Breaking the Soviet mold: Natalia Kasparova brings jazz and modern dance to St. Petersburg.(Education Matters)(Biography)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Perron, Wendy | Copyright information

A young Russian girl growing up in Irkutsk, near Mongolia, who loves both dancing and gymnastics, must choose one or the other By seven she has made her decision. She studies gymnastics six hours a day until the age of 20, but she always feels drawn to dance. She sees videos of A Chorus Line and Cabaret, enticing her further. At 27, her hunger to study American jazz dance and modern takes her far and wide. She brings it all back to St. Petersburg and, bucking the institutional tide,...

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