Olga Sabadoch

Classical Ballet

Classes

Monday: Classical Ballet

Level: Beginners
Time: 18:30-20:00
Fee: £14

Wednesday: Absolute beginner ballet

Level: Beginners
Time: 18:30-20:00
Fee: £12

Biography

Having graduated from Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet Academy she joined the Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet appearing in Moscow and internationally. She performed numerous roles in the classical repertory of the company, including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, and Giselle, as well as principal roles in such ballets as Le Corsaire (Gulnara) and Notre Dame de Paris (Fleur de Lys). She holds a professional ballet teaching qualification from Moscow State Academy of Choreography.

Olga works as Actress and Dancer with Royal Opera House companies. She was the lead dancer inThe Royal Opera’s production of Attila and performed the role of Stella in The Royal Opera’s Les Contes d’Hoffman. With The Royal Opera Olga has also performed as Odarka in The Tsarina’s Slippers and danced in the productions of Semele, Boris Godunov, Aida, The Queen of Spades, The Tsar’s Bride, L’Heure espagnole, and Otello. She has appeared in The Royal Ballet productions of Sylvia, Romeo and Juliet, Mayerling, Anastasia, The Prince of the Pagodas, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, The Firebird, The Winter’s Tale, Don Quixote (Gypsy Dance), and Cinderella (Fairy Godmother in Disguise).

The choreographers who created on Olga include Aleksei Ratmansky, Eleanor Fazan, Alastair Marriott, Liam Scarlett, Carlos Acosta, and Mikhail Messerer. Olga has worked as ballet mistress and assistant choreographer on various ballet productions in Teatro Alla Scala, Rome Opera, Hungarian National Opera, Mikhailovsky Theatre, and Novosibirsk Opera House.

Class Description

In Olga’s Absolute Beginners class, you study the fundamentals of classical ballet, the movements that represent the basis of the art form – from very simple steps to the more exciting ones. Olga explains principles of correct body placement, stresses importance of the arms positioning and of the attention to musicality. Olga provides detailed explanation of the ballet terminology and of the proper ways of executing of each step.

Olga’s method of ballet instruction is based on her own Russian training in both the Bolshoi and Vaganova styles, as well as her vast professional dancing background and international guest-teaching experience. Her classes are thoughtfully constructed to allow each of the participants to individually develop their ballet skills at a comfortable pace, thus avoiding injuries, while enjoying their journey into the magical Land of Classical Ballet.