Shelton Resident Attends Prestigious Russian Ballet Academy

Shelton resident and Trumbull Regional Agriscience and Biotechnology student Dominika Tomczyk returned from a summer study at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow.

Dominika studies at the Greenwich Ballet Academy and is the second student from the academy to get the National security Language Initiative scholarship.

Dominika said the oppotunity was magical especially after working her way back up to full strength after a stress fracture in 2014.

“I would love to use my Russian experience and Russian language skills to work internationally on global environmental issues and policies,” Dominika said. “Aside from ballet, I got a firsthand look at Russian lifestyle and culture, and developed confidence in my Russian skills.”

She also got an offer to study at the Bolshoi academy in a yearlong program.

“We are thrilled to have Dominika home, and now we expect her to practice her Russian language skills with her instructors too,” said Marisol Rivera Thurman, board chairman of the ballet academy. “More important, we’re so pleased that Dominika’s hard work, combined with the caliber of her talent and the exceptional instruction offered at GBA, led to this Bolshoi Ballet experience for her.”

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