summer intensive faculty
Inna Bayer
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Bayer Ballet
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
PERFORMANCE
Kiev Classical Ballet Theater (Ukraine). Toured: France, Spain, Germany, and Poland as Principal Dancer.
TEACHING
San Francisco Ballet School,
Bat-Dor,
Founded Bayer Ballet in 2005, awarded Outstanding School by YAGP, SF
(2018, 2019, & 2020)
AWARDS
"Choreographer of the Year"
(American Dance Awards),
"Outstanding Teacher" (YAGP,SF)
STUDENT SUCCESS
Acceptance into Prix de Lausanne 2020 (2 participants); YoungArts Finalist Winner 2020;Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), Grand Prix 2020; World Ballet Competition (WBC), Gold Medal
Students accepted into Professional Companies, including: Batsheva Dance Company (Israel), Ballet Israely (Israel), Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (Israel), Scottish Ballet (Scotland), Compania Nacional de Danza (Nacho Duato Artistic Director), State Ballet of Georgia, Alberta Ballet (Canada), Inbal Pinto Dance Company, Austin Ballet, Boston Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Eifman Ballet Saint Petersburg, Russia, Atlanta Ballet and more.
EDUCATION
Masters Degree, Pedagogy and Choreography with Honors, Moscow State Academy of Choreography
(Bolshoi Ballet Academy)
Cum Laude, State Academy of Choreography and Dance in Voronezh
Marina Osipova
MASTER INSTRUCTOR
Bayer Ballet Faculty
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
PERFORMANCE
Opera and Ballet Theater. MP Mussorgsky, Russian Ballet Company
TEACHING
Associate Professor, Institute of Theater Arts of Moscow , Department of Choreography, Classical Dance
Artistic Deputy Director & Teacher, Classical Dance Department, Dance Academy of Boris Eifman
Professor of Technique, Classical & Neoclassical Dance Department,
Vagánova Ballet Academy in Russia
Juror, International Ballet Competitions
PUBLICATIONS
Author of several scientific articles and a methodical manual on the teaching of classical dance technique.
AWARDS
Recipient of multiple choreography awards for international dance competitions
EDUCATION
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, State Pedagogical University of Russia
AI Herzen
Theory & Methodology of Professional Education, Honorable Mention, Vagánova Academy
Stanislav Fečo
MASTER INSTRUCTOR
Guest Teacher & Choreographer
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Artistic Director, Petipa Heritage Fund
Official Ballet Master, The Anton Dolin Foundation
DANCER / ASSISTANT / CO-CHOREOGRAPHER
with Vasily Medvedev:
Bolshoi Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin,Lithuanian National Ballet, Compañía Nacional de Danza in Mexico, Czech National Ballet, Croatian National Ballet, Romanian National Opera, Slovak National Ballet, National Ballet of Panama, Macedonian National Ballet, National Ballet of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Theatre Lodz, etc.
PERFORMANCE
Principal Dancer:
Prague National Theatre,
St.Petersburg Russian Ballet,
National Theatre in Brno
Guest Principal Dancer:
Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Azerbaijan National Ballet, State Ballet in Kazan, National Opera Donetsk
AWARDS
Philip Morris Flower Ballet Award for the Best Dancer - Czech Republic & US
Pushkin Legacy Ballet Award for interpretation of Onegin
FORMER BALLET MASTER
Perm Theatre
Ekaterinburg Ballet
(Ural Opera) in Russia.
EDUCATION
Master Degree, Vaganova Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg
*Faculty subject to change
Olga Voloboueva
MASTER INSTRUCTOR
Bayer Ballet Guest Faculty
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
PERFORMANCE
Principal & Soloist:
Kirov Ballet, Mariinsky, St. Petersburg; Colorado Ballet, USA; Royal Ballet of Flanders, Belgium; Ballet Victor Ullate; Peter Schaufuss Ballet
Guest Artist:
San Francisco Opera Ballet, USA; Setsuko Itchikawa Ballet, Japan; Arlington Ballet, USA
GUEST TEACHER
Vaganova Ballet Academy, Ballet West -Scotland, Universal Ballet-South Korea, Yantra Ballet- Belgium, Ballet Ruso Barcelona
EDUCATION
Teaching Diploma, Graduate of the Vaganova Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg,
(Leningrad), Russia
Erin Micek
CONTEMPORARY
Bayer Ballet Faculty
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
PERFORMANCE
Eugene Ballet Company, Ballet Idaho, Drop Dance Collective, the Margaret Wingrove Dance Company and multiple projects with independent choreographers
AWARDS
Recipient of numerous choreography awards by such organizations as Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP). Here students have been accepted into prestigious intensives and have developed professional careers in ballet and modern companies throughout the country.
EDUCATION
Houston Ballet Academy, Ballet Idaho Academy of Dance, and from renowned coaches such as Maria T. Vegh, former co-director of Harkness House in New York City.
Sasha Kozadayev
MASTER INSTRUCTOR
Guest Teacher
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
PERFORMANCE
Principal & Guest Artist:
Stuttgart Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, Boston Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Colorado Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Houston Ballet,
to name a few.
STUDENT SUCCESS
Scholarship recipients to Cambridge University, Yale, Brown University, Harvard, Princeton, Butler University, Columbia University, Stanford, MIT, Vaganova Ballet Academy, and the Bolshoi Ballet School. Students have received multiple First Place YAGP awards and competed at the Prix de Lausanne. He also coached the silver medal winner of the Jackson International Ballet Competition. Students have gone on to perform with such companies as Mariinsky Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, ABT, Ballet Panama, NDT, Slovenian National Ballet, Modern American Dance Company, New York City Ballet, San Diego Ballet, Munich Ballet, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.
AWARDS
Medal Winner, Prix de Lausanne International Dance Competition
EDUCATION
Training, Vaganova Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg, (Leningrad), Russia, School of American Ballet, Colorado Ballet,
John Cranko Schule
safe artistic development
PRIORITIES & GOALS
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SAFETY FIRST - we are following strict guidelines and ask for your cooperation. This is a shared responsibility.
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HEALTHY & HAPPY GROWTH IS IMPORTANT - we are dedicated to helping all students achieve their individual goals, while creating an environment that promotes physical and mental wellness.
SAFE, ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT
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An internationally-renowned faculty of Master Teachers (including teachers from Russia and Europe) delivering various disciplines, virtually through Zoom to each group.
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Our Master Vaganova Faculty are graduates of the Vaganova Academy and Bolshoi Ballet Academy, where they received their training and graduate degrees.
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Large monitors, cameras, and tripods installed in studios to all in-person teachers and remote teachers to correct all students.
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Small groups divided by level with strict safety protocols to meet Santa Clara County Public Health and CDPH.
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Each group is assigned a primary teacher and administrator.
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Participants provided with detailed policies and procedures: safety procedures, protocol and liability waiver.
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All participants (Zoom & In-Person) receive personalized oral critiques;
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We are taking all precautions and strictly adhering to the recommended guidelines and directives to keep dancers and their families, as safe as possible.
REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION
VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
IN-PERSON PROGRAMS
Summer Intensive 2020 (hybrid)
Summer Intensive SHOWCASE
The Summer Intensive culminates in a demonstration,
presented by participants of the program.
Bayer Ballet's Summer Intensive 2019 Performance
"The Class Concert," a work is based on the graduation performance of the Vaganova Russian Ballet Academy, School of Classical Ballet. In this piece, dancers, of various ages and stages of their training, demonstrate the progression across various levels within the Vaganova System.
Bayer Ballet's Summer Intensive 2019 Performance
Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire
Bayer Ballet's Summer Intensive 2019 Performance
An excerpt from "The Young Lady and the Hooligan" ballet is an example of the acting skills and mime curriculum, integral to the Vaganova training, through which dancers are taught how to effectively communicate with the audience.
Summer Intensive Showcase
images: IOPhotoStudio.com
SUMMER programs
Continue dancing throughout the summer, from Camps to Workshops, we'll explore the many facets of the artform of dance & self-expression, while keeping the children's physical and mental wellness, healthy and happy.