Ballet masters & teachers

Masterclasses, ballet courses and
staging ballets from the classical repertoire.

About

AfterPetipa offers guest teaching for ballet schools, companies and festivals, from a single masterclass to a full course, as well as individual coaching for dancers.

It is led by Anastasia Dunets and Stanislav Belyaevsky, ballet masters and teachers with international careers as performers and educators. Their work also includes staging classical ballets, including reconstructions based on historical choreographic notation.

Anastasia
Dunets

Anastasia Dunets is a Ballet Master at the Hungarian National Ballet. She studied with Natalia Dudinskaya at the Vaganova Ballet Academy, where she later earned a degree in ballet pedagogy. She danced with the Mariinsky Theatre, Staatsoper Berlin and Finnish National Ballet.

Her international teaching experience includes the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and School and Kirov Academy of Ballet. Her students have joined companies such as the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich and American Ballet Theatre. In 2015, she was awarded the Order of the Lion of Finland.

Stanislav
Belyaevsky

Stanislav Belyaevsky trained with Vladilen Semenov at the Vaganova Ballet Academy and was a principal dancer with the Mariinsky Theatre, Staatsoper Berlin and Finnish National Ballet. He is currently a Ballet Master at the Hungarian National Ballet.

He has taught internationally, including at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, and served as Assistant Artistic Director at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. His work includes staging classical ballets and award-winning contemporary choreography. He also serves on juries at international ballet competitions.

Summer Ballet Camp

A summer ballet camp in Kranevo, Bulgaria, for dancers aged 12–18+. Small groups organised by level, individual attention and up to 5.5 hours of daily training with international teachers.

Ballet classes
Pointe work
Men’s technique
Variations
Character dance
Contemporary
Floor barre
Stretching

Every participant takes part in the final gala, featuring solo and group performances.

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Our Work

Stanislav Belyaevsky leading a ballet class

Guest Teaching

Invite us to teach at your school, company or festival, from a single class to a full course. We also prepare entire ballet productions for the stage, working with soloists and the corps de ballet throughout the rehearsal process.

Individual coaching

One-to-one coaching to refine technique, work on variations, prepare for competitions and develop musicality and artistic expression.

Stanislav Belyaevsky working with dancers in rehearsal

Heritage productions

We stage classical ballets for ballet companies and schools, including reconstructions based on historical choreographic notation.