Prima ballerina at summer school

Dance students will have the chance of taking classes with a prima ballerina from the Moscow Ballet State Theatre this summer.

Prima ballerina Elisabeth Nebesnaya will be a guest artist at an International Summer School organized by the Central Academy of Ballet between August 24 and 29.

Justin Roy Barker, co-director of The College of Jazz, will also be a guest artist.

Courses at the school will include sessions in classical ballet, repertoire and contemporary or jazz.

Classes are four hours long, spread over six days and open to dancers from the age of nine.

Interested students may call The Central Academy of Ballet, 222, St Julians Road, Birkirkara on 2144 8396 /2143 6886 / 906 8682 /9943 2604.