10.30 – 12.00 on Saturday 27th August 2022
Master teacher Dmitry will lead you through a typical Bolshoi style class with Barre, Centre and stretch. Book now!
About Dmitry Povolotsky
At the age of 10, Dmitry Povolotsky was selected to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow to study classical ballet.
After graduating from the academy, Dmitry was awarded a full scholarship at the Juilliard School in New York City, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in “Modern Dance and Choreography”.
Dmitry remained in New York City to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet for 8 seasons and to teach ballet and choreography at Harlem School of Arts. His dance productions were performed in New York at Aaron Davis Hall, Performance Space 122, Kitchen Theatre Company and Location One Gallery.
After making his first short film in 2003, Dmitry decided to pursue a Master of Fine Arts at the Columbia University School of Arts’ Film Division. His most recent film, “My Father is Baryshnikov”, won several prestigious film awards, had been released in movie theatres and continues to be shown on TV worldwide.
In 2014, Dmitry was invited to work on a choreography team for the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Dmitry had been a master ballet teacher in Italy, USA, Mexico, Hong Kong, Russia and Australia. As Director of the Russian Ballet International (RBI) and of Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensives, Dmitry has produced several International Programs and Workshops for Bolshoi Ballet Academy. His latest projects for the Bolshoi Ballet Academy is creating an online platform for the Bolshoi Academy and building a virtual meta space for ballet education.
