BALLET CLASSIQUE

Ballet Classique is the leading ballet school in Singapore with a Vaganova program, helmed by Singapore’s first and only Vaganova certified instructor, Mr Ilya Shcherbakov. With a team of high calibre instructors, the school prides itself as the only ballet school in Singapore that teaches ballet in the Russian Vaganova method, ensuring that students receive a world-class education in classical ballet. By offering this time-honoured system, which has produced some of the greatest dancers in history, the school aim to set the standard for ballet instruction in Singapore with a team of high calibre instructors.

Ballet Classique offers dance lessons for children ages 3 to 18 and adults for both females and males in the following dance genres ensuring students of all ages and genders have something to participate in!

•      Ballet for Children (Russian Vaganova method)
•      Adult ballet classes
•      Competition student program
•      Body Conditioning, Floor Barre, and Progressing Ballet Technique

Students are Ballet Classique's top priority, and the school is fully committed to offering them the highest quality of dance education, at the same time cultivating life skills that shape character, mindset, and future success so that young students grow up to become well-rounded individuals who are prepared for various challenges, both on and off the dance floor. The school’s objective is to develop future generations of dancers who are technically sound and well-rounded artists.

Ballet Classique sees it as their responsibility to nurture talent, and instill a profound love for the Ballet artform. We invite you to join us and witness the extraordinary potential students can realize through hard work and the love of dance.

Mr Ilya Shcherbakov, the first and only Vaganova-certified teacher in Singapore, leads the school's high calibre instructors as Principal of Ballet Classique. He is trained at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Russia after completing his professional dancer’s training and professional teacher’s training degree there. After an illustrious Ballet career with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich, Universal Ballet Company in Seoul and Boris Eifman Theater in Saint Petersburg, he is now a highly sought-after teacher and choreographer. His student, Henri Frey (now a dancer with Ballett Theater Kiel), was the only candidate to represent Germany at the Prix de Lausanne 2020 and received scholarships from 3 prestigious institutions.

Ballet Classique strongly believes in developing children’s interest and in providing the correct and best dance education from a very young age. The school wants to provide a well-rounded program for all students by giving them the chance to participate in
•       Internal assessment with panel of esteemed examiners, consisting of professional ballet dancers and experienced ballet masters/mistresses

•       International and local dance competitions from 6 years old, in which we have clinched top prizes since our inception in 2022;
•       Master classes / Workshops conducted by internationally acclaimed guest teachers

•       Overseas trips to visit renowned vocational dance schools; and
•       Annual performances, where they get to perform in dance pieces choreographed by the instructors, and excerpts from famous Ballets e.g. Nutcracker.

Ballet Classique's students have received scholarships into international vocational schools including:

•       Elmhurst Ballet School (UK)
•       Tanya Pearson Academy (Australia)
•       Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida (U.S.)
•       Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden (Germany)
•       Royal Ballet School Antwerp (Belgium)
•       Royal Swedish Ballet School (Sweden)

And some are dancing professionally as soloists in international dance companies like

•       Ballett Theater Kiel
•       South Bohemian Theatre
•       National Theatre Brno 

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