Olga I. Popova, the Bolshoi Ballet Academy's Senior Teacher, received the “Soul of the Dance” Prize from the Ballet Magazine

Olga I. Popova, Senior Teacher, Classical Dance & Pas-De-Deux Department, the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, received the “Soul of the Dance” Prize in the “Teachers” nomination from the Ballet Magazine.

The Awards Ceremony and Gala took place at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre in Moscow on May 13.

The annual Prize marking great contributions to the development of dance arts was established in 1994.

Please join us in congratulating Olga and wishing her gifted students and new artistic triumphs!

The Bolshoi Ballet Academy students; Mark Chino (graduation class of 2017; currently dances with the Bolshoi Ballet).

Photos by Karina Zhitkova — courtesy of https://balletmagazine.ru/post/dusha-tanca