Extra Pirouette

Specialties

Extra Pirouette offers private and group ballet lessons for students of all ages and dance levels in and around the New York City area. Owner Anastasia Erchov has studied with Kirov, danced with Bolshoi, and studied /​taught dance in America, Australia, Asia and Russia for over two decades. Under Anastasia’s loving and kind guidance, you can bloom into a professional ballet dancer or acquire great foundation and strong technique if you started ballet later in life. Whether you desire to learn the basics, develop an appreciation for the arts & music, or choreograph & learn your own variation, Anastasia is here for you. Anastasia not only offers lessons in Midtown, but will also travel to meet you in-​home, in-​studio, or at your convenient location. Contact Anastasia today to set up your first lesson, or for our group class schedule!

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History

Established in 2014.

Anastasia started teaching (while still dancing with the company) in her apartment in Moscow to help students of Bolshoi school with their barre work. After moving to USA Anastasia dedicated her life to teaching children. Then she moved with her family to Australia and ran her own” Anastasia’s ballet school” in Sydney where developed new technique of helping adults with pointe work. When Anastasia took off time to travel through Asia she developed two seminars — «Extra Pirouette» and «Beautiful Feet». After she came back to NYC this October she decided to call her new school «Extra Pirouette».

Meet the Business Owner

anastasia E.

Business Owner

After graduating Vaganova Academy Anastasia returned to native Moscow to dance with the Bolshoi Ballet. While dancing with the Bolshoi, she completed a degree in teaching classical ballet and repertoire under Sofia Golovkina and Peter Pestov in Moscow Choreography Institute.

Thereafter, she moved to the USA and was mainly pursuing her passion for teaching children and soon started working Scarsdale Ballet Studio. While working at SBS, Anastasia staged ballets such as La Bayadere, Raymonda, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Paquita for the school’s students.

In 2008 she completed her Ph.D. thesis with Moscow University of Culture and then moved to Sydney, Australia where she ran her own ballet school for 4 years and staged Peter and the Wolf, Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Giselle.

Upon leaving Australia, Anastasia spent time in Asia where she developed and taught her two specialised seminars — «Beautiful Feet» and «Extra Pirouette» which she continues to teach now throughout USA.