P R O F I T R A I N I N G


BALLETT
mit Christian Schwaan

durchgängig
jeweils 9.30-11.00 Uhr

Christian Schwaan verbindet in seinem Training Elemente aus russischer, französischer und amerikanischer Schule zu einer lebendigen Schulung des Körpers mit platzierendem Aufbau und Förderung der Musikalität durch interessante dynamische Wechsel. Er erhielt seine Ausbildung an der Staatlichen Ballettschule Berlin. Er arbeitete an verschiedenen Theatern mit Choreographen/Regisseuren wie John Neumeier, Jennifer Muller, Birgit Cullberg, Johann Kresnik, Martin Stiefermann, Michael Simon, Stefan Pucher, Frank Castorf: Seit vier Jahren unterrichtet er in Berlin klassischen Tanz.


Montag bis Freitag
21. - 25. September 2009
jeweils 11.00-12.30 Uhr
Zeitgenössischer Tanz
mit Alessio Castellacci

Das Training zielt darauf ab, durch Elemente anatomischer und kinetischer Bewusstheit, eigene und eigenwillige Möglichkeiten zu entdecken, um neues Bewegungsvokabular zu entwickeln. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit liegt dabei auf Bodenarbeit, Bewegung von Stimme und Körper, Elementen der Gruppenimprovisation, dem Einstudieren vorgegebener Phrasen sowie der Arbeit mit eigenem Material.

Alessio Castellacci studierte Psychologie in Rom und ging 2002 nach Arnheim, um Tanz und Choreographie zu studieren. Er ist Mitbegründer des internationalen Künstlernetzwerks Finger Six und arbeitet international als Trainer, Tänzer, Voice-Performer und Sound-Composer.

Montag bis Freitag
28. September bis 16. Oktober 2009
Achtung Vertretung am
13. Oktober mit Daniel Drabek
und 14.Oktober mit Diane Busuttil
jeweils 11.00-12.30 Uhr
Zeitgenössischer Tanz
mit Fred Gehring

Fred's teaching is based on his studies with the merce cunningham company and essentially deals with body alignment and how to use and shift the weight of the body in a rigorous way.

Fred Gehring

1986 Working and living with adults with special mental and physical Needs in Geneva
1987 Commencing fine art studies in Berlin (HdK)
1992 Graduating from London Contemporary Dance School (2:1)

WORKRELATIONSHIPS
(mostly as a dancer, sometimes as assistant / teacher)

U.K.:
LCDT, DV8, Random Dance, RADC, Michael Clark, Sarah Faie, 7 Sisters, Aletta Collins
France:
Ballet Preljocaj, Cie Barbara Sarreau, Sidi Graoui ( Marocco )
Switzerland:
Alias, Nomads, Arthur Kyggeleyn
Berlin:
Tanztheater Global, Berlin Philharmonica
N.Y.C.:
A.Z./Bill T. Jones
Norway:
Nye Carte Blanche


Fred has been involved in numerous one off projects, sometimes site-specific work, he devised between 1993 and 2006 6 pieces by himself. Upon being awarded the first Nurejef/Maude award on the grounds of his outstanding career in 2006 Fred was able to expand his understanding of performance and practice by studying a more holistic approach towards creating theatre. Fred is currently completing his M.A. in Design, Performance and Practice at Central St Martins School of the Arts, London.

Montag bis Freitag
19. bis 30. Oktober 2009
jeweils 11.00-12.30 Uhr
Zeitgenössischer Tanz
mit Morgan Belenguer

The Training will focus on some basic ideas: expansion of body extremities /awareness of details / articulated languages / space has a tool / Dismantling structures / Open and Closed eyes/ Transitions between clear images / warming up thought an individual research using framed improvisational tasks and combinations.
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Morgan Belenguer learned ballet at the conservatoire de danse en Avignon. Graduated from Académie de Danse Princesse Grace in Monte-Carlo and studied at the Ecole Atelier Rudra Béjart in Lausanne as well. He joinned the Marco Santi Danse Ensemble and worked with Christian Spuck upon other Choreographer..
Morgan participated at the Choreographic Competition Hannover, where he won the critic prize for " L` INCESSANTE" which was then invited to the Holland Dance Festival and since then he pursued his choreographic work in different places.
"EPHEMERE" for Tanzkompanie Braunschweig."CAUSA" at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart .
"MARCHE MARECAGE" duet created for the Rotterdam Dance Academy . "LAPESANTEUR" created for the Tanzkompanie Hannover(directed by Stefan Thoss). "FRAGILE" for the CCR Dance Company Istanbul. "RIDDLE" and "HELD" a duet created at DOCK 11 (developed and co-produced with Melanie Lane).
He Created his first Music video Clip for the musician Ellen Allien - // Bpitch Control (record label)

Montag bis Freitag
2. bis 9. November 2009
jeweils 11.00-12.30 Uhr
Zeitgenössischer Tanz
mit Stella Zannou

This contemporary class demands from the participants a lot of energy and a lot of willingness to dance!
Influences are found in my class from many different dance techniques (Release – Limon, etc) as well as from martial arts, such as capoeira. So many acrobatics and hand stands will be found but without being the main goal of the class. The floor work is of great importance but we will also fearlessly move into space “off floor”, exploring new or at least unfamiliar movement patterns. The basic aim of my class is to make the dancers reach their limits, express themselves and dance without fear and hesitation.
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Stella Zannou
Artistic director of Smack dance company.

She has studied dance and choreography in London College of Dance and London Studio Centre, took her Bachelor of Arts in dance from the American college of Greece and her Diploma in theatre dance from the Greek state school of Dance (2000). Stella has attended workshops of contemporary dance and choreography all around the world with artists such as:
Maya Lipsker, Ted Stoffer, Frey Faust, K. Simpson, S.Davis and Gill Klark, Inaki Azpillaga, Wim Vanderkeybous, D.Zambrano, R.Siegal, R.Maliphant, J.Nelson, T.Thayer,  D.Dorfman and Lisa Race, C.Haring, Constanza Macras, etc

In 2006 she founded Smack Dance Company, in Athens.

Her choreographies have been presented in festivals such as the 5th and 6th Athens International Dance Festival, “Tanzwelten 2009” in Braunschweig, Koropi festival, Nomad festival and in numerous theatres in Athens.  Stella was one of the artistic directors of Prosxima Dance Company (Greece), for 6 years.

As a dancer Stella has collaborated with:

Montag bis Freitag
9. bis 20. November 2009
jeweils 11.00-12.30 Uhr
Zeitgenössischer Tanz
mit Howard Katz Fireheard

This class takes you through a series of exercises based on the study of physics and human movement.
We break down movement to it's essence; Flow, Throw, Put, Fall, Carry.
We define each of these principals through improvisation and directly apply it to a given technical exercise and to the combination.
We work with the bodies weight and nerve systems: defining where a movement impulse starts and how can we repeat it.
We build a strong and flexible technique that allows us to master any movement challenge with the analytical power of a scientist and the intuition of an animal.

Howard Katz Fireheart was born in New York City, where he completed his education in the classical and modern dance, acting, singing, and martial arts.
Education at the California Institute of the Arts.
From 1982 to 92 he headed his company KOOK in NYC and a studio of the same name.
Cooperation with David Parsons, Donald Byrd, Frey Faust and others.
Performances and lectures in the USA, Germany, France, Itally, Switzerland, Israel, and Korea.
Since 1996 he has been living in Berlin and NYC, has been working as a solo artist and in cooperation with artists from various countries in interdisciplinary productions.
BudoFlux: Cofounder and codirector with Marc Trivanti. Integration of martial arts principls in the performing and visual arts.
Post Holocaust Pop: eclectic performance band cocreated with Matthais Herrmann. Their second CD, of the same name, was published in 1998 by KOOK-Label, which Howard reestablished in Berlin in 1997, as an artist for artist culture label that continues to grow.

Montag bis Freitag
23. bis 27. November 2009
jeweils 11.00-12.30 Uhr
Zeitgenössischer Tanz
mit Clint Lutes

This class structure for Intermediate/Advanced dancers will focus on moving from ones centre and using gravity and weight efficiently to move expansively.We will try to find the right combination of muscularity and release with a general focus on movement in all possible directions and special focus on a constant cyclical and spiral energy flow. Evidence and encouragement to develop performative presence and a present focus is accessed and influenced by physical forms including Contemporary dance, ballet and Improvisation techniques, as well as 'Body work' philosophies that include GYROTONIC, Pilates and Yoga.

 

Clint Lutes studied Musical Theater at SUNY New Paltz, then completed his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree in Dance at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He has worked with Joy Kellman, Maya Lipsker, Melanie Lane, Johannes Wieland, Ann Carlson, Eun Me Ahn, Brian Brooks Moving Company and Christoph Winkler, among others. Clint’s own choreography has been shown among others at the MoDaFe Festival 2004, the Rohkunstbau Festival, Tanz im August, Theater Freiburg and at the Städtische Bühne Heidelberg. In 2005 Clint received a grant from the Berlin Senate for Science, Research and Culture for his solo production Santa Maria Effekt and in 2006 a stipend to attend the danceWEB scholarship program at ImpulsTanz in Vienna where he became involved with the Sweet & Tender Collaborations. In 2007 he created a new piece for the Vis Motrix Company in Thessaloniki Greece and for the pvc Company (Freiburg / Heidelberg, Germany); 2008 with posttheater in Berlin. Clint is the co-initiator/producer/ curator of the LUCKY TRIMMER Tanz Performance Serie in Berlin (www.luckytrimmer.de) and has lived in Berlin since 2002 dancing, choreographing and teaching classes and workshops for DOCK11 (artist-in-residence since 2005), Marameo, Tanzfabrik, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Australian Dance Theater, Options Dance Festival, Staattheater Osnabrück, Regensburger Tanztage, Suwon University, Kookmin University, the Seoul Performing Arts High School and the Ahn Eun Me Company.

Montag bis Freitag
2. bis 18. Dezember 2009
jeweils 11.00-12.30 Uhr
Zeitgenössischer Tanz
mit Stella Zannou

This contemporary class demands from the participants a lot of energy and a lot of willingness to dance!
Influences are found in my class from many different dance techniques (Release – Limon, etc) as well as from martial arts, such as capoeira. So many acrobatics and hand stands will be found but without being the main goal of the class. The floor work is of great importance but we will also fearlessly move into space “off floor”, exploring new or at least unfamiliar movement patterns. The basic aim of my class is to make the dancers reach their limits, express themselves and dance without fear and hesitation.
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Stella Zannou
Artistic director of Smack dance company.

She has studied dance and choreography in London College of Dance and London Studio Centre, took her Bachelor of Arts in dance from the American college of Greece and her Diploma in theatre dance from the Greek state school of Dance (2000). Stella has attended workshops of contemporary dance and choreography all around the world with artists such as:
Maya Lipsker, Ted Stoffer, Frey Faust, K. Simpson, S.Davis and Gill Klark, Inaki Azpillaga, Wim Vanderkeybous, D.Zambrano, R.Siegal, R.Maliphant, J.Nelson, T.Thayer,  D.Dorfman and Lisa Race, C.Haring, Constanza Macras, etc

In 2006 she founded Smack Dance Company, in Athens.

Her choreographies have been presented in festivals such as the 5th and 6th Athens International Dance Festival, “Tanzwelten 2009” in Braunschweig, Koropi festival, Nomad festival and in numerous theatres in Athens.  Stella was one of the artistic directors of Prosxima Dance Company (Greece), for 6 years.

As a dancer Stella has collaborated with: