Founders

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Royal Ballet School Teacher Certified 2023

Graduate of Bolshoi Ballet Academy 2017

Bachelor of Choreography Kiev Choreographic College 2025

Former Soloist and Artist

-United Ukranian Ballet

-National Ballet of Romania

-State Opera of Ukraine, Dnipro

-Gelsey Kirkland NYC

-State Opera of Russia, Astrakhan

Performed on stages all around the world in Ukraine, Russia, Australia, USA, Singapore, China, France, England, Belgium, Denmark, Poland,  Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany,  Romania, Spain, and Italy

Guest Artist Royal Opera House 2022

Staged Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty for Europe Tours 2022

Repertoire:   

❖ ‘‘Swan Lake’~ Odette/Odile, Pas de Trois, Big Swans, Small Swans, Brides, Spanish, Neapolitansky, Hungarian(Petipa/ Ivanov)  

❖ ‘‘Giselle Premiere’~ Peasant Pas De Deux 

(Ratmansky) 

❖ ‘‘The Nutcracker’~ Clara, Sugarplum, Snowsflakes soloist, French, Arabian, Spanish, Waltz of the Flowers soloist, (Petipa/Ivanov) 

❖ ‘‘Don Quixote’~ Dulcinea, Seguidilla, Fantango, Gitana,  (Petipa) 

❖ ‘‘Giselle’~ Giselle, Myrtha, Giselle’s Friends 

(Perrot/Coralli) 

❖ ‘‘Sleeping Beauty’ ~ Lilac Fairy, Bluebird Pas De Deux (Petipa) 

❖ ‘‘La Bayadere’ ~ Pas D’Action, Gamzatti (Petipa) 

❖ ‘‘Esmeralda’ ~ ‘Fleur De Lys’ in Grand Pas Des Fleurs,  Grand Pas de Deux (Perrot) 

❖ ‘‘Diana Y Acteon Variation and Pas De Deux’ (Vaganova) 

❖ ‘‘Prince Igor’ ~ Polovtsian Dances (MFokin) 

❖ ‘‘Snow White’ ~Demi Soloist (Litvinov)  

❖ ‘‘Le Syplhides’ ~ Soloist (Taglioni) 

❖ ‘‘Paquita’ ~ Demi Soloist (M. Petipa) 

❖ ‘‘The Great Waltz’(Z. Kavats) 

❖ ‘‘The Forest Song’ Ukrainian Ballet (Litvinov) 

❖ ‘‘Cinderella’ ~ (Litvinov) 

❖ ‘‘Aleko’~(Yaremenko)  

❖ ‘‘Carmina Burana’ ~(Nikolaev) 

❖ ‘‘Turandot’ (Sokolov) 

❖ ‘‘Aida’(Sokolov) 

❖ ‘‘Carmen Jose’ (Porokhovnyk) 

❖ ‘‘1001 nights’ (Voskresenskaya) 

❖ ‘‘Romeo and Juliet’ ~(Sokolov) 

❖ ‘‘Night Before Christmas’ ~ (Nikolaev) 

❖ ‘“Carmen” ~ (K. Uralsky) 

❖ ‘‘Coppellia’ ~ (Saint-Leon) 

❖ ‘“Le Conservatoire” (Bournonville) ~ with Royal Danish Ballet 

❖ ‘“La Fille Mal Gardee” (Ashton)  

Contemporary Roles 

‘Shadows Bride’  (Angell) 

‘Four Seasons’ Ensemble (Bowman) 

Contemporary Ensemble (L. Sigh) ~  

with Royal Danish Ballet 

‘Calm Tide’ (Guzman) ~ with Joffrey  Ballet

‘Metronem (Ohad Naharin)

Graduate of Bishkek Choreographic School 2019

Bachelor of Choreography Kiev Choreographic College 2025

Former Soloist and Artist

-United Ukranian Ballet

-National Ballet of Romania

-State Opera of Ukraine, Dnipro

-State Opera of Russia, Astrakhan

Performed on stages all around the world in Ukraine, Russia, Australia, Belgium,  Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Arabia, Kazakhstan, France, England, Netherlands, Switzerland, Romania, Germany,  Poland, Spain, and Italy

Guest Artist Royal Opera House 2022

Repertoire:  

❖ ‘Giselle’ (J. Perrot, J. Coralli) ~ Albrecht, Hans, Peasant Pas De  Deux

❖ Sleeping Beauty (M.Petipa) ~ Bluebird Pas De Deux, 4  Cavaliers 

❖ ‘The Nutcracker’ (M. Petipa, L. Ivanov) ~ Prince, French Soloist, Spanish Soloist, Waltz Soloist,  Harlequin Doll 

❖ ‘Swan Lake’ (G. Balanchine) ~ Siegfried 

❖ Swan Lake’ (M. Petipa, L. Ivanov) ~ Pas De Trois, Spanish, Hungarian 

❖ La Bayadere (M. Petipa) ~ Indian Dance Soloist 

❖ ‘Coppelia’ (A. Saint Leon) ~ Variation 

❖ ‘Diana Y Acteon’ Variation (A. Vaganova) 

❖ Le Talisman (M. Petipa) ~ Variation 

❖ ‘Don Quixote’ (M. Petipa) ~ Minkus Variation, 

Seguidilla, Fantango, Toreodors 

❖ ‘Paquita’ (M.Petipa) ~ Variation 

❖ ‘Le Corsaire’ (J. Mazilier) ~ Pas De Deux and Variation 

❖ ‘Esmeralda’ (J. Perrot) ~ Variation 

❖ ‘Taras Bulba’ (R. Zakharov) ~ Gopak Variation 

❖ ‘Snow White’ ~ Gnomes (A.Litvinov)  

❖ ‘Night Before Christmas’ ~ Ball soloist  

(O.Nikolaev) 

❖ ‘The Forest Song’ Ukrainian Ballet (A.Litvinov)  

❖ ‘Prince Igor’ ~ Polovtsian Dances (M.  Fokin) 

❖ ‘The Great Waltz’(Z. Kavats) 

❖ ‘Cinderella’ ~ (A. Litvinov) 

❖ ‘Aleko’~ Gypsy (V. Yaremenko) 

❖ ‘Carmina Burana’ ~(O. Nikolaev) 

❖ ‘Turandot’ (A. Sokolov) 

❖ ‘Aida’(O. Sokolov) 

❖ ‘Carmen Jose’ (Y. Porokhovnyk) 

❖ ‘1001 nights’ (L. Voskresenskaya) 

❖ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ~ (O.  Sokolov)

Sara Knight is the Founder and Artistic Director of Chevalier Ballet, Chevalier Ballet Conservatory, and the SLK Ballet School. A graduate of England's Royal Ballet School, an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance ( A.R.A.D.), graduate of the Royal Ballet School Teacher's Training Course ( R.B.S. Dip. TTC.) and first British graduate of Russia's Vaganova (Kirov) Ballet Academy.  

Ms. Knight became a soloist with the Leningrad State Ballet Theatre and the Russian Ballet of St. Petersburg. In Western Europe, she danced with England's Northern Ballet Theatre, Swansea’s Ballet Russe, and was a principal dancer with the European Ballet of London. In the USA, Ms Knight has guested with Boston Ballet and as a principal dancer with Configuration Dance and Rebecca Rice Dance Company.

Ms. Knight has been invited to teach worldwide including Boston Ballet Company, Boston Ballet School, Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education, Cincinnati Ballet School, Laban Centre London, Northern Ballet Theatre of England, Arts Educational School of the UK, Boston Conservatory, The International Festival of France and most recently Masters of Ballet at Sadler’s Wells Theatre and English National Ballet School, both in London. Ms. Knight has also served as Ballet Mistress for both London's Central School of Ballet and Ellison Ballet of NYC. She was the Artistic Director for the Ballet School of Stamford as well as the Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Greenwich Ballet Academy. 

Sara Knight has staged Swan lake for the Ukranian Ballet and Russian Ballet.

Simon Kazantsev attended the famous Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, where he successfully completed his dance training in eight years. Upon graduation, he joined the Stanislavsky Ballet, one of Moscow's leading companies. He toured internationally with that troupe, dancing solo roles in such classics as Giselle, Swan Lake, La Esmeralda, Le Corsaire, and the Nutcracker, as well as performing prominent roles in contemporary ballets. At the same time, he attended the Bolshoi Ballet Academy College, where he earned a BA in Pedagogy and Dance and became an assistant to the late professor Alexander Bondarenko, who was a leading authority on ballet technique and coach to many principal dancers of the Bolshoi Theater.

In 2003, Mr. Kazantsev came to the United States to join the Boston Ballet. In America, he discovered that his real passion was teaching.

 Bella Ratchinskaia is a ballet master, classical choreographer and maItre of ballet. She was a student and was awarded an honors degree at the State Academy of Ballet in Perm. She then moved into Leningrad where she began a professional career in classical dance at the Theatre. In 1972, she began to perform as the main dancer for the troupe “Choreographical Miniatures” directed by Leonid Yakobson and she danced every role in the classical repertory, as well as Yakobson’s choreographic inventions. The company received critical acclaim on tours around the world for her performance in the roles.

She then went to start her career as a choreographer.  She choreographed for world renowned companies like the Hungarian State Opera, Vienna State Ballet, La Scala, and Dutch National Ballet. 

Staging ballets:

Sleeping Beauty, La Sylphides, Esmeralda, Nacht des Ballets and Fanny Elssler.

Born in Mongolia

Studied at the Mongolian National Ballet College; graduated 2003

After graduation, immediately joined Komoki Ballet Theater and Mongolian National Ballet as soloist. In 2007, Odsuren furthered his career as a soloist in Atlantic Ballet of Canada, Staatsballet Thuringen, Ballet am Rhein and Ballet Koblenz. His repertoire includes William Forsythe, Martin Schlaper, August Bournonville, Marius Petipa, George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Hans van Manen and more. 

The Canadian, born in Ukraine, completed his ballet training at the National Ballet School in Canada. There he received the Lawrence Haskett Award for best young talent in his final year. After an initial engagement at the Houston Ballet II and as a guest at the Opera Atelier, among others, he was engaged at the Kiel Ballet from 2011 to 2017, later at the Tyrolean State Theater. In Kiel he has already been seen in several classical leading roles such as Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake , Prince Desirée in Sleeping Beauty and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet by Yaroslav Ivanenko. Since the 2021/22 season he has been a permanent member of the ensemble and can be seen, among other things, as a soldier in Bridget Breiner's Twelfth Night . 

Olga is a renowned and respected ballet master from St. Petersburg, who

has brought her talent and love of ballet to Belgium, Europe, Canada, and the USA.

She graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1978.  Afterwards she performed for many years in the State Theatre of Leonid Jacobson, in St. Petersburg, Olga mastered a versatile and very rich repertoire. 

Olga continued to develop her professional education by entering the St. Petersburg Conservatoire to study at the Ballet Master faculty. 

 Olga is familiar with Cecchetti’s and Balanchine’s techniques, knows the

lessons of Nikolay Legat, and has read about Tamara Karsavina, Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Lubov Egorova, and Vera Volkova’s styles of teaching. Most recently, she participated in the stage of Ethery Pagava.  Since 1991, Olga worked as a classical ballet teacher at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp and as a guest teacher in various ballet schools in Belgium and

Europe. Later, she continued her career as a Senior Classic Ballet Instructor at the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver, Canada, and as the Artistic Director of the Professional Training Program at San Jose Youth Ballet, CA, USA. Now, she continues her professional career at Brussels International Ballet, Belgium.