Innopraktika School is an international educational project that introduces overseas art students to Russia and promotes intercultural dialogue. The school offers Art Sessions and Choreography Sessions in St. Petersburg, providing training in Russian classical ballet, modern dance, and contemporary dance techniques.
Innopraktika School is an international educational project initiated by Innopraktika company. The school organizes sessions in St. Petersburg that bring together young artists from multiple countries for cultural exchange. The project has operated since at least 2022 and includes both Art Sessions and Choreography Sessions.
The Choreography Session accepts students from age 9 and focuses on Russian classical ballet, modern dance, and contemporary dance techniques. Training takes place at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy. Students work on choreography in various styles and create their own productions. Instructors from ballet theaters and companies in China, France, Great Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel, Hungary, and Finland teach master classes. Sessions typically run for three weeks in late June and July.
The 2025 sessions brought together more than 30 participants from 19 countries. Previous sessions have included students from countries including Vietnam, India, Uganda, Senegal, Brazil, Argentina, Rwanda, Turkey, and Burkina Faso. Students present final works at exhibitions and performances. The school also operates lecture halls at universities in Senegal, Brazil, and India that offer programs in Russian language and culture.
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Innopraktika School is an international educational project initiated by Innopraktika company that discovers Russia for overseas art students and supports young artists interested in Russian culture while contributing to intercultural dialogue between representatives of different countries, artistic views, and aesthetic traditions.
Sessions are held in St. Petersburg, Russia, at venues including the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts in Painting and Sculpture and the Boris Eifman Dance Academy.
The organization offers Choreography Sessions that provide training in Russian classical ballet, modern dance, and contemporary dance techniques, with master classes conducted by representatives of leading ballet theatres and companies from multiple countries. Participants perform choreography in various styles and work as novice production authors.
Young artists and art students from overseas interested in Russian culture can apply. The sessions bring together participants from multiple countries, and the Dance Academy accepts children from 9 years old.
The Dance Academy is the only choreographic school in Russia that accepts children from 9 years old. The program caters to young artists and young professionals in the arts.
Graduates receive the Diploma of the Ballet Artist and have enrolled in ballet companies including Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, the Bolshoi Theater, the Saint-Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre, and the Mariinsky Theater. Participants have opportunities to meet prominent world ballet personalities including Ana Laguna and Azariy Plisetskiy.
Training includes Russian classical ballet, modern dance, and contemporary dance techniques, with master classes led by representatives of leading ballet theatres and companies from China, France, Great Britain, the USA, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel, Hungary, and Finland.
Final works are presented at exhibitions and festivals, including at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Global Values Festival on the stage of the Boris Eifman Dance Theater.
Phone: +7 (495) 544 3790, Email: info@artschool.pro
