What is Vaganova Ballet Academy?
[[File:VaganovaEntrywayPanoramaMay2009.jpg|thumb|Vaganova Academy]] The '''Vaganova Ballet Academy''' is a [[ballet]] school in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia. It was founded in 1738 by [[Empress]] [[Anna Ioannovna]] (1693-1740) The original name of the academy was the '''Imperial Ballet School'''. In the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] regime, the school was rebuilt as the '''Leningrad State Choreographic Institute'''. After that, in 1957, the name of the school became the '''Vaganova Ballet Academy''' by [[Agrippina Vaganova]]. Every year, over 3,000 children audition and only approximately 70 children are accepted. It has eight year [[curriculum]], and 30 dancers complete the whole of the curriculum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vaganovaacademy.com/|title=Vagonova Ballet Company|access-date=2016-12-08|archive-date=2017-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518130916/http://vaganovaacademy.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dancers who take the eight year course may join ballet companies all over the world. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Ballet companies]]