Introduction

Dear Reader,

Thank you for visiting my blog! I am one of fifteen students who have been selected to study ballet and Russian language and culture in Moscow this summer through the 2013 NSLI-Y (National Security Language Initiative for Youth) Program that works in concert with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Russian American Foundation and Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet Academy. It is a great honor!

 

I will spend 3 weeks in New York at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive (June 24th-July 12th) and then fly to Moscow to spend 6 weeks training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy whilst learning about the Russian language and culture (July 13th-August 24th). I am so excited!!!

 

Here is an article that I was featured in with more information about the NSLI-Y program by RIA Novosti, a Russian American news website: http://en.ria.ru/world/20130605/181511046/US-Ballet-Hopefuls-Win-Prestige-Bolshoi-Scholarships.html

I will be writing about my experiences here and hope that you will follow me as I take the leap from my small hometown of Juneau, Alaska, to the big cities of New York and Moscow!

 

I cannot guarantee that I will be able to post regularly, but I will do my best! 

Happy reading!

Love,

Máire