Masters of Ballet Easter Intensive Course

Artistic Directors: Elena Glurjidze and Olga Semenova

Masters of Ballet Academy is running an Easter Intensive Course, over four days, for dancers aged 10 to 19 years old Date: 30th March to 2nd April 2026

Venue: THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE

188 York Road
London SW11 3JZ

Application/Payment Deadline: 1st March 2026
Limited places are available. Applications will be considered in the order in which they are received.

Faculty

Learn from our Artistic Directors Elena Glurjidze and Olga Semenova and Stamina and conditioning Teacher Sereina Mowlen (Rainy). Each 6-hour day consists of Ballet, Character, Contemporary & Stamina and Conditioning classes.

Elena Glurjidze

Elena Glurdjidze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and trained at the prestigious Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg. In 2002, Elena joined English National Ballet as a Principal ballerina and was promoted in 2007 to Lead Principal ballerina. Following her professional retirement from dancing, Elena and fellow Vaganova Academy graduate Olga Semenova embarked upon an Internationally acclaimed Easter and Summer Intensive programme. In 2017, they created Masters of Ballet Academy, a brand new Vocational style ballet school based on the Vaganova Method of ballet training. Elena Glurjidze's complete biography is on our website by clicking the "The Team" section - Founders.

Olga Semenova

Olga trained as a professional ballet dancer at St.Petersburg's prestigious Vaganova Ballet Academy. After her ballet career, she completed a four-year professional teaching/coaching course at the Vaganova Ballet Academy and was awarded the PDTC Diploma with Distinction and MA ( Hons). Olga is our Artistic Director, alongside Elena Glurjidze. She is the most highly regarded Character tutor in the UK, being a guest teacher at different schools (in the UK and abroad). You can find Olga Semenova's full biography on our website by clicking the "The Team" section - Founders.

Gaia Cicolani

Gaia is an eclectic artist from Torino, Italy, based in Bristol. She works as a performer, movement director, facilitator and maker. Her background is in ballet, contemporary dance, fine art, and art history. She has a BA in Contemporary Dance from TrinityLaban and trained in acting at The Questors Academy in London.
Further professional development includes courses with Frantic Assembly, Peeping Tom and Theatre Re, and BADC certifications.
Gaia regularly works as a freelance practitioner for NDCWales, Kitsch’n’Sync Collective and Jack Philp Dance. Some of her latest engagements include projects with Naked Frank Theatre, Welsh National Opera, Karol Cysewski, and Alex Marshall Parsons.
She has also toured the UK and internationally with her solo project, Miss B., first supported by Articulture Wales through the Four Nations bursary.

Sereina Mowlen (Rainy)

Rainy is our Stamina, Stretch and conditioning Teacher. She trained as a classical dancer at the Central School of Ballet in London before enrolling at YMCA Fit in central London and training as a Level 3 Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer.

Syllabus

Ballet technique; Virtuosity/Solos for girls and boys; Pointe; Character Dance; Historical Dance (Juniors); Acting for Ballet (Pre-Seniors); Pas de Deux (Seniors); Contemporary Ballet; Floor Barre/Stretching.
Lessons are accompanied by live piano.

How to Apply

Please click the link to fill out the application form.

Once a place has been offered, it will be held for seven days. If the course fee is not received by then, the place may be offered to another student. Details of how payment can be made will be sent out with the offer of a place.

We aim to help students benefit from the course as much as possible. The Artistic Director will place them into specific groups to maximise the benefit for each student and the group. The decision is based on the student's ability, suitability for the group, training requirements, and age.

Student Fees 2026

JUNIORS (8/9/10 years) £40 per day, £150 4-Day Full Course

PRE SENIORS (11/12 years) , SENIORS (13/14 years), PRE PROFESSIONALS (15-19 years) £120 per day, £420 4-Day Full Course.

Other information

• Students will be placed into one of four different Class Groups (Junior, Pre-Senior, Senior and Pre-Professional). Students and their parents/guardians must accept assignments in groups. The Artistic Directors can make any changes during the course at their sole discretion.
• The training runs from 10 am to 4 pm, apart from JUNIORS, who train for 2 hours per day.
• We will send you all the logistical information as soon as you receive the confirmation of your place on the Easter Course.
• All students will receive a Certificate of Completion, signed by the teachers.