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Aleksei Fomkin
Master Teacher, Professor, Choreographer, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences
Ballet Dancer of the Internationally Acclaimed Mariinsky Theater (Russia) & «Universal Ballet» (South Korea)
Reformer of the World of Ballet
Author of 38 research works, including three monographs, three training manuals, and numerous scholarly articles on choreographic education, educational standardization issues, and innovations in education
World Renowned Ballet Methodologist & Ballet Expert
Participant of over 50 Accreditations of Ballet Schools & Dance/Music Departments
Entrepreneur & Researcher of Choreographic Education
Former Vice-Rector, Head of the Department of Choreographic Education, and Professor of Internationally Estimated Vaganova Ballet Academy (Russia)
Former Deputy Director at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy (Russia)
Former Head of the Department for Methodological Regulation of the Content of Higher Education and Learning Process at the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science (Russia)
Recipient of National and International Prestigious Awards & Prizes
Participant of Numerous Ballet Conferences and Congresses
Judge of the Golden Mask National Theatre Award and Festival (Russia)
Outstanding Accreditation Expert 2018 (Russia)
Psychologist, psychotherapist
https://balletacademy.edu.kz/ru/altynay-asylmuratova-ru/
“Aleksei Fomkin worked from 1996 to 2013 in various positions at the Vaganova Ballet Academy. Throughout his tenure in all positions, he demonstrated the ability to approach assigned tasks with full responsibility, completing work efficiently and on time. His work is characterized by activity and competence”.
“Aleksei Fomkin is a specialist whose achievements in the sphere of education were proven by consistent national recognition and acknowledged in this field by extensive documentation. The Vaganova Ballet Academy was instructed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation to lead the reform of education and subsequently integrated it into the entire system of choreographic education in the country. Transferring Russian education to the Bologna system meant a profound and many-sided transformation of then-existing education programs and operation principles of educational institutions. The same task was set for choreographic education. The system of choreographic education in Russia comprises more than 40 educational institutions implementing more than 90 education programs of different levels.»
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“I have known Aleksei Fomkin for more than ten years. I had the opportunity to work with him during my tenure as the Director of the Berlin State Ballet. We met and worked together several times during my visits to St. Petersburg, at the Vaganova Ballet Academy”.
“In the professional community, Aleksei is known as a successful organizer and researcher of choreographic education, a Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, and an Associate Professor. During our joint work, Alexey has demonstrated his ability to approach tasks with full responsibility, completing them efficiently and on time. I wholeheartedly recommend Aleksei Fomkin as a competent specialist in the field of ballet art”.
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“I’ve known Aleksei Fomkin since 1999 when I started working at the Mariinsky Theatre. We danced together in various productions at the Mariinsky Theatre until he transitioned to the Vaganova Ballet Academy”.
“Thanks to Aleksei, the Vaganova Ballet Academy introduced a nine-year program for ballet dancers, culminating in a bachelor’s degree. This opened up additional opportunities for ballet dancers, allowing them to take on not only teaching but also administrative roles. This is very important because many ballet dancers have a wealth of artistic and creative experience that can be leveraged to enhance culture”.
“Aleksei Fomkin is well-known in the professional community as a unique organizer and researcher of choreographic education, holding a Ph.D. in Pedagogical Sciences and an associate professorship. He developed and implemented an innovative higher education model for ballet dancers with a nine-year training period, culminating in a bachelor’s degree. This model was realized at the Vaganova Ballet Academy from 2007 to 2013”.
“During his tenure as Artistic Director of the «Moskvich» Cultural Center in Moscow, he implemented the creative project «DanceHouse Moskvich,» an innovative platform for dance education for a wide audience, and opened the additional education center «KC Moskvich.»
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“I had the pleasure of working under his administrative leadership at the Academy’s Faculty of Pedagogy, and I have the most positive impressions of this experience. I know that thanks to Aleksei Fomkin’s active work, the Bologna system was introduced at the Academy: bachelor’s and master’s programs were established, allowing ballet dancers to receive higher education. Throughout his tenure, Mr. Fomkin significantly contributed to the development of the choreographer training program, attracting new teachers and students from other countries. This transformed the Academy into a modern educational institution open to new developments in choreographic art. He is known for his activity and openness”.
“I have known Mr. Fomkin for many years and have followed his career and outstanding achievements. Mr. Fomkin is an outstanding figure in the world of Russian ballet.”
“Aleksei Fomkin is a talented organizer in ballet education. His active work during his employment at the Vaganova Ballet Academy was entirely focused on the development of ballet art by making multiple connections with all leading ballet schools around the world. The goal of this work was to overcome the isolationism that was typical of the Russian ballet in the Soviet times. The results of his work have enabled significant improvement of the classical dance teaching methodology, and the discovery of a new scientific field in pedagogy, anatomy, physiology, and biology connected with the study of ballet art.”
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Due to his extraordinary abilities and pedagogical talent, Mr. Fomkin became the youngest vice-rector of the Vaganova Ballet Academy at the age of 29. Being a recognized expert in the area of ballet education, in 2007 he became an expert in the state accreditation of educational programs in the field of choreographic and dramatic arts. This status is awarded by the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for the Supervision of Education and Science to specialists with a high level of competence in their field who have come a long professional way. As the head and a member of expert groups, he took part in more than 30 accreditation examinations of choreographic schools in the Russian Federation, including the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (year), the Moscow State Institute of Culture, the Magnitogorsk State Conservatory (year), the Khabarovsk State Institute of Culture, the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts GITIS, and others. His task was to assess the level of conformity of the professional training graduates receive at these educational institutions with the Federal State Educational Standards and the recent requirements of the choreographic art. Moreover, Aleksei Fomkin specializes in professional and public accreditation.
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“I have known Mr. Fomkin since 2006, when I spent six months in St. Petersburg, Russia, on a Fulbright Research grant, working in multiple Russian archives on the childhood and young manhood of Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine (co-founder of the New York City Ballet). Mr. Fomkin was of great help to my research, opening the very rich archives of the Vaganova Academy to me (a rare privilege for a scholar), and even more importantly, helping me re-imagine the physical and psychological nature of the Academy in the volatile years when Balanchine was a student there (1913-1921). This was something that only Mr. Fomkin could have done because he is a fellow ballet history enthusiast. One who took his role very seriously as the head of this architecturally beautiful and significant institution at the heart of the architecturally extraordinary city of St. Petersburg.”
“Aleksei Fomkin made catalogues of exhibits, and organized numerous exhibitions dedicated to eminent figures in the Russian and international ballet. Aleksei Fomkin returned to the permanent exhibition of the museum the names of George Balanchine, Wacław Niżyński, Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov who were students of the Leningrad ballet schools but whose names were forbidden to mention in the Soviet times. In 2012 Aleksei Fomkin built up a new museum concept and completely renovated the museum.”
http://www.universalballet.com/en/
“I know Aleksei as a highly professional ballet dancer who performed various parts in productions of the Mariinsky Theatre. In 1991-2002 Aleksei Fomkin was on tour with the theatre company in the USA (Cleveland, Costa Mesa, Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Washington, New York, Miami), Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal), Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Ireland, Great Britain, Iceland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Finland, Turkey, the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Estonia, China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and Taiwan. Aleksei Fomkin has always been characterized by devotion to and enthusiasm for work. In 1995 he was the ballet soloist of the Universal Ballet Company (South Korea) and went on tour with the company in Asian countries.”
“I have known Mr. Fomkin since 1983 when he entered the Vaganova Ballet Academy and have followed his career and extraordinary achievements ever since. Mr. Fomkin is a prominent figure in the world of Russian ballet.”
“Aleksei Fomkin elaborated new national educational standards suggesting absolutely new approaches to ballet dancer training. Aleksei Fomkin is known in the ballet community as a talented teacher and manager. While Aleksei Fomkin was working at the Vaganova Ballet Academy, systematic and regular activities were conducted for methodological support of classical dance teaching both in choreographic schools of Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Belarus).”
“In addition to organizing educational and methodological work, Mr. Fomkin worked at the Academy in establishing relations with ballet educational institutions in different European countries, such as the ballet schools in Berlin, Milan, Paris, Sweden, and also organized joint cultural projects with different countries.”
“Aleksei Fomkin is known to me as a charismatic person who carried out a major reform in the choreographic education in Russia. During the Soviet period of history, the ballet education in Russia developed in a closed world. This was reflected in its technology, ideology, methodology. The changes that took place in Russia in the 1990s required new approaches and new people in many areas.”
«Having known Alexey since our time together studying as classmates at the Vaganova Ballet Academy (Russia), it is without hesitation that I highly recommend him for the development and education of ballet dancers of all levels. His knowledge and experience set him apart from his peers.»
Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation
dated January 23, 2004 No. 229
In accordance with Decree of the Ministry of Education of Russia dated January 13, 1999 No. 44, and in consideration of the extensive productive work carried out to develop the List of Training Programmes and Specialities of Higher Professional Education in Culture and Arts, subsequent to the second generation of state educational standards for higher professional education having been created, and at the request of the presidents of the councils of educational and methodological associations, I hereby order that:
A.V. Fomkin,
Vice-Rector of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education, be awarded a commendation from the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
Deputy Minister L. S. GREBNEV