Where children learn to dance.
Nika Ballet Studio offers exceptional training in ballet, modern, contemporary dance, and gymnastics for students ages three to seventeen. Through expert instruction, exacting standards, and meaningful performance opportunities, we inspire a lifelong love and passion for dance while helping every student develop confidence, discipline, artistry, and strength.
“Raising beautiful people, not just great dancers.”
Kristina Giyaur · Co-Founder & Executive Director
Kristina founded Nika Ballet Studio in 2006 and named it after her daughter, Nika.
The Difference
Original Productions
More than a dozen original full-length productions, performed across New York City.
Bolshoi Academy
Artistic Director Anna Fateeva-Kazantseva trained at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.
All Under One Roof
Ballet, modern, contemporary, and gymnastics, all under one roof since 2006.
Training
Ballet, modern, contemporary, and gymnastics classes for students ages three to seventeen. Our programs provide rigorous, age-appropriate instruction for dancers of all skill levels.
A strong classical foundation, shaped by Bolshoi training.
Ballet is where strength, musicality, and line begin, and it runs deep here. Our classical program follows the Vaganova method, the same training that fills the world’s great stages.
The Studio
Trained at the Bolshoi Academy.
Our Artistic Director brings the standards of one of the world’s foremost ballet academies to the studio. Technique is never rushed, never diluted. The result is dancers with genuine classical foundation.
Anna Fateeva-Kazantseva
Co-Founder & Artistic Director
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Ms. Anna Fateeva-Kazantseva was born in Moscow, and began her dance training at the Academy of the Bolshoi Ballet at the age of nine. She graduated in 1992 and joined the Moscow Classical Ballet Company. Anna performed a number of principal roles in ballets such as the “Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake”, “Giselle”, “Don Quixote”, “Cinderella”, “Romeo & Juliet” and many more. She accompanied the Company on many world tours, dancing in Japan, Italy, France, Norway, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, China, Mexico and other countries. In 1998, Anna moved to the United States and continued her career as guest performer for the Eglevsky Ballet, the Leggz, and the Tressor Dance Company. In 2000, she joined the Broadway Dance Center in New York City, and most recently, the prestigious Ballet Arts, as a ballet teacher.
In February of 2006, Anna became a partner and the artistic director of an innovative dance school, sharing the unique knowledge and technique inherited from her world-renowned ballet teachers at Bolshoi with every child who joins the magical world of dance at Nika Ballet Studio.
Expert guidance at the barre and beyond.
Led by Artistic Director Anna Fateeva-Kazantseva, a graduate of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.
Performance is part of the training.
Our dancers train for the stage, not just the mirror. Through rehearsals and live performances, students experience the discipline, preparation, confidence, and artistry required to perform for a real audience.
Begin Your Dance Journey
The first class is free. Send a request and we will be in touch.