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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
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
Open World Dance Foundation was founded with the m Open World Dance Foundation was founded with the mission of "Uniting Through Dance." With creativity, music, beauty, love, and the gift of dance, we will continue striving to make the world a better place, even through the hardest of times! Every day, it is our mission to share our love for the beautiful world we live in and for the great history of the world that we all have inherited and respect, treasure and learn from. Please join us in watching this historic video in support of universal peace, love, and our mutual beautiful future! โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข #ballet #balletvideo #vaganova #galinaulanova #russianballet #VaganovaBalletAcademy #summerintensive #balletintensive #vaganovatechnique #balletteacher #balletstudent #classicalballet #artofballet #openworlddancefoundation
#ALUMNISPOTLIGHT Our Elite Training alumnus, Evan #ALUMNISPOTLIGHT Our Elite Training alumnus, Evandro Bossle, sends an arabesque from Moscow, Russia, where he now dances professionally at the #StanislavskyBalletTheater ! For a chance to train with our ET directors, Ekaterina Schelkanova and Anton Boytsov, and ballet stars like #EvgeniaObraztsova, send in your ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ข ๐—”๐—จ๐——๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก for our #SummerIntensive by ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ! โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข #balletpost #balletclass #vaganova #balletstudent #bolshoiballet #russianballet #pointe #ballerinasofig #principaldancer #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #theballetscene #vaganovaballetacademy #lifeoftheballerina #loveofballet #balletposition #balletteacher #balletaudition #theballetscene #russianballerina #openworlddancefoundation
We hope everyone is staying safe, healthy, and wel We hope everyone is staying safe, healthy, and well! Let's keep our heads up during this challenging time, act wisely, and remain loving to those around us. Together, we will rise out of this situation as stronger, more resilient people! โฃ โฃ As of now, our #SummerIntensive and #TeacherTraining Program is still happening as planned for ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ in St. Petersburg, Russia. We hope this brings you something to look forward to! โฃ โฃ For something beautiful to brighten up your day, here is a clip of ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’‚ ๐‘ถ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’›๐’•๐’”๐’๐’—๐’‚, one of our #๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐“๐ก๐ž๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ Intensive guest faculty members, dancing the Cupid variation! Let's not forget about beauty and the joy it brings, no matter our circumstances. โœจ๐Ÿ’ซ โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข #balletpost #balletclass #vaganova #balletstudent #bolshoiballet #russianballet #pointe #ballerinasofig #principaldancer #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #theballetscene #vaganovaballetacademy #lifeoftheballerina #loveofballet #balletposition #balletteacher #balletaudition #theballetscene #russianballerina #openworlddancefoundation
๐ˆ๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐ƒ๐”๐‚๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ "๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐‘ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐“๐€๐‘๐’" ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐๐’๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐†๐”๐„๐’๐“ ๐…๐€๐‚๐”๐‹๐“๐˜: ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฒ๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ๐‘น ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘ท๐‘ฐ๐‘ตโฃโฃ โฃโฃ After graduating from the #VaganovaBalletAcademy in 1970, Mr. Stepin went on to work at the #MariinskyTheater and the #LeonidJacobsonBalletTheater . He later became a world-renowned acting teacher at the #VaganovaBalletAcademy , where he continues to teach today. Famous ballerinas like #SvetlanaZakharova, #EvgeniaObraztsova, and #OlgaSmirnova were among his students and he has also worked with ballerinas #ViktoriaTereshkina and #OlesyaNovikova at the #MariinskyTheater. After working closely with famed choreographer #LeonidYakobson, Mr. Stepin now serves as the repetiteur of Yakobson's works. โฃโฃ โฃโฃ Mr. Stepin has taught incredible acting classes at our Summer Intensives for many years, and we are delighted to have him join us again this year! โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐Ÿ’ซ Experience phenomenal Russian #Vaganova ballet training from former dancers of the Mariinsky Theatre , and take master classes from ballet stars like EVGENIA OBRAZTSOVA , ANATOLY SIDOROV , EKATERINA SCHELKANOVA, ELENA BAZHENOVA and more! #AUDITION for our โ€œ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฌโ€ Intensive from ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ, ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ. ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ , ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š. โฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃโฃ ๐Ÿ”— Please visit openworlddancefoundation.org for more details, and stay tuned for more faculty announcements.โฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃโฃ ๐ŸŽฅ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ข ๐—”๐—จ๐——๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE!โฃโฃ โฃโฃ #balletpost #balletclass #summerintensive #balletstudent #bolshoiballet #russianballet #pointe #ballerinasofig #principaldancer #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #theballetscene #SummerIntensive #lifeoftheballerina #loveofballet #balletposition #balletteacher #balletaudition #theballetscene #russianballerina #openworlddancefoundation
๐ˆ๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐ƒ๐”๐‚๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ "๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐‘ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐“๐€๐‘๐’" ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐๐’๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐†๐”๐„๐’๐“ ๐…๐€๐‚๐”๐‹๐“๐˜: ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘จ ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ๐’๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘จโฃ โฃ โฃ After graduating from the #VaganovaBalletAcademy , Elena Bazhenova joined the #MariinskyBallet in 1989. With her stunning stage presence and exquisite character dancing, she has graced the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre for over 20 years in her expansive repertoire. Bazhenova received the prestigious title of Honored Artist of Russia in 2008 and continues to dance today as a principal character artist with the Mariinsky Ballet.โฃ โฃ We had the honor of having Ms. Bazhenova teach character classes during our 2019 Summer Intensive, and are delighted to announce she will be joining us again!โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ’ซ Experience phenomenal Russian #Vaganova ballet training from former dancers of the #MariinskyTheatre , and take master classes from ballet stars like EVGENIA OBRAZTSOVA , ANATOLY SIDOROV , EKATERINA SCHELKANOVA, ELENA BAZHENOVA and more! AUDITION for our โ€œ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฌโ€ Intensive from ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ, ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ. ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ , ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š. โฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃ ๐Ÿ”— Please visit openworlddancefoundation.org for more details, and stay tuned for more faculty announcements.โฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃ ๐ŸŽฅ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ข ๐—”๐—จ๐——๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE!โฃ โ€ขโฃ โ€ขโฃ โ€ขโฃ โฃ #balletpost #balletclass #balletintensive #summerintensive #balletstudent #russianballet #ballerinasofig #principaldancer #worldwideballet #ะฐะบะฐะดะตะผะธัั€ัƒััะบะพะณะพะฑะฐะปะตั‚ะฐ #theballetscene #Summerlntensive #loveofballet #balleteacher #ballet #vaganova #audition #ballerinasofig
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