Smith is also a professional dancer, having studied with the Toronto Dance Theatre, American Ballet Theatre and Kirov Academy of Ballet.
It was founded in 1990 under its original name, The Universal Ballet Academy, due to its affiliation with The Universal Ballet in Seoul, South Korea.
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Graduates of The Kirov Academy of Ballet include Patricia Zhou, Sascha Radetsky, Rasta Thomas, Michelle Wiles, Danny Tidwell, Tyler Nelson, Oscar Hawkins, Maria Bystrova, Adrienne Canterna and Ashley Canterna.
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Previous instructors include Marat Daukayev, Ludmilla Morkovina, Jacqueline Akhmedova, Lyubov Fominich, Rudolph Kharatian, Nikolai L. Morozov, Adrienne Dellas Thornton, Andrei Garbouz, Alla Sizova, Sasha Yapparov, Anatoli Kucheruk, Angelina Armeiskaya, and Vladimir Djouloukhadze.
Academy Awards | United States Military Academy | Russian Academy of Sciences | National Academy of Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | United States Naval Academy | United States Air Force Academy | American Ballet Theatre | Royal Academy of Music | New York City Ballet | ballet | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Phillips Academy | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Phillips Exeter Academy | National Ballet of Canada | Chinese Academy of Sciences | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | National Academy of Engineering | Joffrey Ballet | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Academy of Fine Arts | British Academy | Academy Award for Best Picture | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | San Francisco Ballet | Polish Academy of Sciences | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects |