#vba nutcracker 2018

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Dress rehearsal of Vaganova Ballet Academy’s “The Nutcracker” at the Mariinsky Theatre. Photos by Andrew Lush.

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Vaganova Ballet Academy students rehearsing “The Nutcracker” at the academy. December 2018. Photos by Andrew Lush.

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Vaganova Ballet Academy’s “The Nutcracker”. Liza Avsajanishvili and Aaron Osawa-Horowitz.

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Vera Shpakovskaya as little Masha in the Vaganova Ballet Academy production of “The Nutcracker”. Mariinsky Theatre. 26th December 2018.

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Elizaveta Avsadzhanishvili and Aaron Osawa-Horowitz rehearsing a pas de deus from “The Nutcracker”. Hopefully, this means that they have been cast in the principal roles.

For those of you marvelling at the fact that Avsadzhanishvili managed to secure this role, despite being in the Grade 7 / Level II, it’s not that unusual. The most promising students from Grade 7 / Level II are part of major VBA performances every year.

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Vaganova Ballet Academy’s “The Nutcracker”.

Mariinsky Theatre. December 2018.

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Vaganova Ballet Academy’s “The Nutcracker”. Anastasia Smirnova and Mikhail Barkidjija.

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Pas de trois. Vaganova Ballet Academy’s “The Nutcracker” production. Mariinsky Theatre. 2018.

First Pas de trois: Alisa Barinova, Kristina Chkotua, Nazir Nazipos Second Pas de trois:  Vera Shpakovskaya, Aigul Nugget, Ivan Volkov Third Pas de trois: Arina Stashkova, Sonya Romanovich, Farid Sharofeev