Marina Albouy graduated from the Voronezh Ballet Academy in Russia in 1986.
She starts her career at the Donetsk Opera Ballet Theatre (Ukraine).
After being awarded the Silver medal in senior division and Best couple
award at the “USA International Ballet Competition” in 1994, Marina has
been invited in many international companies as Principal Artist member
and/or as International Guest Artist worldwide.
Beside dancing the major roles from the traditional classical ballet repertoire, Marina was always looking to make her dancing career artistically richer and versatile by dancing different styles of choreography (A.Bournonville, G. Balanchine, F. Ashton, J. Cranko,…).Marina participated to numerous Ballet Galas, Dance Festivals worldwide and have been also Jury member for many International Ballet/Dance competitions.
In 2008, Marina founded and organize together with her husband Guy Albouy the “M&G International Ballet Summer School Dresden” which offers one of the best Summer dance education programs worldwide.
Since 2014, Marina taught and shared her knowledge with the “Royal Swedish Ballet School” students in Stockholm where she also choregraphed various pieces for them.
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Guy Albouy is graduated from the “Conservatoire National Superieur de Danse de Lyon”. Guy started his career at the age of 17 in Switzerland where he became rapidly Soloist Dancer.
As Principal Dancer, Guy worked with numerous companies in Germany and Portugal. He has been invited to perform as Guest Artist with International ballet companies (USA, Germany, France, Denmark, Australia, Ukraine, and many others). Guy participated to numerous Ballet Gala and Dance Festivals International worldwide. He is also invited regularly as jury member for Dance/Ballet Competition.
Besides dancing most of male Principal roles from the Classical repertoire, Guy experienced different styles and varied repertoire from different choreographers (M-Petipa, Y.Grigorovitsch, A. Bournonville, G.Balanchine, and many others).
Since 2008, Guy founds and organizes every year, together with his wife Marina Albouy, a Dance education program the “M&G International Ballet Summer School” in Dresden (Germany). Since 2015, Guy is teaching, and sharing is knowledge and experience with the students at the Royal Swedish Ballet School Stockholm.