Irina Romanova started taking ballet lessons
at the age of 2 years and 8 months.
It was an
integral part of her
professional skating career for 23 years
for 6 days a
week, 11 months a year.
During this time she studied
ballet, character ballet,
jazz, folk dances, modern dance, and
aerobic
and ballroom dancing with:
Ludmila Kardash - soloist of the Odessa Theater of Opera and Ballet
12 years
Ludmila Pavlova - soloist of the Berezka Folk Dance Troop
3 years
Marianna Sedova-Plisetskaya -
soloist of the Bolshoi Theater and the
sister of the world-famous Russian
ballerina, Maya Plisetskaya
2 years
Elena Matveeva - soloist of the Bolshoi Theater
1 year
Ludmila Vlasova - soloist of the Bolshoi Theater
2 years
Sergey Fokin - soloist of the Boris Eifman Modern Theater
3 years
Irina and Sergey Pletnev - international ballroom dancers
1 year
Vladimir Ulianov - soloist of the Moyseyev Ballet
1 year
A Flamenco course at the Moscow Institute of Theatrical Arts