Mr. Vladimir Issaev
Vaganova Artistic Director
VLADIMIR ISSAEV is currently Ballet Master, Choreographer & Artistic Director of Arts
Ballet Theatre of Florida. He began his ballet studies at the Choreographic School of Voronezh,
obtaining the degree of “Ballet Artist” in 1973. After working as a ballet dancer for several years
at the Opera House of Ufa and the Opera House of Odessa, he was admitted at the State Institute
of Arts Lunacharsky G.I.T.I.S. in Moscow where graduated in 1986 as Ballet Master and Master
Choreographer with the highest grades and honors of the Institution. In 1987 he moved to
Venezuela where worked with Choreographer Vicente Nebrada at the Ballet Nacional de
Caracas- Teresa Carreño.
He relocated to Miami in 1997. Since then he has worked with Miami City Ballet School and
several international companies, International Ballet competitions and a guest teacher for the
most important ballet schools around the world. As a Choreographer he has mounted several
ballets in Russia, United States, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Japan and Venezuela.
Vladimir Issaev was received numerous awards such as “Best Choreographer” in Palm Springs,
California; Honorable Merit Diploma from the Terpsihora Foundation for the Advancement of
the Arts of Dance of Saint Petersburg, Russia, in recognition for his outstanding performance
enhancing the art of classical ballet on the Vaganova Style in the United States; Most influential
teacher by the National Advancement for the Arts of the US and Best Educator in the Arts by the
Florida Alliance of Arts Educators. Vladimir Issaev has been appointed to the Advisory Board of
the Classical Dance Alliance and the UNESCO International Dance Council.
He continues to teach Masterclasses of the Vaganova Method, certifying students and teachers in Japan,
Korea, Taiwan, Brunei, Venezuela, Russia, United States, Indonesia, South Africa, Peru, Mexico, Poland,
Colombia, Denmark, Germany and Spain.
In 2018 Mr. Vladimir Issaev founded and is the Artistic Director of the Miami International Ballet
Competition. He has recently been appointed as the Artistic Director of the Asia Ballet Academy in
Malaysia and the Artistic Director of The Grand Ballet in Hong Kong.
Mr. Issaev is considered one of the top ballet masters and choreographers worldwide