Victor & Tatiana Kasatsky's The Nutcracker - December 04
V & T Dance Classical Ballet Academy
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS / TEACHERS
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Victor Kasatsky
In 1972, Victor Kasatsky started his ballet career as a principal dancer in Moscow Classical Ballet. His teachers were Naum Azarin, Igor Uksusnikov and Yuri Zdanov. Victor danced the lead roles in Creation of the World, Romeo & Juliet, The Rite of Spring, Swan Lake, Gayane, Don Quixote, La Bayadere, Albinoni Adagio, St. Petersburg Twilight, Daphnis & Chloe and others. In 1991, Victor moved to the U.S. with his wife, Tatiana and devoted himself to teaching and choreography. He worked at the Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Long Beach Ballet and Daria Bearden Dance Studio as Ballet Master. Victor then became Artistic Director of the Golden State Ballet at the Saddleback Dance Center. From 2002 to 2008, Victor was Artistic Director at the Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, the official school of Youth America Ballet. In 2009, Victor and Tatiana realized their dream and opened their own dance studio, V & T Dance in Laguna Hills.
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Tatiana Kasatsky
Tatiana Kasatsky was born in Russia, where she started professional academy at the age of 10 at the Moscow Bolshoi Academy and graduated at the age of 17 under Nina Chistova. After graduating in 1978, she joined the Moscow Classical Ballet Company, and debuted in the main role in "Rite of Spring". As principal dancer with the Moscow Classical Ballet (1978-1990), she worked with the great ballet masters Marina Semenova, Noaum Azarin, Marina Kondratieva, and Azari Plisetski. In 1990, Tatiana joined the Moscow Festival Ballet, where she danced with Sergei Radchenko, Tatyana Cherbobrovkina, and Victor Fedorchenko. In 1991, Tatiana and her husband, Victor moved to the U.S. and joined the Los Angeles Classical Ballet. Tatiana also performed with the Mark Twain Musical Drama and began teaching at the Long Beach Ballet Art Center and Darla Bearden Dance Studio.
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