She began her ballet training in upstate New York, continuing in Arizona, New York City and finally at the famous Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg (Russia), where she received her diploma.
The school was established as the Imperial Theatrical School by decree of the Empress Anna on 4 May 1738 with the French Ballet Master Jean-Baptiste Lande as its director.
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Since 1836, the school has been situated at 2 Rossi Street in St. Petersburg, which was renamed Leningrad after Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924.
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A Saint Petersburg-born Vikharev graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and the same year won a prize in Varna at the International Ballet Competition.