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26.05.2008 First hand experience of Moiseev

Guzel Mahmudovna Apanaeva The weekend of the 24th and the 25th of May became very memorable for the professional life of the National Ballet “Kostroma" and “The Governorate Ballet School” Dance College because they hosted Guzel Mahmudovna Apanaeva, People’s Artist of Russia, the Director of the School and Studio (College) affiliated with the State Academic Company of Folk Dance named after Igor Moiseev.

Having been the leading soloist of the famous company Guzel Apanaeva tried for herself the glorious way of Moiseev. Her repertoire consisted of more than 30 solo turns and some of them had been specially staged for her and helped to show the peculiarities of her style and manner, for example, the turn “At the skating rink”.

Being an educated and an intellectual person she tries to create a special atmosphere in her School and Studio and while teaching she makes use of the methods Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseev, her great teacher, had used himself. His invaluable pedagogical experience is the polestar for the favourit artist of her master. Guzel Apanaeva attempts to keep and to develop traditions of Moiseev’s school of performance when she teaches students classic and folk stage dance disciplines. She is a role model for many artists because she manages to combine harmonically artistic impression, energy and style.

Guzel Mahmudovna Apanaeva “The Governorate Ballet School” Dance College and “The School and the Studio” College affiliated with the State Academic Company of Folk Dance named after Igor Moiseev have known each other for some years. For the first time Guzel Apanaeva got interested in the performance of "The Governorate Ballet School” students in 2006 in Kazan at the Third International Festival of Dance Colleges and accepted Maria Veshkina’s offer to collaborate in the future.

Guzel Mahmudovna also says yes to the Ballet’s Administration invitation every time when the Ballet gives 100 traditional performances at the annual simmer tourist project in the concert hall of the Kosmos Hotel in Moscow. Moiseev’s School students and the artists of the Academic Company named after Igot Moiseev attended the Russian National Show concerts many times. Recognition and friendship of such a professional audience is very important for the National Ballet “Kostroma'.

Finally the artistic meeting took place in Kostroma. Guzel Mahmudovna came to share her experience and secrets of choreography with the teachers, artists, students and young children of the preparatory group in “The Governorate Ballet School” at exclusive master classes of classic and folk dance.

The meeting was unforgettable. Two big days flied by very quickly.

“The beauty lies in simplicity" Guzel Mahmudovna shared the axiom of choreography art with the mesmerized students. They did not let a single word, movement or gesture slip away.

Guzel Mahmudovna Apanaeva As a part of one of her classes Guzel Apanaeva gave to study an original concert class called “The Way to the Dance" which still amazes people by its beauty and creativity. It was staged by Igor Moiseev himself as a typical class of folk dance which gradually turns into a very emotional concert of the people of the world’s dances. The action happens on stage with the audience watching it. The premier of "The Way to the Dance” took place in Paris in 1960 and then the performance was successfully shown all over the world. This concert class is an obligatory turn of the graduation program in Moiseev’s School and Studio.

This time Kostromavites had a chance to familiarize themselves with this classic bit of folk choreography. They studied enthusiastically all the kinds of the Master’s famous “rope" and other dancing elements. The rehearsal of the choreographic composition “Jota Aragonesa" (Igor Moiseev's staging) with the Dance College graduates also turned out to be very exciting. The graduates are going to perform this fantastic turn, a “visiting card” of Moiseev’s School students, at the forthcoming concert dedicated to the International Children’s Day in the Concert and Exhibition Centre “Gubernsky”.

“Footballer’s run" (energetic stationary run with high thighs lifting) ended the concert class in an unusual and funny manner; as it turned out this is a special tactics to enhance dancers’ stamina, swiftness and ease of performance.

The students did not let the master go for quite a long time and expresses their gratitude with a tornado of applause. It seemed as though the environment was saturated with the spirit of dance, the epoch and high art of Igor Moiseev. These feeling will stay in the hearts of those present at the unforgettable meeting.

It does not often happen that an artist can be proud of working with such a teacher as Guzel Mahmudovna Apanaeva. The dancers and the teachers of the “Kostroma” Ballet and “The Governorate Ballet School took it as a great honour to absorb this first hand experience generously shared with them by the legendary State Academic Company of Folk Dance named after Igor Moiseev.

Guzel Mahmudovna highly evaluated the training level of the Ballet’s students and artists. This meeting is not the last one; in the following year Guzel Apanaeva's master classes will be held on a regular basis and be a part of the educational process of “The Governorate Ballet School".

The main target of the dance school "The Governorate Ballet School” is to train young, strong and skilled generations of dancers for “The Russian National Ballet “Kostroma” by combining traditional and experimental educational methods, by instilling patriotism and awakening the feeling of love towards Russian history and culture.



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