IWC invites kids of all ages
to join Mayumi Sakamoto
each week for Ballet Class
Taught by the renowned Mayumi Sakamoto, Assistant Artistic Director of Ballet at Saint-Petersburg Mikhailovsky Theater. Mayumi speaks English, Spanish, Japanese and Russian.
With over 30 years experience, Mayumi’s class offers a unique opportunity to immerse your child into the true essence of St Petersburg, the ballet capital of the world.
These classes are open to all nationalities. They allow your child to practice English and meet children from all over the world within a very friendly, safe and secure environment.
If you are interested in joining, please complete the form below or for more information contact Helene Lloyd on Whats app + 30 698 699 2642 or Russian mobile 8916 171 0494.
The Details:
When: Monday 16:30-18.00 & Saturday 10.30-11.30
Where: Kazanskaya Ulitsa, 7B
Who: suitable for Boys and Girls aged 4 years and up.
Cost: 850 rubs per class - Students are required to sign up for half a semester (6 weeks)
How: Complete the form below and we will contact you asap
BENEFITS OF BALLET: If your child is spinning to music and dancing at home… maybe there’s a ballerina in your future!
> Ballet develops self-discipline and willpower - while doing it gently and to the accompaniment of classical music;
> Grace, lightness, perseverance become companions of girls, who practice ballet from early childhood;
> Practicing ballet class creates: good posture; a beautiful figure; toned muscles and flexibility; the development of plasticity; and a sense of rhythm.
> As a bonus - the ability to distinguish Tchaikovsky's music from Shostakovich; today so few can boast!
Sign up your child for a trial lesson in order to bring them closer to fulfilling their dreams today.
ABOUT THE TEACHER: MAYUMI SAKAMOTO, ballet teacher and researcher in Art History. From 1988-1992 studied to become a ballet teacher at the choreographic department at the Leningrad Institute of Culture. From 1992 - 2011 worked as a ballet dancer at the State Academic Theatre Opera and Ballet Mussorgsky. From 2011-2013 studied and graduated in Master’s degree on choreographic art- ballet teacher from Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg. In 2018 postgraduate from study of Art (Theory and history of art) at the Vaganova Ballet Academy. Among her teachers were: Pyotr Silkin, Vadim Sirotin, Natalya Yananis, Margarita Alfimova, and Irina Trofimova. She has been working for the Mikhailovsky Theatre (previously known as Mussorgsky Theater) for about 20 years as a ballet dancer and she has been part at the corps de ballet in the all classic repertoire. From 2011 to present, she is the coordinator for ballets by Nacho Duato in the director's management of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. She works as a ballet and character teacher. She is preparing a PhD thesis at the Vaganova Academy on “Formation and development Ballet art in Cuba: historical and pedagogical aspect". She has published in the Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy four articles about the Cuban Ballet.
