A&A Ballet: A Professional Ballet Incubator in Chicago [Video]

A&A Ballet president and co-director Alexei Kremnev’s teaching philosophy is as effective as it is simple: “We teach our students as if we were them and had their goals.” If his and co-founder Anna Reznik‘s resumés are any indication, students at the Chicago-based A&A Ballet are lucky to have their leaders putting themselves in their shoes. As Bolshoi Ballet Academy–trained dancers, teachers, and choreographers, Kremnev and Reznik have more than 35 years of experience with companies including Moscow Festival Ballet, Northern Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, and Cincinnati Ballet. After serving as founding artistic directors of The Joffrey Academy of Dance and the Joffrey Studio Company from 2009 until 2016, they founded A&A Ballet in 2016.

A&A’s alumni—dancing in companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Paris Opéra Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, and many more—can attribute their careers to Kremnev and Reznik’s individualized guidance, strong classical curriculum, and diverse training. “Our faculty brings …