One Week Only! Exclusive Workshop with Petra Conti and Eris Nezha

from $25.00

Incredible Workshop Opportunity with Petra Conti and Eris Neza

August 18-22, 2025

Beginner Level (9-10 years old) - Equivalent of Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 at OBA

3:45pm-6:00pm

Cost - $575 (plus $25 registration fee. You don’t need to pay registration fee if student attended Session 1 and/or Session 2 of OBA’s Summer Intensive in 2025)

Intermediate Level (11-14 years old) - Equivalent of Level 4, Level 5 at OBA

4:30pm - 7:00pm

Cost - $650 (plus $25 registration fee. You don’t need to pay registration fee if student attended Session 1 and/or Session 2 of OBA’s Summer Intensive in 2025)

Advanced Level (15+ years old) - Equivalent of Level 6, Pre-Professional Level at OBA

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Cost - $650 (plus $25 registration fee. You don’t need to pay registration fee if student attended Session 1 and/or Session 2 of OBA’s Summer Intensive in 2025)

Private lessons are available per request - please inquire via email info@osipovaballetacademy.com

Open to public (You don’t have to be enrolled with OBA to sign up)

Classes will be held at 2224 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View

About Petra Conti

YAGP Judge, Former Principal Dancer of La Scala & Boston Ballet, Co-Founder & Artistic Director, Rehearsal Director at Hollywood Ballet Company, International Principal Ballerina

Petra Conti trained at Rome's National Academy of Dance, graduating with honors under Maestro Zarko Prebil. At 15, she appeared on Italian national TV's Sogni, dancing a pas de deux with Roberto Bolle in Saint Petersburg. By 17, she was guest étoile at Arena di Verona in Cinderella, and in 2007 joined the Mariinsky Theatre as a trainee under Elvira Tarasova. She joined the Bavarian State Ballet in 2008, then La Scala Ballet in 2009, becoming Prima Ballerina in

2011. In 2013, she was invited to join Boston Ballet as Principal Dancer, and later became Resident Principal Guest with Los Angeles Ballet.

An honored "Ambassador of Italian Ballet" since 2014, she's performed on legendary stages like the Bolshoi, Kremlin, Dolby, Kennedy Center, Verona Arena, Havana, Kyiv, Toronto, São Paulo, Rio, Muscat, and more. Her accolades include Premio Positano (2007, 2018), Premio Capri (2017), Glamour Talent Award

(2018), Danza & Danza Best Performer (2011), among others. In 2019, Petra debuted The Petra Conti Show in Los Angeles with Dream Orchestra, and continued performances at Verona's Arena in Aida and La Traviata, broadcast globally. A 2016 kidney cancer survivor, she founded Pointe Shoes for a Cure, raising funds for childhood cancer via donated signed pointe shoes.

Petra now serves as Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Hollywood Ballet and coaches internationally, judging YAGP (Youth America Grand Prix), teaching master classes, and mentoring dancers worldwide. She's married to principal dancer Eris Nezha and continues to shine both onstage and online as a ballet icon and advocate.

https://www.petraconti.com

About Eris Nezha

Former Principal Dancer of Boston Ballet & La Scala, Co-Founder, Vice-Artistic Director, Rehearsal Director at Hollywood Ballet Company, Ballet Master

Eris Nezha trained at the prestigious La Scala Ballet School in Milan, Italy, and went on to become a Principal Dancer with Teatro alla Scala, Boston Ballet, and Los Angeles Ballet. He has performed as Guest Principal Dancer with major theaters across the world, including Staatsballett Berlin, Arena di Verona, Ballet Opera of Kyiv, and companies in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Rome, Naples, Tirana, and Zagreb. He has shared the stage with some of the most iconic dancers of our time, including Svetlana Zakharova, Natalia Osipova, Sylvie Guillem, Polina Semionova, Hee Seo, and Petra Conti. Eris has performed on the most renowned stages in the world, from the Bolshoi and the Kremlin to the Dolby Theatre and opera houses in São Paulo, Kyiv, Berlin, Muscat, and beyond.

Eris has danced the full classical repertoire and has performed works by Balanchine, MacMillan, Ashton, Béjart, Ratmansky, Forsythe, Petit, Neumeier, and many others. He is also an accomplished choreographer and producer, having staged Swan Lake, Giselle, The Nutcracker, and The Petra Conti Show at the Colburn Theatre in collaboration with Dream Orchestra. In 2014, he served as Ballet Master for the Roberto Bolle and Friends Summer Tour, teaching top international artists such as Julie Kent and Polina Semionova. His choreography Time received critical praise at the 2019 All Stars Gala in Kyiv. Originally from Albania, Eris made history when Teatro alla Scala successfully lobbied to change Italian labor law to officially hire him, opening doors for future non-EU dancers. Eris is married to Prima Ballerina Petra Conti, and together they are one of ballet's most admired couples.

This is an amazing opportunity to learn from the best!

Level:

Incredible Workshop Opportunity with Petra Conti and Eris Neza

August 18-22, 2025

Beginner Level (9-10 years old) - Equivalent of Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 at OBA

3:45pm-6:00pm

Cost - $575 (plus $25 registration fee. You don’t need to pay registration fee if student attended Session 1 and/or Session 2 of OBA’s Summer Intensive in 2025)

Intermediate Level (11-14 years old) - Equivalent of Level 4, Level 5 at OBA

4:30pm - 7:00pm

Cost - $650 (plus $25 registration fee. You don’t need to pay registration fee if student attended Session 1 and/or Session 2 of OBA’s Summer Intensive in 2025)

Advanced Level (15+ years old) - Equivalent of Level 6, Pre-Professional Level at OBA

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Cost - $650 (plus $25 registration fee. You don’t need to pay registration fee if student attended Session 1 and/or Session 2 of OBA’s Summer Intensive in 2025)

Private lessons are available per request - please inquire via email info@osipovaballetacademy.com

Open to public (You don’t have to be enrolled with OBA to sign up)

Classes will be held at 2224 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View

About Petra Conti

YAGP Judge, Former Principal Dancer of La Scala & Boston Ballet, Co-Founder & Artistic Director, Rehearsal Director at Hollywood Ballet Company, International Principal Ballerina

Petra Conti trained at Rome's National Academy of Dance, graduating with honors under Maestro Zarko Prebil. At 15, she appeared on Italian national TV's Sogni, dancing a pas de deux with Roberto Bolle in Saint Petersburg. By 17, she was guest étoile at Arena di Verona in Cinderella, and in 2007 joined the Mariinsky Theatre as a trainee under Elvira Tarasova. She joined the Bavarian State Ballet in 2008, then La Scala Ballet in 2009, becoming Prima Ballerina in

2011. In 2013, she was invited to join Boston Ballet as Principal Dancer, and later became Resident Principal Guest with Los Angeles Ballet.

An honored "Ambassador of Italian Ballet" since 2014, she's performed on legendary stages like the Bolshoi, Kremlin, Dolby, Kennedy Center, Verona Arena, Havana, Kyiv, Toronto, São Paulo, Rio, Muscat, and more. Her accolades include Premio Positano (2007, 2018), Premio Capri (2017), Glamour Talent Award

(2018), Danza & Danza Best Performer (2011), among others. In 2019, Petra debuted The Petra Conti Show in Los Angeles with Dream Orchestra, and continued performances at Verona's Arena in Aida and La Traviata, broadcast globally. A 2016 kidney cancer survivor, she founded Pointe Shoes for a Cure, raising funds for childhood cancer via donated signed pointe shoes.

Petra now serves as Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Hollywood Ballet and coaches internationally, judging YAGP (Youth America Grand Prix), teaching master classes, and mentoring dancers worldwide. She's married to principal dancer Eris Nezha and continues to shine both onstage and online as a ballet icon and advocate.

https://www.petraconti.com

About Eris Nezha

Former Principal Dancer of Boston Ballet & La Scala, Co-Founder, Vice-Artistic Director, Rehearsal Director at Hollywood Ballet Company, Ballet Master

Eris Nezha trained at the prestigious La Scala Ballet School in Milan, Italy, and went on to become a Principal Dancer with Teatro alla Scala, Boston Ballet, and Los Angeles Ballet. He has performed as Guest Principal Dancer with major theaters across the world, including Staatsballett Berlin, Arena di Verona, Ballet Opera of Kyiv, and companies in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Rome, Naples, Tirana, and Zagreb. He has shared the stage with some of the most iconic dancers of our time, including Svetlana Zakharova, Natalia Osipova, Sylvie Guillem, Polina Semionova, Hee Seo, and Petra Conti. Eris has performed on the most renowned stages in the world, from the Bolshoi and the Kremlin to the Dolby Theatre and opera houses in São Paulo, Kyiv, Berlin, Muscat, and beyond.

Eris has danced the full classical repertoire and has performed works by Balanchine, MacMillan, Ashton, Béjart, Ratmansky, Forsythe, Petit, Neumeier, and many others. He is also an accomplished choreographer and producer, having staged Swan Lake, Giselle, The Nutcracker, and The Petra Conti Show at the Colburn Theatre in collaboration with Dream Orchestra. In 2014, he served as Ballet Master for the Roberto Bolle and Friends Summer Tour, teaching top international artists such as Julie Kent and Polina Semionova. His choreography Time received critical praise at the 2019 All Stars Gala in Kyiv. Originally from Albania, Eris made history when Teatro alla Scala successfully lobbied to change Italian labor law to officially hire him, opening doors for future non-EU dancers. Eris is married to Prima Ballerina Petra Conti, and together they are one of ballet's most admired couples.

This is an amazing opportunity to learn from the best!