We are pleased to announce that the world-famous teacher of pas-de-deux and repetiteur, Mr Anatoly Sidorov, will be holding classes at LRBS until the end of May 2013 and in the summer.

Mr Sidorov graduated with honours from the Vaganova Ballet Academy, being taught by such notables as K. V. Shatilov and A. I. Pushkin. He danced for the Mariinski Theatre and became the Principal dancer with the Mikhailovski Theatre and subsequently their Senior Repetiteur. He taught pas-de-deux class at the Vaganova Academy.

For his outstanding achievements in ballet Mr Sidorov was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.

LRBS is proud to welcome Mr Sidorov, knowing how much our students will benefit from being taught by a man of his expertise and experience.

On 1st May 2013 the London Russian Ballet School performed at Eton College.

Our dancers were accompanied by the Eton Music scholars. It was a beautiful mix of classical and contemporary   pieces to the music by the great Tchaikovsky, Handel, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich. 

Sponsored by the Tsukanov Family Foundation, this event proved to be truly unforgettable.

(Photo by Martin Bell Photography)

Our next outreach performancers will take place at Stockwell Primary School and at Wix Primary School. Dates and time to be confirmed.

Our recent outreach performances on 1st and 8th March 2013 at Stockwell and Kings Avenue Primary Schools was a great success. The LRBS students performed a beautiful selection of pieces from Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and more. Thank you to everybody who came to support, to the dancers and the teachers!

(Photo by Martin Bell Photography)

Since the arrival of the great Russian artists from the Imperial Theatre at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Russian ballet has been recognised in the West as a unique artistic phenomenon. Classical ballet, as we know it today, was largely created in the Russian Imperial Theatre. The style and character of classical ballet were formed during this Imperial period. It is this style and character that retain and manifest the significance and beauty of classical ballet for the audience today. In the development of classical ballet in Imperial Russia a system evolved, over two hundred and fifty years, to meet the technical requirements and fulfil the stylistic demands of Russian choreographers. Generations of great Russian ballet theatre artists worked within that system to preserve and pass down this heritage while allowing it to evolve. It has produced arguably the greatest ballet schools and method of ballet education. Many of the famous names in the world of ballet are the products of it.

Our vocational students are receiving pas-de-deux tuition from Mr Sidorov, Honoured Artist of Russia, giving them an unparalleled opportunity to develop their skills and technique.