992. After graduating, he was a soloist for the Bolshoi Theatre (’92-’94) and the Moscow Classical Ballet (’94-’95). In 1996 he was a finalist in the Nuriev Ballet Competition and the International Ballet Competition. Mr. Kuznetsov was a principal soloist for the Imperial Russian Ballet (’95-’98) and the San Diego Ballet (’98-’02). He has been a classical ballet teacher at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy since 2002.
The students featured in this video are 14-15 years old. The commentary is by the boys themselves. English subtitles
Channel Nine
September 18, 2011
Twelve-year old Joseph Warton talks about his experiences as a student at OBT.
Jamie, Michael and Adam are three brothers from Liverpool who love to dance and perform. The boys are featured in a BBC documentary called My Life: The Ballet Boys. For those who didn’t see the original broadcast of The Ballet Boys on BBC, you can watch it here.
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