Easter Intensive Course 2025

Easter Intensive Course 2025 - REGISTRATIONS OPEN

Masters of Ballet Academy is running an Easter Intensive Course, over four days, for dancers aged 10 to 19 years old in our West London Studios.

Date: 7th to 10th April 2025

Venue: Clubs des Sports
East Acton Lane
London
W3 7HB

Application/Payment Deadline: 1st March 2025
Limited places are available. Applications will be considered in the order in which they are received.

Faculty

Learn from our Artistic Director Elena Glurjidze, our ballet teacher Vlada Kotter, Contemporary teacher and choreographer Vivian Triantafyllopoulou, and Stamina and conditioning Teacher Sereina Mowlen (Rainy), complete the faculty. Each 6-hour day consists of Ballet, Character, Pas de Deux, Neo-Classical/ Contemporary & Stamina and Conditioning classes.

Elena Glurjidze

Elena Glurdjidze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and trained at the prestigious Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg. In 2002, Elena joined English National Ballet as a Principal ballerina and was promoted in 2007 to Lead Principal ballerina. Following her professional retirement from dancing, Elena and fellow Vaganova Academy graduate Olga Semenova embarked upon an Internationally acclaimed Easter and Summer Intensive programme. In 2017, they created Masters of Ballet Academy, a brand new Vocational style ballet school based on the Vaganova Method of ballet training. Elena Glurjidze's complete biography is on our website by clicking the "The Team" section - Founders.

Olga Semenova

Olga trained as a professional ballet dancer at St.Petersburg's prestigious Vaganova Ballet Academy. After her ballet career, she completed a four-year professional teaching/coaching course at the Vaganova Ballet Academy and was awarded the PDTC Diploma with Distinction and MA ( Hons). Olga is our Artistic Director, alongside Elena Glurjidze. She is the most highly regarded Character tutor in the UK, being a guest teacher at different schools (in the UK and abroad). You can find Olga Semenova's full biography on our website by clicking the "The Team" section - Founders.

Dmitri Gruzdev

Dmitri Gruzdev, a dancer for 25 years with two of the world's finest companies, is now passing on his wealth of knowledge and experience to the next generation. Dmitri trained at the prestigious Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg and graduated in 1989 when he was offered a position at the world-famous Kirov Ballet. In 1993 he joined English National Ballet and worked his way from soloist to become the company's leading Senior Principal male dancer for many years.

Dmitri retired from ENB in 2016, and he is now a renowned and sought-after teacher and repetiteur with a full diploma from the Royal Ballet School Teacher Training Programme. Since starting his career as a teacher, he has worked with professional students and dancers from companies such as the Bolshoi Ballet, Rambert Ballet School, Schottish Ballet, English National Ballet, and as a private coach for individuals.

Vlada Kotter

Vlada is one of our resident ballet teachers. She trained at The Royal Ballet School for seven years, and in 2022, she completed the ARBTA Associate Teacher Qualification in Classical Ballet.

Vivian Triantafyllopoulou

Vivian comes from Greece, studied contemporary dance at Trinity Laban in London and continued as a chosen member of the Akram Khan Experiment. She is very excited to be part of Masters of Ballet Academy, work with the students towards their development, and help them bring the best out of themselves. She will be teaching Contemporary during the Easter Intensive.

Sereina Mowlen (Rainy)

Rainy is our Stamina, Stretch and conditioning Teacher. She trained as a classical dancer at the Central School of Ballet in London before enrolling at YMCA Fit in central London and training as a Level 3 Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer.

Syllabus

Ballet technique; Virtuosity/Solos for girls and boys; Pointe; Character Dance; Historical Dance (Juniors); Acting for Ballet (Pre-Seniors); Pas de Deux (Seniors); Contemporary Ballet; Floor Barre/Stretching.
Lessons are accompanied by live piano.

How to Apply

Please click the link to fill out the application form.

Once a place has been offered, it will be held for seven days. If the course fee is not received by then, the place may be offered to another student. Details of how payment can be made will be sent out with the offer of a place.

We aim for the students to benefit from the course as much as possible. The Artistic Director will place them into specific groups to maximise the benefit for each student and the group. The decision is based on the student's ability, suitability for the group, training requirements, and age.

Student Fees 2025

JUNIORS (8/9/10 years) £40 per day, £150 4-Day Full Course

PRE SENIORS (11/12 years) , SENIORS (13/14 years), PRE PROFESSIONALS (15-19 years) £120 per day, £420 4-Day Full Course.

Other information

Students will be placed into one of four different Class Groups (Junior, Pre-Senior, Senior and Pre-Professional). Students and their parents/guardians must accept assignments in groups. The Artistic Directors can make any changes during the course at their sole discretion.
The training runs from 10 am to 4 pm, apart from JUNIORS, who train for 2 hours per day.
We will send you all the logistical information as soon as you receive the confirmation of your place on the Easter Course.
All students will receive a Certificate of Completion, signed by the teachers.