Elena Baltovick Elena Tokareva Baltovick began studying classical ballet at the age of nine in her native Kiev, Ukraine. She studied at the National Choreographic Ballet School of Ukraine and danced with National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Ms. Tokareva came to the United States in 1992 to continue her study of the Vaganova Method with the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts in Connecticut, graduating with honors in 1994. In 1998 Ms. Tokareva graduated cum laude from the University of Hartford´s Hartt School of Music and Ballet Pedagogy with the School of the Hartford Ballet where she also danced with the company. Her main coach during her studying at the University was world famous Prima Ballerina, Ms. Alla Osipenko from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Ms. Tokareva´s repertoire includes The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides, La Bayadere, Ramonda, Paquita, and many more. While studying in Spain she received additional training in flamenco dancing. She is also certified to teach ballroom dance. Elena Tokareva has vast experience in the several Ballet Organizations. She was the Associate Ballet Mistress in Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory in Connecticut and the Faubourg School of Ballet in Illinois. She has also owned the Ballet School in Florida. Elena has been a guest teacher in studios and ballrooms up and down the east coast as well as in the mid-west and on the west cost.