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	AGRIPPINA VAGANOVA
		Vaganova was the daughter of an usher at the Mariinsky.
		Instead of the hitherto vague corrections given to a pupil, and using an analysis of musculature, Vaganova gave precise corrections for proper placement.
		She was director of the GATOB (renamed the Kirov in 1935) from 1931 – 37, and later of the School which bears her name, using her position in both to fight tooth and nail for the survival of classical ballet, in the face of opposition from doctrinaire ideologues.
	dudinskaya.narod.ru /agrippina_vaganova.htm (216 words)

	AGRIPPINA VAGANOVA
		Vaganova was the daughter of an usher at the Mariinsky.
		At the Imperial Ballet School she studied under Ivanov, Vazem, Gerdt and Nikolai Legat, graduating in 1897.
		Instead of the hitherto vague corrections given to a pupil, and using an analysis of musculature, Vaganova gave precise corrections for proper placement.
	www.n_m_dudinskaya.chat.ru /agrippina_vaganova.htm (674 words)

	Vaganova method (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Vaganova method is a method of teaching classical ballet that was founded by Agrippina Vaganova, who founded a syllabus for teaching the art of classical ballet.
		Agrippina Vaganova graduated from the Imperial Ballet school in 1897 and danced with the Imperial Ballet until 1916, at which point she retired to become a teacher of ballet.
		Much of her work was focused on the capability of the dancer to perform a classical pas de deux and the skills necessary for such a performance.
	en.askmore.net /Vaganova_method.htm (308 words)

	Agrippina Vaganova - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Vaganova's whole life was connected with the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, where she became known as queen of variations for her acrobatic leaps and astonishing footwork.
		Among Vaganova's pupils were the distinguished Soviet ballerinas Natalya Dudinskaya, Marina Semenova, Galina Ulanova, Olga Lepeshinskaya, and Maya Plisetskaya.
		Her teaching sought to combine the elegant, refined style of the imperial ballet which Vaganova had been taught by the likes of Enrico Cecchetti and Olga Preobrajenska, with more vigorous dancing developed in the Soviet Union.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/g/r/Agrippina_Vaganova_522b.html (192 words)

	Classes
		In the early 1900's, Russian ballerina Agrippina Vaganova developed a ballet teaching method built on
		Madame Vaganova taught the method in St. Petersburg,
		The Vaganova Method is practiced throughout the world in leading ballet institutions,
	www.grebeldance.com /Classes.html (118 words)

	Ballet-Dance Magazine - Vaganova: A Dance Journey from Petersburg to Leningrad - Vera Krasovskya- Book review by Leland ...
		We are also told that as a student Vaganova was a bit of a cut-up and that she loved attending and arranging parties.
		Vaganova had a child by him, whom he adopted when he abandoned his own wife and family to live with the dancer.
		In her lifetime (1879-1961) Vaganova experienced a metamorphosis of style and objective in the replacement of the traditional evening-long spectacles of Petipa and his colleagues through the emergence of the Fokine statements, the Lopukhov experiments to the “choreodrama” and propagandistic ballets of the Soviet era.
	www.ballet-dance.com /200510/articles/Vaganova20050900.html (1046 words)

	Vaganova Method at DCDA and RGVB (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The technique, which Vaganova later codified in a textbook called Fundamentals of the Classic Dance, was designed to develop strong dancers with superlative technique who could also be expressive and emotional.
		Agrippina Vaganova's role in the development of the school cannot be overstated, and in 1957, six years after her death, it was named after her.
		The Vaganova Method is taught to Ballet 1 through Ballet VIII students at the Deborah Case Dance Academy and its method shines in the Rio Grande Valley Ballet's performances.
	www.dcda.com /vaganova.htm (632 words)

	www.ballerinagallery.com - ballet pictures
		Even when she was still very young, a student a the Ballet School in the class of Sofia Golovkina, she attracted our attention with the unusual delicacy of her dancing, her inspired sense of motion and the glow that emanated from each of her movements.
		She studied with her mother Maria Romanovna and Agrippina Vaganova at the Leningrad Choreography School.
		She was a pupil of Sokolova, Fokine and Vaganova and graduated in 1913 and became soloist with the Mariinsky ballet in 1916.
	www.convergentus.se /ballet (3231 words)

	Russain Ballet Information, Ballet Technique.
		A Pas de Chat (step of the cat) is a movement in ballet which, when performed correctly, the dancer must stay in the air for as long as possible with both feet and arms off the ground.
		This movement gives the illusion that the dancer is floating.Specific methods are named after the ballet master or mistress who originated them, such as the Vaganova method after Agrippina Vaganova, the Balanchine method after George Balanchine, and the Cecchetti method after Enrico Cecchetti.
		Depending on where the dancer places his or her arms and legs, the dancer can make them look longer or shorter depending on their preference.
	www.bolvanka.org /russeballet.htm (590 words)

	Amazon.com: Basic Principles of Classical Ballet: Books: Agrippina Vaganova (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Agrippina Vaganova is legendary in the world of Russian ballet and, in fact, the Russian style of ballet is usually called the Vaganova style(the term "school" is usually used instead of style).
		The reader should keep in mind that this is a classic and not a modern tutorial; nevertheless, it is so well written that it is still useful to today's students.
		The Vaganova system is used by the Maryinski - formerly the Kirov - dancers; she was !
	www.amazon.com /Principles-Classical-Ballet-Agrippina-Vaganova/dp/0486220362 (1366 words)

	Russian Ballet - Vaganova Master Classes & Summer School
		As in the Summer School, the Master Class curriculum focuses on the perfection of all basic movements of classical dance and the study of technique, pointe, variations, character and adagio and the full repertoire of roles from classical ballet.
		For the serious student, the Master Classes offer an exceptional opportunity to receive a professional education in accordance with the Vaganova legacy.
		Mansur Kamaletdinov is one of the few working Master Teachers who studied directly under Agrippina Vaganova.
	www.russianballet.net /masterclasses.html (240 words)

	Masterpiece Dance Theater
		She was born in June 1879 in St. Petersburg, Russia and died in Leningrad at the age of 72 on February 5, 1951.
		For 30 years, 1921-1951, Vaganova taught at the School of Russian Ballet, known for her chiseled precision and attention to detail; she was named a Professor in 1946.
		The Vaganova system aims to teach students to dane with their whole body in order to acquire a harmony of movements and a broadening of artistic expression.
	www.balletla.com /vaganova.html (385 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Agrippina Vaganova
		It was Vaganova who perfected and cultivated this form of teaching the art of classical ballet into a syllabus of the utmost wisdom.
		Vaganova's whole life was connected with the Imperial Ballet (later the Kirov Ballet) of the Mariinsky Theatre in St.
		Ballet did not come easily to Vaganova in her first years as a student, but slowly, through the efforts of her own will power, she was able to join the illustrious Imperial Ballet upon her graduation.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Agrippina_Vaganova (532 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Agrippina
		He was originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and was the son of Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul in AD 32) and of Agrippina the Younger, who was the great-granddaughter of Augustus.
		She trained with Agrippina Vaganova in Leningrad and in 1928 joined the Kirov Theatre (formerly Mariinsky Theatre) company, where she began to...
		After Claudius' marriage to Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero, Britannicus was passed over as heir in favor of Nero.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Agrippina (475 words)

	Wisconsin Figure Skating Club
		Vaganova was well ahead her time in that she completely understood that the training of a "firm trunk."This training emphasizes the muscles of the lower back to develop the core strengt that isa major prerequisite for free body control for physiological and artistic purposes.
		Kostrovitskaya was one of the closest disciples of Agrippina Vaganova, and for many years she was a senior teacher at the Vaganova Choreographic School.
		She further broke down the details of Vaganova's teaching method and developed the 6 year program in it's final form (from the original 8 year program) as it is used in Russia and around the world today.
	www.wisconsinfsc.org /choreography/congress.cfm (1240 words)

	ACB \| About the Academy \| Vaganova Method (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We are a ballet school that is dedicated to the education and development of classical ballet dancers and teachers in the method of training developed by Agrippina Y. Vaganova, considered by many to be the greatest ballet pedagogue of the 20th century.
		Agrippina Vaganova was a ballerina of the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia prior to the revolution of 1917.
		Vaganova began teaching in 1919 and taught for over ten years before she began to codify her method.
	www.acb-oakland.com /vaganova.html (297 words)

	Ballet - College of Music - Loyola University New Orleans
		Due to the great depth of talent housed in the Marinsky Theatre, Vaganova was not promoted to ballerina status until 1915, the year before her retirement from the stage.
		Agrippina Vaganova taught at the Imperial Theatre School from 1917-1951 (the year of her death), and served as director of the Kirov Ballet from 1931-1937.
		Vaganova married the romantic style of the French ballet and dramatic soulfulness of the Russian character with the athletic virtuosity that characterizes the Italian school to reform the old imperial style of ballet teaching.
	music.loyno.edu /ballet/vaganova.html (558 words)

	Vaganova method
		The Vaganova method of teaching classical ballet is based on the old Russian school of ballet and teaching of ballet.
		It was first developed by Madame Agrippina Vaganova[?] (1879-1951) and has been and still is further developed by her followers.
		The method is considered excellent, and it is widely in use, being the most common ballet teaching method in Russia and parts of Europe, and popular also in the North America and other parts in the world.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/va/Vaganova_method.html (106 words)

	ArtsAlive.ca - Dance : Meet the Artists
		She selected what she considered to be the best of the different European schools, particularly the French and Italian, and combined them with the style she had learned as a student in St. Petersburg.
		Vaganova outlined her analytical approach to pedagogy in her book, Basic Principles of Classical Ballet.
		In 1957, the school in St. Petersburg posthumously honoured Vaganova by changing its name to the Vaganova Ballet Academy.
	www.artsalive.ca /en/dan/meet/bios/artistDetail.asp?artistID=65 (222 words)

	PROSPECTS #131 - From foot to foot
		Agrippina Vaganova, herself a one-time pupil of the Imperial Ballet School had come from a poor family.
		Former pupil of Agrippina Vaganova, Vera Krasovskaya, said of her teacher, "she was wonderful, her pupils adored her but were afraid of her.
		Vaganova Academy Director Leonid Nadirov, who has seen many changes over the past 10 years he has been running this school, said, "After perestroika things got worse, government funding got less and in the last few years it was even less.
	www.friends-partners.org /oldfriends/spbweb/lifestyl/131/fromfoot.html (1313 words)

	AbeBooks: Search Results - Agrippina
		Agrippina is an awful, intellectual brat of 14 years, constantly demanding large sums of money from her father, correcting her mother's use of out-of-date slang and trying to put down her intellectual boyfriend, Modem.
		Agrippina, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero, lived amidst the mayhem of the depraved and violent Roman court.
		Agrippina, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero, was a beautiful and talented woman who saw her father murdered, was banished by her brother, and was killed on the orders of her son.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Agrippina (1676 words)

	Vaganova method (Site not responding. Last check: )
		{{npov}} The Vaganova method is a method of teaching classical ballet that was founded by Agrippina Vaganova and developed into an exact science by her pedagogical pupil for over 30 years, Vera Kostrovitkaya and countless other teachers in the decades following Vaganova's death in 1951.
		It is scientifially based and physiologically sound, and is considered by many to be an combination of the best of the French and Italian schools as the base, and then, futher refined by Vaganova and her immediate followers in to an exact science of teaching.
		Vaganova is known for founding the Soviet System of Ballet Education, but her and Kostrovitskaya's teaching method is the only method that predicts a safe and accurate outcome as mastering the applied laws of physics of dance.
	en.mcfly.org /Vaganova_method (220 words)

	The Vaganova Method
		In the 1920’s, Agrippina Vaganova developed what would become the standard for Soviet ballet instruction as well as most of the world: the Vaganova method.
		Another target of Vaganova’s unrelenting attention, aside from feet, was the correct training of dancer’s arms.
		A typical lesson in the Vaganova method is well planned out; Vaganova did not believe in the improvisation of a teacher at a lesson.
	web.grinnell.edu /courses/tut/F01/TUT100-04/vaganova/The%20Vaganova%20Method.htm (550 words)

	Welcome to Vaganova Ballet Academy!
		The work resulting from the great teacher Agrippina Vaganova formed a new era in ballet education.
		Each year, Vaganova graduates replenish the ranks of the leading theatres of Russia, and the stars of the Mariinsky Ballet are known worldwide.
		The contemporary dancers graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy: Farukh Ruzimatov, Uliana Lopatkina, Diana Vishneva, Igor Zelensky, Svetlana Zakharova, Andrian Fadeyev.
	www.vaganova.ru /eng/hist_eng.html (1365 words)

	Agrippina Vaganova (1879 - 1951) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Vaganova achieved fame as one of the most important teachers in ballet history, teaching students like Ulanova, Volkova, Dudinskaya and Kolpakova.
		In 1957 the St Petersburg Ballet School was renamed the Vaganova Institute in her honor.
		The artistic and creative ripples you generated by developing and teaching young dancers are continuing into the twenty-first century.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8233165&pt=Agrippina%20Vaganova (172 words)

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		She was invited by Yuri Grigorovich (former Artistic Director of the Bolshoi) to train with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, and then by Natalya Dudinskaya (former Artistic Director of the Kirov and direct student Agrippina Vaganova) to train and dance with the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky) in St. Petersburg.
		The Vaganova Ballet Academy is synonymous with the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov) whose core training is based on the venerated Vaganova system, founded and developed by Agrippina Vaganova.
		Madame Vaganova is heralded as one of the greatest ballet teachers of the ages and her work is the very foundation of all ballet instruction in Russia.
	www.incitationgroup.com /pages/dada/about_patrons.html (530 words)

	The St. Petersburg Times - Top Stories - Vaganova Dancers To Show Their Moves
		This seventh-year student at the prestigious Vaganova Ballet Academy looks confident and concentrated as she takes her usual place in the rehearsal room exactly under a portrait of the legendary Agrippina Vaganova.
		Today, the Imperial Ballet School is called the Vaganova Academy in honor of Agrippina Vaganova, who radically changed the way ballet was taught in Russia.
		Vaganova Ballet Academy presents Vassily Vainonen's staging of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" at the Mariinsky Theater on Dec. 28 and 30, Jan. 2, 7, 9 and 11.
	www.times.spb.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=11915 (1186 words)

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