Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
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Sep 9, 2026
Fangqi LiGUEST
Like I couldn't really see a lot of like principal dancers and idols in Europe or like American.
Fangqi LiGUEST
So I grew up watching a lot of like Russian dancer, like Vaganova training.
Fangqi LiGUEST
That's how I trained also.
Fangqi LiGUEST
So, like, I've been watching incredible dancers like Uriana and Irina Kobakova, which became my coach right now, which is so amazing.
Bailey SarianHOST
She also told police that she was an actress and a graduate of a very, like, well-known ooh-la-la type of school.
Bailey SarianHOST
Vaganova, I think it's called.
Bailey SarianHOST
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.
Bailey SarianHOST
And then she changed her story, saying she worked at one of the city's most prestigious hotels.
Bailey SarianHOST
So police obviously had a hard time trying to, like, piece the story together on their own.
Christopher WheeldonGUEST
And, you know, I saw all these just mind-blowing ballets that I'd only ever read about and never seen, like The Four Temperaments, The Robins, Opus 19, The Dreamer, Dancer at a Gathering, Prodigal Son I'd never seen.
Christopher WheeldonGUEST
an astonishing array of of dancers all dancing in a very different way sort of with with great freedom and abandon and something i had experienced at my school performance because i danced balancing false fantasy so there was already this love for covering space embodying the music that was really liberating as a as a kid as a you know as an 18 year old 17 year old to actually feel that especially because my training up to that point had been Vaganova and very, very Russian, very placed, very correct.
Christopher WheeldonGUEST
And then suddenly there I was flying all over the place.
Christopher WheeldonGUEST
So I'm like, okay, well, I love that.
Megan BurbankGUEST
So you see things like George Balanchine comes to America and founds the School of American Ballet in New York City Ballet.
Megan BurbankGUEST
And there are these sort of key teachers who emerge earlier than that, like Cicchetti and Vaganova are two of them.
Megan BurbankGUEST
And so ballet becomes sort of popularized.
Megan BurbankGUEST
It becomes more rarefied.