Leadership Team
ALEKSEI FOMKIN
Co-founder & Artistic Director, Master Teacher, Professor, Choreographer, Ph D
Personal website: www.alfomkin.com
- Ballet Dancer of the Internationally Acclaimed Mariinsky Theater (Russia) & “Universal Ballet” (South Korea);
- Reformer of the World of Ballet;
- Author of 38 research works, including three monographs, three training manuals, and numerous scholarly articles on choreographic education, educational standardization issues, and innovations in education;
- World Renowned Ballet Methodologist & Ballet Expert;
- Participant of over 50 Accreditations of Ballet Schools & Dance/Music Departments; Entrepreneur & Researcher of Choreographic Education;
- Former Vice-Rector, Head of the Department of Choreographic Education, and Professor of Internationally Estimated Vaganova Ballet Academy (Russia);
- Former Deputy Director at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy (Russia);
- Former Head of the Department for Methodological Regulation of the Content of Higher Education and Learning Process at the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science (Russia);
- Recipient of National and International Prestigious Awards & Prizes;
- Participant of Numerous Ballet Conferences and Congresses;
- Judge of the Golden Mask National Theatre Award and Festival (Russia);
- Outstanding Accreditation Expert 2018 (Russia); Psychologist, psychotherapist
ALEKSEI FOMKIN STUDENTS’ COMPETITION AWARDS:
1. YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX, YAGP
San Francisco, California, 2023
2ND PLACE Ensembles
TOP 12 CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY
TOP 12 ENSEMBLES CATEGORY
TOP 12 NATIONAL CHARACTER CATEGORY
San Francisco, California, 2024
TOP 12 IN THE CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY
TOP 24 IN THE CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY
San Diego, California, 2025
TOP 24 IN THE CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY
2. CALIFORNIA DANCE CLASSICS, СDC
1. San Francisco, California, 2023
GOLD AWARD NATIONAL CHARACTER ENSEMBLE CATEGORY, 13 Years & Older
SILVER AWARD CLASSICAL BALLET ENSEMBLE CATEGORY, 14 Years & Older
2.San Francisco, California, 2024
GOLD AWARD CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE SOLO, 13-14 Years
BRONZE AWARD NATIONAL CHARACTER ENSEMBLE, 11 Years & Older
HONORABLE MENTION IN CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE SOLO
SPECIAL HONORABLE MENTION IN CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE SOLO, 11-12 Years
Denis Venidiktov
Co-founder & CEO
From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Venidiktov studied Theater and Movie Acting at the Saint Petersburg Theater Arts Academy in Russia. In 2009, he graduated as a performing arts manager from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Between 2004 and 2014, he worked at the Vaganova Ballet Academy as the administrator for the Faculty of Advanced Training, a lecturer, and an international and national educational project manager.
Since 2011, the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science in Moscow (Russia) has certified Mr. Venidiktov as an expert in state accreditation for educational, cultural, and arts organizations. He has participated in the accreditation of over 30 different dance and art schools and university departments across Russia.
From 2014 to 2015, Mr. Venidiktov served as the Chief of the Cultural Department at the French Institute in Saint Petersburg, representing the Embassy of France in Russia. Following this, from 2015 to 2016, he assumed the role of the Chief at the Dance Training Center for teachers and professionals (Cultural Center Moskvitch, Moscow, Russia). During this time, Mr. Venidiktov contributed to the development of the Global Dance Project TANZHAUS in collaboration with partners from Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.
In 2022, Mr. Venidiktov was the Head of the International Department at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy.
