Perm State Choreographic College

Perm State Choreographic College
Location
18 Petropavlovskaya Perm , 614000 Russia
Information
School type	public, state run
Established	1945
Status	Active
Specialist	Classical Ballet
Director	Daria Nikolaevna Sosnina
Gender	Co-educational
Feeder to	Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre
Website	Official Website

Perm State Choreographic College (Russian: Пермский государственный хореографический колледж, commonly known as the Perm Ballet School) is an internationally renowned, professional ballet school, based in Perm, Russia. It is the associate school of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.

History

The origins of the school lie in the 1941 Siege of Leningrad, during which the ballet and opera companies of the then Kirov Theatre were evacuated to Perm (then known as Molotov), along with the Leningrad Choreographic School. The ballet school remained in the city until the blockade of Leningrad was lifted in 1944 and plans were immediately put forward for a permanent ballet and opera theatre in Perm. The ballet school was officially opened on April 2, 1945 and has remained on the same site throughout its history, with student performances being staged at the Perm Academic Theatre since 1984.

Method

As other ballet schools in Russia, Perm State Choreographic College adopts the prestigious Vaganova method as its training method.

Alumni

• Vadim Muntagirov, born 1990, Principal dancer of the Royal Ballet
• Oksana Skorik, born 1989, Principal dancer of the Mariinsky Ballet
• Nadezhda Pavlova, born 1956, Soloist and Principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet 1975-1983
• Olga Chenchikova, born 1956, Principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet
• Lyubov Kunakova, 1951-2026, Leading Soloist with Leningrad Kirov Opera and Ballet, Choreographer of the Mariinsky Ballet
• Marat Daukaev, born 1952, Soloist and Principal Dancer with the Leningrad Kirov Opera and Ballet 1972-1992