Keenan Kampa will be the first American to join the Mariinsky. It will actually be a return to Russia for the 23-year-old, who in 2010 was the first American to receive the full diploma from the Vaganova Ballet Academy.

Keenan Kampa will be the first American to join the Mariinsky. It will actually be a return to Russia for the 23-year-old, who in 2010 was the first American to receive the full diploma from the Vaganova Ballet Academy.