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Irina Shabanova - Ballet, Point, Character

Irina trained at the Novosibirsk State Choreographic College (2006-2014), danced professionally with Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (2014-2017). Performances include “Swan Lake” (big swans), “Giselle” (Two Wilis), “Nutcracker” (Arabian dance), “Sleeping beauty” (Fairy of Kidness: Tenderness), “Cipollino” (Magnolia), “Spartacus”(chor. Grigorovich), “Romeo and Juliet”, “Flames of Paris”, “Corsair”, “La Bayadere”, “Cinderella”, “Spartacus” ( chor. Kovtun), “ Don Quixote”, “Coppelia”, “Paquita”, “Chopiniana”, “Scheherazade”, “Polovtsian Dances”, “Faust” (Walpurgis night ), “Juno and Avos”, “Dream under the leaden sky”, “Carmen” (chor. Roland Petit. Irina also toured professionally in South Korea (“Swan Lake” 2014), India (“La Bayadere” 2014), and Thailand (“Swan Lake”, “Paquita” 2015).

Dasha Tertova - Contemporary

Dasha is a Founder and Artistic Director of MDC Company Millennium Dance Complex LA. She received Outstanding Choreography Awards at the Youth America Grand Prix Competitions in 2016, 2017, and 2018. She is a professor at the American Music and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles. Her professional credits include Beyonce, Madonna, The Black Eyed Peas, Pharrell, Daft Punk, Cirque Du Soleil, Burn the Floor, Cats, Chicago, Mamma Mia, MTV Music Awards, and the Billboard Awards. She has also worked with the Moiseyev Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, and Riverdance.

Dasha was born in Moscow, Russia. She attended the Russian Academy of Theater Arts GITIS, where she studied Classical Ballet, Modern Dance, Historical Dance, Tap, Flamenco, Jazz, Composition, Directing, and Music Studies. She has a Master’s Degree from the Russian Ballet Academy, Russian Theater Company.