Ballet with Matisse L.

Education 2016-17 Bolshoi Ballet Academy- Moscow, Russia Director : Marina Konstantinovna Leonova Teachers : Irina Pyatkina, Ilya Ryzhakov, Anna Antropova, Elena Bobrova, Svetlana ​ Ivanova, Vera Kulikova, Natalia Revich, Sergey Areahov, Denis Medvedev 2009-2014 Marat Daukayev Ballet Theater- Los Angeles, CA Director : Marat Daukayev Teachers : Marat Daukayev, Hasmik Amirian, Stella Gardiner, Andrea Schermoly Performance : • Sleeping Beauty by Marius Petipa • Cinderella by Rostislav Zakharov • Paquita by Joseph Mazilier • The Nutcracker by Marius Petipa • Swan Lake by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov • Laurencia by Vakhtang Chabukiani Prizes and accomplishments: • recurring co-star in the ABC family TV show Bunheads • YAGP finalist in New York City from 2010-2015 • placed 3rd in senior classical and senior contemporary divisions in 2014 and 2015 for the Youth America Grand Prix Ballet competition regionals • placed 1st in the pas de deux category YAGP 2012-2015 regionals • full scholarship to train at Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive program 2013-2015 • won first prize at Bolshoi Ballet Summer Intensive in 2015 • offered to study in Moscow at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and perform a solo in the Bolshoi Ballet's spring gala concert • only American to be studying in the Third Course, graduating Russian class at Bolshoi Ballet academy • only foreigner in the graduating course to pass all of the exams with the highest score of a 5 • danced the lead role or the Sugarplum Fairy in the Nutcracker with the Marat Daukayev School of Ballet • danced lead role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty with the Marat Daukayev Ballet Theater • danced the roles of Paquita, Laurencia, Fairy Doll, and Kitri in the winter and spring gala concerts with the Bolshoi Ballet Academy