Our Trip to St. Petersburg.
Dear friends! Every year world famous ballet stars, the artistic directors of the major world ballet companies and students from different ballet schools around the world come to St. Petersburg to participate in their famous Dance Open Festival. Our School was happy to represent Canada, this month of April, during the 11th Dance Open Festival. This was a very special occasion because as part of the 11th DANCE OPEN Festival, dancers celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of ballet legend Natalia Dudinskaya. During her career, she was the laureate of four USSR state prizes, she was appointed as People's Artist of the USSR and as honored citizen of Saint Petersburg among many other awards and recognitions. Natalia Dudinskaya was also the teacher of our Artistic [...]