The soloist is Olga Melnikova. Vaganova Academy School in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) with Nureyev's former Kirov partner, Ninel Kurgapkina, teaching the upcoming graduate students. 6 of these girls were promoted to the Kirov ballet. The girl to the right of Vaganova's picture is Anna Polikarpova, the star in the Kirov Stone Flower video
Vaganova Academy School in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg)with Nureyev's former Kirov partner, Ninel Kurgapkina, teaching the upcoming graduate students. 6 of these girls were promoted to the Kirov ballet. The girl to the right of Vaganova's picture is Anna POloikarpova that stars in the Kirov Stone Flower video.
