TOPSHAM — The heat and humidity didn’t keep aspiring dancers out of Elizabeth Drucker’s Ballet School in Topsham earlier this month, as they didn’t want to miss the opportunity of studying with master instructor Sabir Yapparov.

Yapparov, who visited on July 1, was one of three teachers who visited the school this summer as part of its 2013 Master Class Series.

The school’s program, newly introduced this year, brings internationally recognized guest instructors to the studio for special classes.

“Studying with new teachers of this caliber is an invaluable experience for our students,” said the school’s director, Elizabeth Drucker.

Yapparov is currently the principal of Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy and has taught extensively throughout the United States, the former Soviet Union and Europe.

As part of the school’s Master Class Series, students were also able to attend class with Joseph Morrissey, formerly of the Bavarian State Ballet and Boston Ballet, and Christian Claessens, a former dancer with Dutch National Ballet who has been teaching internationally for the past 20 years.

Of the many tips and pointers The Ballet School students gleaned from these guest instructors, perhaps the most valuable lesson was the knowledge that exceptional ballet training transcends international boarders, and students around the world all start in “first position.”

For more information, contact Drucker at www.theballetschool.com or 729-6794.