Dancer, 16, gets a chance at Pavlova's academyA 16-year-old ballerina will become possibly the youngest ever British student of the Kirov Ballet Kirov Ballet, one of the two major ballet companies of Russia, the other being the Bolshoi Ballet. In 1991 it was officially renamed the St. Petersburg Maryinsky Ballet; however, on its frequent tours abroad it is still called the Kirov Ballet. Company when she takes her place at the Vaganova Academy in St Petersburg next week. The Vaganova, which counts Rudolf Nureyev Noun 1. Rudolf Nureyev - Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938) Nureyev and Anna Pavlova Noun 1. Anna Pavlova - Russian ballerina (1882-1931) Pavlova among its former students, does not usually accept foreign students younger than 17 but made an exception for Isabella McGuire Mayes. Two Russian teachers saw her during a visit in May and recommended her to Altynai Asylmuratova Altynai Asylmuratova (born 1961) was a leading ballerina with the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre and a guest artist all over the world. Asylmuratova was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakstan, and after graduation from the Vaganova Choreographic Institute she joined the Kirov Ballet in 1978. , the director of the school and former leading ballerina at the Kirov. Isabella, of Highbury, north London North London is a part of London, England which has several possible definitions. River & geography The part of London north of the River Thames (illustrated). , who has studied at the Lower School of the Royal Ballet School The Royal Ballet School is a specialist, co-educational school located in premises at White Lodge, Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond; and an upper school at premises in Covent Garden. It combines a mainstream academic education with an intensive dance training. for the past three years, said she was nervous but excited. "I have always wanted to go to the Vaganova," she said. "I just love their style and their elegance. I'm hoping to find my own artistic individuality." An unremitting regime awaits her. For the next two years she will do six hours of ballet a day, with no break at Christmas - because of the possibility of performing in the Nutcracker at the Mariinsky theatre - no Easter holidays and no half terms. "I'm expecting it to be difficult and I'm not afraid of that. I have always worked hard at my ballet," said Isabella, who began her ballet training aged eight. Her long-term ambition is to join the Royal Ballet Company and "progress up the ranks". 
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