Perm State Choreographic College

Perm State Choreographic College (Russian: Пермский государственный хореографический колледж, commonly known as the Perm Ballet School) is an internationally renowned, professional ballet school, based in Perm, Russia. It is the associate school of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Perm State Choreographic College
Address
18 Petropavlovskaya Perm , 614000 Russia
Information
School type	Private
Established	1945
Status	Active
Specialist	Classical Ballet
Gender	Co-educational
Feeder to	Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre
Website	Official Website

History

The origins of the school lie in the 1941 Siege of Leningrad, during which the ballet and opera companies of the then Kirov Theatre were evacuated to Perm (then known as Molotov), along with the Leningrad Choreographic School. The ballet school remained in the city until the blockade of Leningrad was lifted in 1944 and plans were immediately put forward for a permanent ballet and opera theatre in Perm. The ballet school was officially opened on April 2, 1945 and has remained on the same site throughout its history, with student performances being staged at the Perm Academic Theatre since 1984.

Method

As other ballet schools in Russia, Perm State Choreographic College adopts the prestigious Vaganova method as its training method.