Moscow State Academy Of Choreography
The Moscow State Academy of Choreography (Russian: Московская государственная академия хореографии - abbreviated as МГАХ, formally known in Russian as Московское академическое хореографическое училище - abbreviated as МАХУ), commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.
The Bolshoi Ballet receives the majority of its dancers from the Academy, as does most other Moscow ballet companies. Numerous choreographers, instructors and graduates of the academy have become renowned in Russian ballet and internationally, including Maya Plisetskaya, one of only two ballerinas of the Soviet Union to be bestowed a "prima ballerina assoluta", the ultimate title for a ballet performer.
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