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Russian Masters Ballet · International ballet intensives
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Officially licensed by Vaganova Academy

World reference in ballet intensives

Five intensives in Spain, Russia, Bulgaria and China, with the best teachers graduated from the Vaganova Academy. Choose a city.

BragaBucharestSofia Alicante Madrid St. Petersburg Burgas Shanghai

IntensivesLive auditions

RMB students in a studio at the intensive in AlicanteAlicante

Summer intensive

Alicante, Spain

RMB Summer Intensive

Dates
04 – 25 July 2027
Stars Gala
24 July · Teatro Principal
RMB students at the Vaganova Academy in St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg

Summer intensive

St. Petersburg, Russia

RMB Summer Intensive

Dates
27 June – 18 July 2027
RMB students by the sea in BurgasBurgas

Summer intensive

Burgas, Bulgaria

RMB Summer Intensive

Dates
26 July – 16 August 2027
RMB Winter Intensive in MadridMadrid

Winter intensive

Madrid, Spain

RMB Winter Intensive · Nacho Duato Academy

Dates
26 – 30 December 2026
上海Shanghai

Winter intensive

Shanghai, China

RMB Winter Intensive Shanghai

Dates
23 – 28 January 2027

Intensives 2026 – 2027

Two seasons, five cities

All of the summer intensives from RMB are based on the classical ballet teaching methodology developed by Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova. The courses include unique experiences with emblematic personalities from the ballet world, as well as galas at the end of each course and leisure activities.

RMB students together on stage at the end of an intensive

Summer

Summer Ballet Intensives

Extraordinary program focused on professional excellence.

  • St. Petersburg, Russia27 June – 18 July
  • Alicante, Spain04 – 25 July
  • Burgas, Bulgaria26 July – 16 August
Class at the RMB Winter Intensive in Madrid

Winter

Winter Ballet Intensives

Exclusive training in the halls of Nacho Duato Academy and cultural program in the heart of Madrid.

  • Madrid, Spain26 – 30 December 2026
  • Shanghai, China23 – 28 January 2027

Auditions for intensives

Audition in your city, online or by video

Participation in any of our intensives requires a preliminary audition, to be done on-site, online or by video in order to be accepted and allocated to the corresponding level/group. Participants of RMB courses two last years in a row don't need to pass an audition.

Live group auditions

  1. 14–15 NovBraga, PortugalOrganized by Global Dance Open
  2. 28–29 NovBucharest, RomaniaOrganized by Ballet Workshops
  3. 06 DecSofia, BulgariaOrganized by Ballet Studio D60 €
  4. 27 DecMadrid, SpainNacho Duato Academy · Age 12+50 €
  5. 10 JanAlicante, SpainInternational Dance School50 €
  6. 10 JanToronto, CanadaOrganized by T&Y Ballet Studio
  7. 23–28 JanShanghai, ChinaThrough our representative in Shanghai

Online and by video

Online group13 December 2026 · 16 January 2027 · 120 minutes30 €
Online individualDates are flexible · 60 minutes90 €
By video8–12 minute video · Results within 2 weeks30 €

Book an audition

RMB Scholarship. All participants of live and online auditions will be considered for the RMB Scholarship. Please, pay attention to the deadline of auditions for each intensive as the number of places and scholarships is strictly limited.

Russian Masters Ballet

A leader organization in intensive training

Russian Masters Ballet is principal project of National Association of Professional Ballet, located in Spain. Using the Vaganova Methodology, world widely recognized as the best teaching approach in ballet, Russian Masters has achieved to take stand as the international referent in intensive classical ballet courses.

Through intensive courses, camps, online classes, professional schools' auditions and support for professional development, we have helped hundreds of young dancers to accomplish their dreams.

Event collaborators

Vaganova Ballet Academy
Nacho Duato Academy
Burgas Municipality
Bristol Russian Ballet School
Generalitat Valenciana
Ayuntamiento de Novelda
RMB students performing on stage in Alicante

Stars Gala · 24.07.2027

Teatro Principal de Alicante

Exclusive performance that unites the greatest artists and young talents of ballet world on one stage, in front of more than 1000 spectators.

RMB Online · Ages 9–20

Train from home with the same teachers

Virtual professional training focused on individual work and intensive development. Personal attention, clear corrections and the discipline of classical training, at every level.

  • Group ClassesEvery Sunday
  • Individual ClassesYour teacher, your time
  • Choreography CreationFor competitions, auditions and performances
Ask about RMB Online

Faculty

Teachers from the Vaganova Academy and the great theatres

We count on the best teachers in the world, graduated from the Vaganova Academy and current teachers from this school or from institutions as important as Mariinsky Theatre.

Zhanna Ayupova
Zhanna AyupovaArtistic Director of the Vaganova Ballet Academy
Maria Ilyushkina
Maria IlyushkinaPrima Ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre
Yulia Kasenkova
Yulia KasenkovaSenior teacher of the Vaganova Academy
Ivan Zaytsev
Ivan ZaytsevPrincipal artist of Mikhailovsky theatre
Young Gyu Choi
Young Gyu ChoiThe principal dancer of the Dutch National Ballet
Svetlana Bednenko
Svetlana BednenkoFormer first soloist of Mikhailovsky Theatre

Contact

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