Skip to content

  • Who We Are
    • Our Mission
    • Our Founders
    • Our Teachers
    • Our Partners
    • Our Impact
    • OWDF in the Media
  • Training
    • Our Unique Training Approach
    • Audition
    • 2020 Vaganova Method Summer Seminar
    • 2020 Summer Teacher Training
    • 2020 Winter Intensive
    • Success Stories from past Summer Intensives
    • Elite Training Program
  • Events
    • Performances
      • Cinderella โ€” Houston
      • Cinderella โ€“ Fort Lauderdale
      • Nutcracker โ€“ Melbourne
      • Our Gift of Balanchine to Vaganova Academy
    • Festivals & Exchanges
    • Exhibits & More
  • Unite With Us
    • Contact Us
    • Donate
  • Blog

Category: Elite Training

  • Elite Training
Posted on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

Elite Training Students Share What the Vaganova Technique Means to Them

As we start our 2019-2020 Elite Training school year, we asked a few of our ET students what the Vaganova technique means to them. Here…

Continue Reading
  • Elite Training
Posted on December 19, 2018September 17, 2019

Prima Ballerina Uliana Lopatkina coaches ET students

During our Elite Training Program‘s time in St. Petersburg, Russia, we were elated to have esteemed prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre and long-time friend…

Continue Reading
  • Elite Training
Posted on December 19, 2018September 17, 2019

Elite Training Alumni compete in International Ballet Competition

OWDF is proud to see the fruition of the Elite Training Program in the successes of alumni Katia Raj and Evandro Bossle during the 2018…

Continue Reading
  • Elite Training
Posted on December 19, 2018September 17, 2019

Three Elite Training Students now dance in Russia

At the conclusion of our first year of our newly formalized Elite Training Program, we are elated that three of our students have already been…

Continue Reading

Search

Join our mailing list to receive updates, news, and more!

* indicates required

Instagram

openworlddancefoundation

Our mission is to unite ballet students and teachers throughout the world through a common love for authentic #Vaganova training. Find out more below!

Open World Dance Foundation
Thank you to all who attended Week One of our ๐• Thank you to all who attended Week One of our ๐•๐š๐ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ, whether in person or online! We have enjoyed sharing our knowledge of the #Vaganova method and discussing ballet technique, dance history, and more! Please enjoy some brief highlights from our beginner level ballet class, advanced ballet class, and character class this week. We look forward to continue sharing our love for the art of Russian ballet in Week Two! โ€ข โ€ข #balletvideo #balletpost #balletclass #vaganovaballet #russianballet #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #mariinskyballet #balletintensive #balletaudition #loveofballet #balletposition #balletstudent #balletteacher #pointe #russianballerina #ballerinasofig #BolshoiBallet #openworlddancefoundation
Our #Vaganova Method Summer Seminar starts this Mo Our #Vaganova Method Summer Seminar starts this Monday! Are you ready?โฃ โฃ 1. If you haven't already, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง by heading to www.openworlddancefoundation.org/index-php/summer-intensive/โฃ 2. Next, please note the schedule:โฃ โฃ 11-12:30: ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ' ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ taught by Mr. Anton Boytsovโฃ 12:30-1: ๐†๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ (Conditioning)โฃ 1-3: ๐‹๐š๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ' ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ taught by Ms. Ekaterina Schelkanovaโฃ 3-4: ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง--a special chance to ask your personal technique questions and discuss the most important ballet-related topics!โฃ 3-4: ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ--Estonian Polkaโฃ 4-5:30: ๐•๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ/๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซโฃ โฃ *Please note that all class times are listed in EST (Eastern Standard Time).โฃ โฃ 3. If the above schedule poses any difficulties for you, please immediately notify one of our Elite Training students, Jasmine L., at jasminelitch@icloud.com, so we can provide you with a recording of our classes. Please also email Jasmine at least a day in advance with any specific questions you may want answered in our Q & A sessions.โฃ โฃ 4. Finally, please make sure you have a ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ (๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž) ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ. For those who will be attending live via Zoom, please prepare to receive the meeting links the night prior to the start of our Intensive. For those who will be viewing the recording, please note that the recording links will expire within 2 days of their release to ensure viewers stay up to date with the training process. โ€ข โ€ข #mariinskyballet #balletpost #balletclass #vaganovaballet #russianballet #vaganovamethod #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #mariinskyballet #balletintensive #balletaudition #loveofballet #balletposition #balletstudent #balletteacher #pointe #kirovballet #vaganovaacademy #russianballerina #ballerinasofig #BolshoiBallet #AmericanBalletTheatre #openworlddancefoundation
Every day, our Elite Training directors Ekaterina Every day, our Elite Training directors Ekaterina Schelkanova and Anton Boytsov pass down their detailed knowledge of the #Vaganova method as it was taught to them at the #VaganovaBalletAcademy. They strive not only to impart their students with an in-depth knowledge of the technique, but a sense of power and confidence in their dancing that only true knowledge can bring! Below, our ET student Chiara Bergamini shares her experience. Chiara is from Italy and met OWDF during our 2018 NYC #SummerIntensive. She has since joined the ET program in the following years, and although she is currently away taking classes, she feels confident with her training: "I now know what is correct and what is not...I feel it, and I am happy that all the movements I am asked to do, I know how to do them correctly, so I am comfortable (I am not stressed that I donโ€™t know how to do the step). So whatever I am asked to do, I feel prepared. Obviously things can always be better but itโ€™s such a good feeling to know how the movement can be perfect and what corrections are proper so I can apply them and do a little better each time." Our 2020 online Vaganova Method Summer Seminar from August 3-15 is the perfect chance for you to tune into the detailed work of our Vaganova-style Elite Training program. This is a chance for ALL ballet students and teachers to discover the absolute essentials of the #VaganovaTechnique that will transform your view of classical ballet! To register, submit tuition, and find more information, please visit www.openworlddancefoundation.org. โ€ข โ€ข #balletvideo #balletpost #balletclass #vaganovaballet #russianballet #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #mariinskyballet #balletintensive #balletaudition #loveofballet #balletposition #balletstudent #balletteacher #pointe #russianballerina #ballerinasofig #BolshoiBallet #openworlddancefoundation
๐Ÿ‘ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜๐’ ๐‹๐„๐…๐“ ๐“๐Ž ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐’๐“๐„๐‘ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐•๐€๐†๐€๐๐Ž๐•๐€ ๐Œ๐„๐“๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐‘ ๐’๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‘โฃ โฃ During our unique Vaganova Method Seminars, ballet teachers and students can tune in online to see our Elite Training classes in action! Picturedย in this video, our Elite Training Program consists of a small group of selected dancers who train, travel, and perform with OWDF as they meticulously study the pure #Vaganova Technique. Don't miss this chance to tune in to our Vaganova Method Summer Seminar and submit your registration and tuition byย ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ!โฃ โฃ In addition to our comprehensive ET program, our seminars will offer daily Q & A sessions where viewers have the chance to get their personal technique and ballet-related questions answered by ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ofย #MariinskyTheatreย andย #AmericanBalletTheatre, Ekaterina Shchelkanova! Ms. Shchelkanova graduated from theย #VaganovaBalletAcademyย and is also a student of the esteemed Professor Safranova, who studied under Agrippina Vaganova, the creator of the Vaganova technique herself!ย โฃ โฃ Furthermore, men's classes will be taught by Anton Boytsov, former dancer of #Mariinsky Theatre and partner of #UlyanaLopatkina ! During our seminars, we will also be learning the Mazurka from #SwanLake in detail from Mr. Boytsov, who performed it through all 20 years of his career with the Mariinsky theater. This piece is considered an absolute must for graduation exam at the #VaganovaAcademy .โฃ โฃ โฃ To register, submit payment, and find more information about our program, please visitย www.openworlddancefoundation.org.โฃ โ€ข โ€ข #balletvideo #balletpost #balletclass #vaganovaballet #russianballet #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #mariinskyballet #balletintensive #balletaudition #loveofballet #balletposition #balletstudent #balletteacher #pointe #russianballerina #ballerinasofig #BolshoiBallet #balletboy #openworlddancefoundation
๐’๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ˆ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐ง-๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐‰๐”๐‹๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ!โฃ โฃ To be considered for our 2020 In-Person #Vaganova Summer Intensive, we ask that you submit a video audition following the guidelines on our website. If you are unable to access ballet studios during this time, old performance and/or audition videos can be submitted. If absolutely no video audition material is available, we will allow exceptions to be made submitting photos, with details available on our website. The 2020 intensive will be held in Merritt Island, Florida, at 125 Imperial Street.โฃ โฃ To be a part of our Online Vaganova Method Summer Seminar, please fill out a Registration Form and submit tuition via the links on our website. ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐›๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ to benefit from this rare opportunity to observe our Elite Training classes where the fundamentals, mechanics, and even history of Vaganova technique are explained. ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ sessions will also be held during our Online Seminars, where participants will have the chance to have their personal technique questions answered by ET Director Ekaterina Schelkanova, who was directly taught by students of #AgrippinaVaganova!โฃ โฃ To find more information, please visit www.openworlddancefoundation.org. โ€ข โ€ข #balletvideo #balletpost #balletclass #vaganovaballet #russianballet #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #mariinskyballet #balletintensive #balletaudition #loveofballet #balletposition #balletstudent #balletteacher #pointe #russianballerina #ballerinasofig #BolshoiBallet #openworlddancefoundation
From every movement of the head to the finest deta From every movement of the head to the finest details of footwork, our Elite Training Program covers every aspect of the Russian Vaganova ballet technique. Through our ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐•๐š๐ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ, ballet teachers AND students can tune in online to see this training in action, complete with in-depth explanations on not only what is proper Vaganova technique, but why and how! In addition, our daily Q & A sessions will offer viewers the chance to get their personal technique and ballet-related questions answered by ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ of #MariinskyTheatre and #AmericanBalletTheatre, Ekaterina Shchelkanova! Ms. Shchelkanova graduated from the #VaganovaBalletAcademy and is also a student of the esteemed Professor Safranova, who studied under Agrippina Vaganova, the creator of the Vaganova technique herself! Whether you are a ballet dancer looking to enrich your dancing with more technical knowledge, or a driven ballet teacher looking to perfect your teaching methods, our online seminar is a chance for everyone to observe and discover the most essential components of the #Vaganova method.โฃ โฃ For those who would like more personalized training, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ• to be considered for our limited in-person Intensive, where our ET Directors will be able to work directly with you. โฃ โฃ To register, #audition, and/or submit tuition, please visit www.openworlddancefoundation.org!โฃ โฃ In the video: Elite Training Director and OWDF President, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, working with our Winter Intensive students in New York City, 2020. โ€ข โ€ข #balletvideo #balletpost #balletclass #vaganovaballet #russianballet #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #mariinskyballet #balletintensive #balletaudition #loveofballet #balletposition #balletstudent #balletteacher #pointe #russianballerina #ballerinasofig #BolshoiBallet #openworlddancefoundation
We would like to thank everyone for already expres We would like to thank everyone for already expressing their interest in our 2020 Vaganova Method Summer Seminars! We would also like to clarify that participants of our online seminars will be individually responsible for observing classes and corrections happening on screen. Our online seminars are a chance for students and teachers to tune in to our Elite Training classes where the fundamentals, mechanics, and even history of ballet movements are explained daily. We suggest online viewers to follow along with combinations and observe attentively, but for those who would like individualized attention and corrections, we ask them to apply to our in-person Intensive. Therefore, although we will be showing different class levels on screen, there will be no enforced maximum or levels of online viewers as they will be responsible for tuning in when they would like. We will, however, offer many chances to have individual technical questions answered and discussed during our online Q & A sessions. We hope you understand, as we believe that giving truly effective and professional individualized corrections can only be done in-person, as quality ballet training is necessarily hands-on! We also wish to uphold the standards of the Vaganova Ballet Academy, where our ET directors graduated and students were responsible for observing and applying corrections given to all participants. If you have any additional questions, please contact OWDF President, Ekaterina Schelkanova, at ekaterinaowf@gmail.com!
As many of you may know, we wereย very excited toย hold our #SummerIntensive this year in Connecticut. Unfortunately,ย due to unexpected safety measures recentlyย enacted by the state, we have had to cancel our 2020 CT Intensive. However, this has given rise to a new and rare opportunity instead!ย โฃ โฃ For the first time, we are opening up our exclusiveย Elite Training Programย to participants who wish to observe and reap from our unique and detailed training in the Russian #Vaganova ballet method! Through ourย Vaganova Method Summer Seminar,ย you will have the chance to look inside our special training by tuning in #online or joining in-person in Florida.โฃ โฃ Fromย ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฏ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ,ย our Vaganova Method Summer Seminar will include detailed explorations of the Vaganova technique through our Elite Trainingย #BalletClasses ; #BodyConditioningย exercises preferred by dancers of theย #MariinskyTheatre and #VaganovaBalletAcademy ;ย interactive #discussions of technique and other ballet-related questions; and analysis of the technical and artistic essentialsย of selected variations andย repertoire. Whether you are a ballet dancer looking to truly understand what constitutes good Russian ballet technique, or a driven ballet teacher looking to perfect your teaching methods, our online Zoom seminars are open to everyone! โฃ โฃ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐š, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง-๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ! If you would like to be considered for this, please follow theย #VideoAudition guidelinesย and submit all audition material byย ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ.ย To register for our online Vaganova Method Summer Seminar, please complete aย Registration Formย andย submit tuitionย for either one-week ($๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ)ย or two weeks ($๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ). For the selected few who will attend our in-person Intensive, tuition will beย $๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽย for one week andย $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽย for two weeks.โฃ โฃ โฃ To audition, register, and find more information, please visit www.openworlddancefoundation.org.
Our #SummerIntensive and Teacher Training will tak Our #SummerIntensive and Teacher Training will take place fromย ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ, in the gorgeous studios ofย Brass City Ballet located in Connecticut. Following the recommended guidelines for public safety, only aย limited number of participants will be allowed in the studio at any given time. We are hoping to be able to finish our program performing excerpts ofย #LaSylphideย with allย our Summer Intensive students in a beautiful outdoor park!โฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃโฃ To be considered for this program, we ask that you submit aย ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งย following theย guidelines on our website. โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ.โฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃFor more information on our program, please visit openworlddancefoundation.org.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โ€ขโฃโฃ โ€ขโฃโฃ โ€ขโฃโฃ #balletvideo #balletpost #balletclass #vaganovaballet #russianballet #AmericanBalletTheatre #mariinskyballet #balletintensive #balletaudition #loveofballet #balletposition #balletstudent #balletteacher #pointe #russianballerina #ballerinasofig #BolshoiBallet #openworlddancefoundation
Load More... Follow on Instagram
Visit Us On FacebookVisit Us On YoutubeVisit Us On Instagram

Our Social Media

Visit Us On FacebookVisit Us On YoutubeVisit Us On Instagram
Copyright ยฉ Open World Dance Foundation 2020 All Rights Reserved | Korpo by Theme Palace