Yulia Makhalina's fellow member of 'the basketball team' studied at what academy? 
Yulia Makhalina:  Along with Ulyana Lopatkina, Makhalina is a member of 'the basketball team', a group of Kirov dancers who are characterized for being especially tall and slender. Ulyana Lopatkina:  She studied at the Vaganova Academy with Natalia Dudinskaya.
Vaganova Academy