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“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.”

“As a pedagogue, Aleksei Fomkin is known for opening a master’s program at the Vaganova Ballet Academy, under which new generations of world known ballet dancers have been raised.”