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Fethon Miozzi must be protected at all cost.

A lovely message from his Instagram:

Fethon Miozzi’s interview for Utopia Journal.

A little snippet of Fethon Miozzi’s class at Vaganova Ballet Academy. Grade 8 / Level III. Students: Davide Loricchio, Ervin Zagidullin and Stepan Korolev.

A post shared by Fethon Miozzi (@fethon_miozzi) on Jun 2, 2018 at 1:43am PDT

Vaganova Ballet Academy held an open class yesterday in memory of the great ballet teacher Alexander Pushkin. The class was taken by Nikolai Tsiskaridze’s and Fethon Miozzi’s students. 

Nikolai Tsiskaridze oversaw the reconstruction of Pushkin’s classical dance lesson, which was accomplished by scrupulously studying Pushkin’s notes, video recordings of Pushkin’s class, as well as from Gennady Albert’s (Pushkin’s student) memories.

Alexander Pushkin was born in 1907. He started studying ballet in Nikolai Legat’s school before transferring to Leningrad School of Choreography (now Vaganova Ballet Academy). He graduate in 1925 and dance with the Kirov (Mariinsky) from 1925 till his retirement in 1953.

Pushkin was a wonderful danseur and performed a wide repertoire. He was also an exceptional teacher and had taught both at the theatre and the academy. His students included Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov.