Tatiana Samoshkina teaching young ballet students in the studio

A dancer since the age of four,
a teacher by vocation.

Tatiana Samoshkina began dancing at four and was performing abroad by six — appearing at the Summer Surprise Festival in Dubai as its youngest soloist. At nine she entered the Moscow State Academy of Choreography at the Bolshoi Theatre, and also trained at the Igor Moiseyev studio-school.

She holds a choreographer's diploma with honours, a master's degree in marketing from the State University of Management in Russia, and a second master's from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala with Politecnico di Milano.

After years of staging productions for children in Moscow, she founded her own company, Danses du Monde, in Nice, and has taught across the French Riviera since 2020. In 2026 she worked with the Educational Department of American Ballet Theatre in New York.

Training
Dancing since the age of fourBeginnings
Summer Surprise Festival, Dubai — youngest soloistfrom age 6
Moscow State Academy of Choreography, Bolshoi Theatrefrom age 9
Igor Moiseyev Studio-SchoolFolk & character
Choreographer's Diploma, with honoursChoreography
MA Marketing — State University of Management, RussiaMaster I
MA — Accademia Teatro alla Scala & Politecnico di MilanoMaster II
Practice

Moskvich Cultural Centre, Moscow

Teaching and staging productions with children aged 4 to 15.

Danses du Monde, Nice — France

Founder of her own company, teaching across the Côte d'Azur since 2020.

American Ballet Theatre, New York

Educational Department, 2026.

Moscow — Formation

The Bolshoi Academy and the Moiseyev school-studio.

Young students at the barre at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography
Moscow State Academy of Choreography — entered at nine
Dancers at the barre at the Igor Moiseyev Dance Ensemble school-studio
School-studio of the Igor Moiseyev Dance Ensemble
Moskvich Cultural Centre — Moscow

Staging productions with children.

Years of teaching and choreographing full stage productions for children aged four to fifteen — from the first class at the barre to the applause of a full house.

Tatiana Samoshkina on stage with young dancers in Russian folk costumes at the Moskvich Cultural CentreTatiana Samoshkina with her ballet class in white leotards at the Moskvich Cultural Centre in Moscow
Diploma of the Master in Performing Arts Management from Accademia Teatro alla Scala awarded to Tatiana Samoshkina
Milan — 2026

Master in Performing Arts Management.

A joint programme of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala and Politecnico di Milano, taught by leading figures of the performing arts sector of the world's major theatres and festivals.

New York — 2026

With the Educational Department of American Ballet Theatre.

ABT School announcement crediting Tatiana Samoshkina for the National Training Curriculum
National Training Curriculum — ABT School
Tatiana Samoshkina with the American Ballet Theatre education team and dancers at the Children's Museum of Manhattan
ABT Family Programs — Children's Museum of Manhattan
Teacher in an ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School shirt facing an empty theatre stage
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
ABTKids Guide held up in front of an American Ballet Theatre poster
ABTKids — Manhattan, New York
Tatiana Samoshkina with her young ballet students after a class at Danses du Monde in Nice
Danses du Monde — Nice

Classes built for every age.

From four-year-olds to pre-professional students, each class is calibrated to the child's stage of development — and technique is taught through narrative, where imagery and fairy-tale dramaturgy carry every exercise.