Victoria Mironova

Who is Victoria Mironova?

Victoria Mironova is a Russian ballerina and founder of the Victoria International Ballet Academy.

Mironova on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. Principal Dancer in the Nutcracker, Vaganova Ballet Academy Production

Mironova - Ballerina with the Mikhaylovsky Theatre

Mironova during ballet class at the Victoria International Ballet Academy

Mironova at the Victoria International Ballet Academy

Mironova was initially taught by a teacher of the former Imperial Russian Ballet. By the age of 11, she had passed the competitive examination and was enrolled in a full-time program of the Vaganova Ballet Academy in 1971 where she studied for eight years. In the latter years of her studies she took parts as a prima ballerina in performances of her ballet school at the Mariinsky Theater.

Having received her Artiste de Ballet diploma she became a professional dancer. Mironova then took a one-year master class of Natalia Dudinskaya, People’s Artist of the USSR, to become a Principal Dancer. She had 21 years of professional dance experience with the Mikhaylovsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia.