International Summer Intensive 2017, week 31, age 12-14
Peter Bo Bendixen, Artistic Director of Tivoli Ballet Theatre and Niels Balle, Director of Tivoli Ballet School, are honored to host our International Summer Intensive in collaboration with Hamburg Ballet School.
Tivoli Ballet School offers an exclusive seminar classes taught by Kevin Haigen and Anna Urban, Hamburg Ballet School, and Eva Draw, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, together with Heather Jürgensen, Ballet Kiel. The repertoire classes will be based on experts from John Neumeier choreography.
Date and Location
Monday July 31th – Saturday August 5th 2017 Tivoli Ballet School, Tivoli, Vesterbrogade 3, 1630 Copenhagen, Denmark
Participants
Classes are open to students from age 12 to 20. .
Program week 31 (July 31th-August 5th)
09:00 09:30 Breakfast
09:30 11:15 Technique class
11:15 11:30 Break
11:30 12:30 Pointe work
12:30 13:30 Lunch
13:30 15:00 Repertoire
15:00 15:15 Break
15:15 16:15 Lecture – My life as a dancer
16:15 16:30 End of day
There will be student activities in the evening twice a week. You are free to attend.
Admission
Students must be covered by their own medical insurance. The Summer School is not responsible for any medical coverage or injury related expenses.
Students are required to have a strong classical ballet technique, with a minimum of three years of training at an advanced level.
It is necessary that the dancers are healthy for this kind of technical dance in order to prevent injuries.
Fee
6 days of tuition including breakfast and light lunch each day:
€ 350 for one week (week 30 or 31)
€ 700 for both weeks
Registration
For full registration and instructions of payment, please follow this guide /cms/clubtivoli/ClubImages/Registration 2016 ver 2.pdf
What to wear Girls: black leotards - pink tights and ballet slippers and bring point shoes. Boys: black tights - white t-shirt and white ballet slippers.
General information
There will be a short showing Saturday 5th of August in Lumbye studio in Tivoli Concert Hall. On arrival you will receive a welcome folder with necessary information about Tivoli, the locations, the city and of course the seminar. The folder also includes an admission card for the amusement park Tivoli, and one free ride pass.
Copenhagen has various opportunities of accommodation and Tivoli Ballet School will gladly convey on request.
See https://www.cabinn.com/hotel/city-hotel-koebenhavn-copenhagen
Repertoire
The repertoire classes will be based on excerpts from John Neumeier choreography.
Teachers
KEVIN HAIGEN
Born in Miami, Florida, USA.
Eduacation:
School of American Ballet, NYC.
American Ballet Theater School, NYC
Engaments:
American Ballet Theatre, NYC
Stuttgarter Ballett
Hamburg Ballett 1976-1983, from 1977 Principal
Nederlands Dans Theater 1983-1985
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo as Principal, Balletmaster and Choreograf 1985-1986
London Festival Ballet 1986-1988 as Principal
Béjart Ballet Lausanne 1988 as Principal
Hamburg Ballett as Balletmaster and teacher.
ANNA URBAN
EVA DRAW
Graduated from Bolshoi Ballet School and State University of Theatrical Arts (Class of Marina Semeonova, Vaganova Method) in Moscow, Russia. Immigrated to Canada in 1993. Completed Teachers Training course for professional dancers at NBS (National Ballet School of Canada, Chechetti and RAD qualifications).From 1995 – full member of faculty at NBS. Became senior ballet teacher and senior student advisor. Also guest teaching across Canada and USA.In 2009 she was invited to RDB (Royal Danish Ballet) where she joined faculty at Royal Danish Ballet School and became teacher and Ballet master for the Company.Staged: “Pas de Quatre”, “Dying Swan”, Grand Pas from “Raymonda”, Pas de Deux from “Corsaire”, and full length of “La Bayadere” together with artistic director Nicolaj Hübbe. Coached dancers in “Sleeping Beauty”, “Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake”, “Serenade”, “The Cage”, “Dances at the Gathering”, “Giselle”, “Lady of the Camellias”, and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. She has been a part of the jury in YAGP (Youth American Grand Prix) and Japan Grand Prix. Eva was also a part of the teaching faculty in the Nordic Seminar (Stockholm, Helsinki) and at the Bartholin Seminar in Copenhagen.
ANNE HOLM-JENSEN PEYK
Anne Holm-Jensen Peyk is a graduate of both the John
Cranko School and the University of Copenhagen. Peyk has worked with The
Chemnitz Ballet, Tivoli Ballet Theater, Royal Danish Ballet, American Ballet
Theater, Finnish National Ballet, and Hamburg Ballet. During her 13 years as
Ballet Master with the Royal Danish Ballet, Peyk collaborated with many
choreographers such as Ratmansky, Cherkaoui, Neumeier, Wheeldon, McGregor, and
Horecna. In 2016, Peyk joined Tivoli Ballet School as Principal Teacher. Peyk
has been working with dancer rehabilitation training for over 10 years and hold
certifications in SomaTraining, ELDOA and Functional Range Conditioning (FRC). Peyk is founding member and member of the board of
Dance Science Denmark, an association dedicated to promoting dancer’s health
issues.