In this photo taken on Thursday, March 3, 2016, Harper Ortlieb, from Mount Hood, Oregon, leaves a scene after performing at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. Among the dozen 15-year-old girls in lavender leotards in Tatyana Galtseva's class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one is different. She is Harper Ortlieb, an American, who left her small town in Oregon to move to Moscow to follow her dream of becoming a prima ballerina. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday March 3, 2016, Harper Ortlieb, from Mount Hood, Oregon, performs in a ballet class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, Harper Ortlieb, from Mount Hood, Oregon, has dinner with her mother Layne Baumann, left, at home after classes at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Tuesday, March 1, 2016, Harper Ortlieb, from Mount Hood, Oregon, leaves the Bolshoi Ballet Academy after attending in Moscow, Russia. Harper Ortlieb, a 15-year-old American, left her small town in Oregon to move to Moscow to follow her dream of becoming a prima ballerina. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)





In this photo taken on Thursday, March 3, 2016, Harper Ortlieb, center, from Mount Hood, Oregon, and her ballet school colleagues congratulate each other after performing at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, March 3, 2016, Harper Ortlieb, from Mount Hood, Oregon, warms up for a performance at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, March 3, 2016, Harper Ortlieb, from Mount Hood, Oregon, stretches in a ballet class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, March 3, 2016, Harper Ortlieb from Mount Hood, Oregon, prepares for a performance at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, March 3, 2016, Tatyana Galtseva, a teacher of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, right, helps Harper Ortlieb, from Mount Hood, Oregon, in a ballet class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 3, 2016. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, March 3, 2016, Harper Ortlieb, from Mount Hood, Oregon, stretches in a ballet class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A student warms up in the hallway during the break at Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, Russia 03 March 2016. Moscow State Academy of Choreography is the oldest institution in Moscow which teaches Ballet arts not only Russian citizens, but also representatives from more than 20 countries. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students attend a class in the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, better known as the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. The academy, which was founded in 1773 by Empress Catherine the Great, produced famous Soviet ballet-dancers Olga Lepeshinskaya, Maya Plisetskaya, Maris Liepa, among many others. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)





A student attends a class in the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, better known as the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)





Students perform in a hallway before the start of a class in the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, better known as the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)





A student stretches in a hallway before the start of her class in the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, better known as the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)





Students perform during a concert at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, better known as the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)





Students take part in a class of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, Russia 03 March 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students take part in a class of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, Russia 03 March 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students take part in a class of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, Russia 03 March 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students rehearse at the stage of concert hall of Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, Russia 03 March 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students rehearse at the stage of concert hall of Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, Russia 03 March 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





A student prepares herself at the backstage of the concert hall of Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, Russia 03 March 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students rehearse at the concert hall of Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students take part in a class at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students wait at backstage at Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





A student warms up in the hallway at Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students perform at the concert hall of Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, on March 3, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Students dance in the hallway during a break at Moscow State Academy of Choreography in Moscow, Russia 03 March 2016. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)