Who we are
A classical ballet academy founded by Victoria Ananyan, carried by a line of Vaganova-trained teachers. An academy, not a studio.
Discover the schoolLet's dance through this life.
A classical ballet academy for the children of Monaco.
To pass on, with patience and rigour, what dance gave me. It is not really a business, it is a vocation.
A career, now passed on
Victoria Ananyan danced for twenty-three years. She now teaches in Monaco, for the children who live here.
Ten years as a principal dancer, under Jean-Christophe Maillot.
Twenty-three years of international career, ending in Monaco.
MBA, International University of Monaco, 2024.
Best Entrepreneurial Project award, 2025.
Three generations of Vaganova-trained teachers. With her mother, over fifty years of ballet pedagogy between them.
Those years matter for what they let her give: serious training, in Monaco, for children who were not selected at the door.
Our place in Monaco
Monaco has an academy that recruits worldwide, the Académie Princesse Grace, and it does that well. What was missing is a school for the children who live here all year. That is our place.
What we teach
The Vaganova foundation, adapted to the rhythm of a family in Monaco. Posture, an open back, verticality, movements large and clean.
See the classesWho we welcome
The children who live here, from three years old, and the adults who come back to the barre. No selection at the door.
How to join usThe Nutcracker
Around forty young dancers from the school on stage, joined by guest étoiles, for an evening offered to the Monegasque public.
News
All newsTwo second places in competition
Toulon and Sanremo, with the whole class and no prior selection.
Read moreThe summer and winter intensives
Two gatherings a year, open to the school's students and to dancers coming from elsewhere.
Read moreLooking back on The Nutcracker
Around forty children on the stage of the Théâtre des Variétés, for the school's first large evening.
Read moreCome and see a class
The simplest way is to come. A trial class, with no commitment, so that you and your child can see what an hour in the studio looks like.
Book a trial class