School Teachers

Natalia Kremen

School Founder & Ballet Teacher

Born in Moscow, Natalia started training at the age of ten with the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. Later she moved to Leonid Lavrovsky’s Ballet Academy; there she was trained by Galina Krapivina (People’s Artist of USSR) and Nina Sorokina (People’s Artist ofUSSR).

After graduation in 2002 was invited by Artistic Director Dmitry Briantcev to join the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Ballet Theater.

While in the company Natalia danced many soloist roles in ballets such as Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Giselle, La Dame aux Camellias, Snow Maiden and La Fille mal gardee. Natalia has created roles in Dmitry Briantcev’s choreography.

In 2004 Natalia entered the Moscow Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional and Postgraduate Education “Russian Academy of Dramatic Art – GITIS” and graduated in 2009 with the qualification TEACHER BALLET MISTRESS in the speciality “BALLET PEDAGOGY”.

In 2006 Natalia was invited by Wayne Eagling to join English National Ballet.

Miss Kremen has performed in a numerous gala evenings in Brazil, Dominican Republic, France and Italy, including “Nights with Tamara Rojo and Friends” in Spain.

Anton Lukovkin

Guest Teacher and Choreographer

Born in St. Petersburg, Anton Lukovkin trained at the Vaganova Ballet Academy and graduated into the Mariinsky Ballet. In 2007 he joined English National Ballet and danced with the company for nearly ten years. In 2004 he was nominated for the Benois de la Danse Awards in Moscow and in 2011 he won the English National Ballet People’s Choice Award. His roles include Albrecht (Giselle), Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (Roland Petitt), Poet (Les Sylphides), Le Spectre de la Rose, Petrushka, L’Après-midi d’un Faune, Mercutio and many others.

He has worked with several leading world choreographers, including John Neumeier, William Forsythe, Russell Maliphant, Akram Khan, David Dawson and Alexei Ratmansky. He appears in several films of the Mariinsky Ballet and played Erik Bruhn in the BBC drama “Margot”. He was recently working as an assistant opera director at the Dutch National Opera and the Opéra Bastille in Paris. In November 2017 performed in Men in Motion at the London Coliseum.

Olga Barykina

Teacher

Olga was born in Moscow where she started her ballet training in the Bolshoi Ballet Academy at the age of nine. She continued her education in Perm State Choreography College and later graduated as a professional ballet dancer in 2001 from Nesterova University Choreography College in Moscow.

Afterwards, Olga was invited to join Moscow Classical Ballet Company. While being with the company she danced in many classical ballets such as Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliette, Cinderella.

In 2009 Olga had received Master Degree in “Ballet Pedagogy” in the class of Anatoly Borzov and continued her career as a classical ballet teacher.

Olga has extensive experience gained while teaching in various Moscow, London and Tokyo professional dancing schools.

Cosetta Bertoli

Teacher

Cosetta was born in Italy, where she studied ballet, modern and contemporary dance from the age of ten. Her training started in Tolmezzo (Udine), her hometown, and then continued in Trieste, where she moved to complete her University studies. Her ballet training was initially following the Vaganova method, taught by qualified teachers from the Accademia Nazionale di Danza (Roma). During these years she performed both group and solo performances, including repertoire pieces like Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire and la Fille mal gardée, both at school performances and at regional festivals.

In 2009, Cosetta moved to London and she started training according to the RAD system, taking the RAD vocational exams up to Advanced 1.

At this point she decided to start training to become a ballet teacher, so she obtained the Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies with the RAD (RAD CBTS). Then, with the idea of further developing her ballet teaching skills, Cosetta enrolled on the Diploma of Dance Teaching of the Royal Ballet School (RBS DDT), and she recently completed the two years course.

Cosetta teaches both children and adults and is particularly interested in developing methods to improve ballet technique integrating different disciplines that merge anatomical knowledge, mental awareness and body conditioning.

Cosetta has also a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and works as a scientist in biomedical research.

Maya McKeever

Guest Teacher

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Maya began her professional ballet training at the age of 16, upon being accepted into the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, previously having trained for 10 years at the vocational Jean M. Wong Ballet school, in Hong Kong.

After 2 years of condensed high intensity training, both at the Bolshoi Academy and later on with Natalia Kremen as a private student, Maya began to transition into her career as a professional teacher and dancer; having danced multiple in principal roles, as Gamzatti in La Bayadere at the ShaTin Townhall in Hong Kong, and Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Sadler’s Wells, in London.

At the age of 20, Maya continues her professional career as a dancer as well as an official teacher at the Natalia Kremen Ballet School and as a highly sought after private ballet and business coach.

In 2020 Maya also founded the official, Online Ballet Academy, alongside her former coach turned colleague and business partner, Natalia Kremen. The two of them have worked alongside the likes of, Iana Salenko, Lidumila Konovalova, Ksenia Ovsyanick and Yasmine Nagdhi, through the many worldwide opportunities, masterclasses and events they have held via their prestigious, virtual Academy.

Juli Molas

Ballet Teacher

Júlia was born in Barcelona where she fell in love with dance just before turning 3 at a local ballet school, Studio Isadora. After graduating from the Professional Dance Conservatoire in Barcelona, she moved to Antwerp, Belgium to train at the Royal Ballet School of Flanders.

Her first ever professional experience on stage was with Ballet Nacional de Cuba during their Swan Lake and Cinderella tour around Spain. She also danced with Royal Ballet of Flanders around Belgium.

After collaborating with several inclusive dance workshops such as Dance for Dementia & Alzheimer's, Júlia became inspired to become a teacher. She achieved her teaching qualification at BBO in 2016, and her main focus is to create a healthy and happy environment for her classes.

Júlia now teaches full time in London and she runs an adult non-professional ballet company. Her biggest passion is teaching ballet to children, and so specialises in early years dance education.

She is currently participating in a Young People's Mental Health course, and aiming for a masters in Dance and Movement Psychotherapy.

Tatyana Oleynik

Regular and Vocational Ballet Teacher

Tatyana Oleynik was born in Chisinau, Moldova. She trained at the National School of Dance Art and in 1986 graduated as a Professional Ballet Dancer.

At the period of 1986 – 2000 Tatyana Oleynik was working as a ballet dancer and soloist in the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Moldova.
She participated as a soloist in such performances as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Bayadere, Gioconda, Giselle, Sylphide, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet and many others.

In1999 Tatyana Oleynik graduated from The State University of Arts of Moldova, awarded BA (HONS) of Arts in these kinds of disciplines as History and Theory of Dance Art,
Stage Management, Methodology of Dance.

In 2000 Tatyana Oleynik moved to Bulgaria and founded the Odette School of Dance, Sofia.
At the same time, she was working as a Guest Ballet Tutotor, specialized in teaching the Vaganova method of classical ballet in the National School of Dance Art, Bulgaria and as a Ballet Tutor, giving master classes of ballet and classical repertoire for beginner, intermediate and advanced level for different age groups and individuals in Dance School of Russian Lyceum Sofia.

From 2021 Tatyana Oleynik is working as a ballet teacher in the UK.

Zina Artjomona

Sport Coach and Therapist

Zina is currently completing the final year of BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy at The University of Hertfordshire. A professional Sports Massage therapist (lvl 4) since 2016
with training and experience in assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries. Have worked as a medical team member in a variety of sports teams
including Rugby (Old Albanian RFC), American football (Hertfordshire Cheetahs), football (Oaklands College), Gymnastics (Mayfield Gymnastics),
Netball (University of Hertfordshire), Swimming (Hatfield Swimming club).

Main responsibilities include analysing training plans, devising and optimising rehabilitation programs and strategies, providing advice on training techniques,
nutrition and general well-being strategies, supervising prehab and rehabilitation sessions, providing soft tissue therapy and screening,
First Aid cover during game days and training.

Elizabeth Taylor

Ballet Classes Assistant

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