Russian Ballet Dancer

If you search the best ballet dancers in the world, Anna Pavlova is the first to appear. Anna pavlova was a Russian ballet dancer in the late 1800's and early 1900's. At the age of 10 Anna Pavlova was accepted in to St Petersburg imperial ballet school in Russia.

An audition to enter the St Petersburg imperial ballet school (now known as the Vagnova Academy) consists of three sections;

Aptitude:

• looking at the students proportions
• assessing the height of their jump
• testing their degree of turnout in their legs
• assessing their general appearance

Physical:

• they have a general physical  exam by a doctor to check for any injuries that they may be prone to, or other things that may affect their dancing careers in the future

Artistic:

• they access the students musicality, rhythm, co-ordination and overall artistic talent

If a dancer passes all these test they may then be accepted into the school. The students live on campus. Younger students have 2 hours of dance and 6 hours of normal academic classes. Older students have between 4 and 6 hours of dance and around 3 hours of classes. The teaching is very strict and students are expected to push themselves as hard as possible, if they are to make it into the professional world of ballet.

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information found on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaganova_Academy_of_Russian_Ballet#Training