St. Anthony School of Dance provides quality dance training in a wholesome environment which fosters an appreciation of dance as an art form, not an exercise in competition.

Professional classical ballet training at St. Anthony School of Dance is based on the Vaganova Method. At the turn of the 20th century, the Imperial School of Russian Ballet was the system of classical ballet training in Russia. This system was responsible for producing great artists such as Anna Pavlova, Michael Folkine, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Balanchine and others. The Imperial School system incorporated soft and gracefully elegant movements from the French school and the dynamism, strength and endurance of the Italian school under Enrico Cecchetti. In the early 1920’s, Agrippina Vaganova sought to consolidate the teaching of the Russian school while gleaning the best from the French and Italian schools. Natalia Dudinskaya, Vaganova’s pupil wrote, “... the single style, the dance ‘handwriting’, which manifests itself most clearly in the harmonious plasticity of movement and the expressiveness of the arms, in responsive suppleness and at the same time the iron aplomb of the body, in the noble and natural placement of the head—these are the distinctive traits of the Vaganova school.” Vaganova’s system has since become the foremost method for the entire Russian choreographic school which was renamed the Vaganova Choreographic Institute. Her training has gained worldwide interest as the method that produced the luminaries Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Vaganova herself by no means regarded her instructional system as immutable. Guided by her vast experience, Vaganova’s pupils and their pupils are enriching and emending this system in their creative practice. In direct ballet lineage from Vaganova, Gabriela Komleva, Prima Ballerina of the Maryinsky Theatre, has imparted her training to students and teachers of the Saint Anthony School of Dance for the past eight years.

St. Anthony School of Dance provides superior classical ballet training based on the Vaganova method of study as reviewed by Gabriela Komleva Professor, St. Petersburg Conservatory Ballet Mistress and Coach, Maryinsky Theatre August, 2001

As I locked the studio last night and glanced back up the old 1917 stairway, I had a flashback to May, 1986, when I first walked up these stairs. I was an adult dancer looking for a school dedicated to dance as an art. I was warmly greeted by Meri Skinner, the receptionist, and Marius Andaházy, the director/owner. They both encouraged me to continue my dance training. For the past 15 years I have continued training in this same studio space. The walls and the floors speak out a myriad of memories—especially the passing on of the Andaházy School of Classical Ballet to the St. Anthony School of Dance in 1996. I am awed and feel blessed, to be owning/directing this school. I am grateful for my dear friendship with Sonja and her wise and gentle mentoring the past two years. I am grateful for the inspirational words of Meri and Marius on that day in 1986. “Keep dancing way into your old age and discover its joy.” So, I look forward to our 19th season as I carry forth the legacies passed on to me from both the Andaházy’s and Sonja.

Georgia Amdahl,
Owner/Executive Director


The 2001-02 season promises to be exciting, dramatic change and growth as we move ahead with strategic plans for fiscal, educational, artistic, and facility development. By changing the dates for The Golden Bough, we hope not only to improve our market position, but to open up the potential for new repertoire and additional performance opportunities, with our sights set on having a four-performance season by 2004. A major change that affects your student directly is the progression of our most advanced students to the Level 6 material of the Vaganova syllabus. in addition, we have scheduled character classes for Levels 2 through 6. Moreover, I will personally be mentoring 2 hand-picked Level 6 students, training them in our teaching methods using the Vaganova syllabus. i am very excited by these developments, and am thrilled with the level of commitment shown by
students, my colleagues, the staff, and the parents, The seriousness of our students towards the artistic work is tremendously gratifying; excitement is palpable; and the comraderie is not just the “frosting on the cake”—it makes all things possible. God bless you all!

Wilor Bluege, Artistic Director

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