14/06/2022
Wow! OLGA IAKOVKEVSKAYA zal lesgeven op onze Ballet Intensive van 29-31 augustus!
=> Outstanding Teacher 2019 AWARD, YAGP
=> VAGANOVA teacher
Olga is a renowned and respected ballet master from St. Petersburg, Russia, who has brought her talent and love of ballet to Europe, Canada and USA.
She graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1978. Olga’s main mentor, Ninel Petrova, was one of the famous students of grand ballet Dame, Agrippina Vaganova. While performing in the State theatre of Choreographic Miniatures of Leonid Jacobson, the company of the greatest choreographer of 20th century, in St. Petersburg, Olga mastered a versatile and rich repertoire. She could perform pure classical ballet numbers as well as modern, character or grotesque dances.
The knowledge and skills she has gained helped her to become the in-demand teacher in Belgium where she moved to in 1993. Olga worked as a classical ballet teacher at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp and Brussels International Ballet School. She continued her career as a Senior classic ballet instructor at the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver, Canada and as the Artistic Director of Professional Training Program at San Jose Youth Ballet, CA, USA. She is in high demand as a guest teacher in various ballet schools and taught in various International Summer Programs in Europe, USA, Canada and Australia.
An outstanding education Olga received in one of the best ballet institutions of the world was not narrowed down to the deep knowledge of the Vaganova method but amplified with serious research in the history of ballet, theater, music, and art. All that formed Olga’s true passion for art, history, and philosophy. Olga's interests and expertise brought her additional activities outside the ballet class. She is the creator of Global Events, a non-profit organization in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1995, where she realized around 40 social-culture projects. Olga has numerous letters of appreciation for her contribution to the development of cultural relations between Belgium and Russia; she was even awarded a medal “In honor of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg” by the Russian Government. Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, the Government of Belgium, the EU, UNICEF and Help Kids has recognized her.
Olga was awarded with diploma and medal “The Best Teacher Award” in recognition of outstanding technical and artistic merit at the 2018 World Ballet Competition Finals held in Orlando, Florida, USA. And most recently Olga received the “Outstanding Teacher 2019 Award, Young American Grand Prix”.
