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“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.”
“Aleksei Fomkin founded an innovative program for training ballet dancers with a higher education (bachelor’s degree). This program helps ballet dancers get a higher education in a non-standard period owing to up-to-date methods of both classical dance teaching and training of a balanced and cultivated person capable of realizing their potential in various spheres.”
“Aleksei Fomkin is also a graduate of the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis and the first ballet dancer with such education who has been actively applying the obtained knowledge in the ballet practice. Based on this education and his professional experience in ballet Aleksei Fomkin developed a course in Ballet Psychology which he gave at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Moscow) and the Kazakh National Academy of Choreography (Astana).”
“Aleksei Fomkin has been working in the Boris Eifman Dance Academy where he has been improving classical dance teaching methods. His work has resulted in a monograph on ballet pedagogy which is at the moment being prepared for publication.”
“Mr. Fomkin undoubtedly possesses extraordinary ability as a ballet pedagogue and educator who combines practical experience as a ballet dancer and then as a teacher with strong theoretical knowledge of the Ph.D. level. I have no doubt that the United States will benefit from his extraordinary professional abilities to promote and develop the culture of ballet and light new ballet stars.”
