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Article Excerpt
A young Russian girl growing up in Irkutsk, near Mongolia, who loves both dancing and gymnastics, must choose one or the other By seven she has made her decision. She studies gymnastics six hours a day until the age of 20, but she always feels drawn to dance. She sees videos of A Chorus Line and Cabaret, enticing her further. At 27, her hunger to study American jazz dance and modern takes her far and wide. She brings it all back to St. Petersburg and, bucking the institutional tide, opens a studio right next door to the Maryinsky Theatre, a bastion of classical ballet. Within four years her school numbers 200 students (including curious dancers from the Maryinsky Ballet), her company is performing in Russia, Europe, and the United States, and she's winning prizes in choreography.
Meet Natalia Kasparova, 33, artistic director of Kannon Dance Company and school. A shy, gentle woman with high cheekbones reminiscent of another Natalia--Makarova--she's a knockout dancer, prolific choreographer, and renowned teacher. Together with her husband, Vadim Kasparov, who manages the school and company and produces two animal festivals, they've opened St. Petersburg to...
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