Professional Dance Program

Auditions
2024-25

GENEVA
12.05.24

The Professional Dance Program is spread over a three year period. It produces versatile and creative dancers who have mastered an extensive range of technical skills. This course addresses the needs of dancers from ages 16 to 22 who have reached an advanced level of technique through rigorous and disciplined training.

Throughout the program, emphasis is placed on perfecting both classical
and contemporary techniques. Complementary disciplines such as partnering, physical theatre, acrobatics, hip-hop, pilates and yoga complete the program.

Students will be encouraged to develop their creativity and individuality as an artist through improvisation and composition workshops. Throughout the year, visiting professors and choreographers offer young dancers an artistic opening and make them adaptable to new proposals.

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OUR MISSION

Providing education and training that allows the student to acquire a quality and level of technical and artistic competence perfectly suited to the requirements of today’s choreographers and companies.

Allow the future dancer to find their artistic identity, make them autonomous and help them develop a creative spirit.

Encourage the development of everyone’s talent in performance and choreography through choreographic workshops and shows.

Develop the dancer’s ability to use their own thinking and an independent spirit of analysis and criticism.

Promote professional integration through exchanges and internships within companies.

CLASSES

TECHNIQUES

COMPLEMENTARY

WORKSHOPS

THEORETICAL/CONFERENCES

* Option, based on the level of classic
** From the second year with the guest choreographers
*** Third year

Year

01

The first year is based on perfecting the three fundamental techniques: classic, contemporary and modern. These disciplines are taught intensively throughout the first year, providing a solid foundation of technical skills that will enable students to approach the different demands and styles of guest choreographers and teachers throughout the training. From the second semester, students have the opportunity to perform on stage and present pieces that are part of the school repertoire or choreographed for them as part of a choreographic workshop as well as their composition work.

Year

02

During the second year, students continue to perfect their technique while engaging in artistic openness and professional situations through workshops led by guest choreographers and teachers throughout the year. These workshops offer an opportunity for young dancers to explore new vocabularies, develop their adaptability and understand the reality of the profession, in particular the process of working with a choreographer and the possibility of making themselves known to international artists. Students join the junior ballet and perform very regularly on stage, which allows them to develop their stage ease and their artistic identity.

Year

03

The third year is a springboard year during which the young dancer prepares for his future professional integration. In addition to the regular program of courses and workshops, students benefit from specific coaching for their orientation and preparation for auditions. They also have the opportunity to participate in internships in a professional environment. These internships give them a first approach to life in a company and an overview of all aspects of their future profession.

AREA JEUNE BALLET

From the 2<sup>nd</sup> year, students join the Area Jeune Ballet which represents a direct exposure to the reality of the profession.

The young dancers work with renowned and/or emerging choreographers and tackle a varied repertoire representative of the current professional environment.

Area Jeune Ballet performs in festivals and on national and international stages in Europe.

The junior ballet is a real springboard familiarizing students with numerous choreographic languages and thus promoting their professional integration.

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GUEST PROFESSORS & CHOREOGRAPHERS 2023-24

Igli MEZINI
Guest Professor
Ex-Dancer at the Luzerner Theater
Neel VERDOORN
Guest Professor
Professor and choreographer at Codarts Rotterdam
Macarena GONZÀLEZ
Guest Professor
Assistant to Goyo Montero - Ballet and repertoire professor
Edouard HUE
Guest Choreographer
Director and choreographer of Beaver Dam Company. Ex dancer Hofesh Schechter Company.
Kiyan KHOSHOIE
Guest Professor
Stage director. Ex-dancer Scapino Ballet Rotterdam.
Erion KRUJA
Guest Professor
Former Hofesh Shechter Company dancer, choreographer
Ken OSSOLA
Guest Choreographer
International Choreographer
Guillaume SIARD
Guest Professor
Educational Director of Ballet Preljocaj Junior.

PERMANENT PROFESSORS

Yvette REGUEIRO
Coordinator of the Dance-Study program
+ Professor of Ballet for Dance-Study, Pre-Professional and Professional Formations
+ Repetitor for the Area Jeune Ballet
Fernanda DINIZ
Ballet professeur of the Dance-Study, Pre-Pro and Professional Formations
+ Repetitor for the Area Jeune Ballet
Liuva HORTA
Ballet
+ Dance-Study
+ Professional Dance Program
Mena AVOLIO
Contemporary
+ Barre à terre
+ Professional Dance Program
Luanda MORI
Afro-Contemporary Brazilian
+ Silvestre Technique
+ Hatha-Yoga
+ Professional Dance Program

ALUMNI

Alumni of the school currently dance in dance companies around the world.

Béjart Ballet Lausanne | Grand Théâtre de Genève | Scapino Ballet Rotterdam | Ballet du Rhin | Compagnie Carte Blanche | Chemnitz Theatre Dance Chemnitz Theatre Dance Le Théâtre du Corps Pietragalla, France Delattre Dance Company, Allemagne Tiroler Landestheater, Autriche Opéra National de Varsovie | Kamea Dance Company Israël | Kentucky Ballet | Deutsche Tanzkompanie | Aura Dance Theater | Moveo Dance Company Malta | Székesfehérvár Ballet Theater | Stadttheater Pforzheim | Inversedance Company | Compagnie IDEM | Preljocaj Ballet Junior | Junior Ballet Zürich | Julio Arozarena Cie | Cie Corpo Barocco | Cie Illicite Bayonne

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