
OFFJAZZ
SUMMER 2009
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER DANCE WORKSHOP

ballet,
movement analysis, contemporary dance, jazz, tap, percussions,
master classes
July
20 -25 / July 27-August 1 / August
3-8 / August 10-15
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Audition 2009-10, Professional dance studies
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THE
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Contemporary dance: Martine
KAISSERLIAN
July 20 - 25 / July 27
- August 1
Movement analysis:
July
20 - 25 / July 27 - August 1
After many years of training in France, Martine gained
a scholarship from the British Council of Arts for
the LABAN Centre in London, which made it possible
for her to work with great masters such as Yuriko,
Merce Cunningham, M.Louis aswell as Karin Weahner,
Clay Tagliaferro and many others. Constantly trying
to deepen her knowledge and understanding of these
techniques, Martine Kaisserlian developed a work based
on fluidity, sensitivity and awareness of the body.
Besides contemporary dance she also teaches movement
analysis which is fundamental for any dance student.
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Contemporary
dance:
Patrick
REBUS July
20 - 25 / July 27 - August 1
Working as a professional dancer since 1982 his career
has been focused on 3 main areas; interpretation,
choreography and teaching. His work is based on movement
and control in contemporary dance but also through
the practice of acrobatics and mime. After graduating
from the International School of Mime Marcel Marceau,
he worked for 6 years at the National Centre for Choreography
Haute Normandie. As an interpreter and teacher he
brings his passion and curiosity for the arts to the
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Contemporary
dance: Emilio CALCAGNO (Compagnie
Preljocaj-répertoire)
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August 03 - 08
After a Ballet training at the Rosella HIGHTOWER 's
school and at the Off Jazz Dance Center of Nice, he
starts at the CNDC of Angers managed by Joëlle
BOUVIER and Régis OBADIA.
Dancer at the Ballet PRELJOCAJ from 1995, he is now
in charge of the choreography practicing at the CND.
He creates his own choreographies and comes often
as a guest teacher. During the workshop, Emilio will
work on the technics and the atelier in a complementary
way, to a research on the choreography and a reflexion
on the movement. |
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Contemporary
dance:
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Contemporary
dance: Myriam NAISY:
(Myriam Naisy Company) July
27 - August 1
Myriam
NAISY dances at the Théâtre de Genève
until 1987, then works as a teachers and choreographer
for; Ballet du Nord, Capitole de Toulouse, Opéra
de Nice, Grand Théâtre de Genève,
Opéra National de Budapest, Opéra de
Vienne, Ballet Jazz de Montréal, CNSMD de Lyon.
Resident Co-Director and choreographer for; Ch Tanz
Theater de Zürich, and the Ballet Theater of
Hagen. Invited as a resident company in Odyssud /
Blagnac in 1998
she creates in callaboration with Nicholas Maye the
" Myriam Naisy Company / L'hélice".
Her work in comtemporary dance is based on for fluidity
in the movement, and precise interpretation. A constant
research combining the natural movement, abstraction
and emotion.www.myspace.com/myriamnaisy
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FELDENKRAIS
method : Sylvie
LAVIGNE July
20 - August
15
After having
studied at the Rosella Hightowers International Dance
Centre, Sylvie Lavigne worked as a soloist for Joseph
Rusillo Ballet Theatre and then for Théâtre
du Silence where she danced on international stages
in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Korea, etc...)
She then settled in Cannes and formed her own company
"SYLVIE L" 25 years ago.
After studies in yoga and and then Tai-chi, Sylvie
discovered the Feldenkrais method and was trained
as a teacher by Myriam and Sabine Pfeiffer at the
Accord Mobile de Paris.
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Ballet:
Emma
LEWIS (ex-Ballet
Cullberg Mats Ek)
July
20 - 25
Emma trained at the Royal
Ballet School in London and then the London Contemporary
Dance School where she studied the methods of Graham
and Cunningham. She began working with the Marc Baldwin
dance company before dancing with the Cullberg Ballet
for 8 years working with Mats EK, Ohad Naharin and
Carolyn Carlson. Her class consists of a warm up based
on the Pilates method, then core technique followed
by Mats Ek repertoire focusing on accents in music,
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Ballet, new languages::Karine
GUIZZO (NTD
Cie Jiri KYLIAN)
August 10 - 15
After finishing her studies at the Rosella Hightower
School in Cannes, she danced with the Jeune Ballet
de Cannes. One of her first professional engagements
was dancing in Gianin Lorginetts' OFF JAZZ DANCE COMPANY,
she then continued as a dancer at the Netherlands
Dance Theatre 2 in Holland, where she danced for 15
years with the repertoire of Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek,
W. Forythe and Ohad Naharin. She also participated
in workshops with Lloyd Newson, Min Tanaka, Ko Morobushi,
Carolyn Carlson. Karin Guizzo has developed her own
work that has been performed in the Netherlands and
around Europe. Her class work consists of classical
barre work followed by work on the repertoire of J.
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Ballet
: Christiane STURNICK July
27 - August 01
Winner of the Lausanne and Varna dance competitions,
she dances as a soloist for Maurice BEJART Ballet
du XX ème siècle, as a principal dancer
with Roland PETIT at the Ballet de Marseille and also
for Joseph RUSSILLO, J.C.MAILLOT, J.C.GALLOTA ......
Christiane STURNICK has a strong personality which
shines through in many repertories. She qualified
as a teacher in Paris and devotes herself now passing
his experience to professionals and dance students….
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Ballet:
Azucena ROLLAN MAS July
20 - 25 / July 27 - August 01/
August 03 - 08
After training at the Conservatoire Royal de Madrid
and Rosella Hightower in Cannes, she danced as a soloist
with the Bavarian National Ballet in Munich and at
the Salzburger Theater. She is a teacher at the Conservatoire
Royal de Danse and a guest teacher at OFF JAZZ. She
is appreciated for her precision and communication
of an art that is her real passion.
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Jazz
dance:
Angelo MONACO July
20 - 25 / July 27 - August 01
Prized for best interpretation at the Torino Jazz
Dance Festival, he currently teaches at Offjazz and
the Cultural Centre of Biot. He danced with Off Jazz
Dance Company and in other productions in Monto Carlo
and Paris. He is very apreciated by the students for
his creativity and for the very special music he uses
in his classwork, a very urban dynamic and sensual
work.
Angelo MONACO
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Danse
jazz: Sheron
WRAY
August 10 - 15
Sheron Wray is an artist whose primary focus is dance.
This is often in conjunction with other creative forces,
music and technology being key. She is a choreographer,
dancer and researcher who takes an exceptional interest
in Jazz as a fuelling agent to developing her work
and philosophy. This is manifested not only in collaborations
and research with combined music and dance outcome,
but has led her to innovative uses of new technology
that extend the bounds of improvisation to include
the audience in spontaneous creativity.
http://sheronwray.com/
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Jazz
dance:
Hugues SALGAS July
27 - August 01 / August 03 - 08
He performed as a dancer with Paris Jazz Ballet, OFF
JAZZ DANCE COMPANY (Gianin Loringett) and Danse Ensemble
(G.Armstrong and W.Barbaste). He has also performed
in various musical productions such as La Vie en Bleu
(R. Hossein) and Sirella (M.Hermine). He currently
teaches in Milan and is a guest teacher in France
and Italy.
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Gianin
LORINGETT Jazz
dance:
July
20 - 25 / August 03 - 08 / August 10 - 15
Tap:
July
27 - August 01
Choreographer
and artistic director for OFF JAZZ DANCE COMPANY in
Paris and founder of OFF JAZZ DANCE CENTRE in Nice,
he devotes all his energy to teaching for festivals,
dance workshops and choreography for performances
all over the world.
He is a well known and respected choreographer and
an exceptional teacher who brings many different dance
and musical styles to life. He currently teaches jazz
and tap at Off Jazz in Nice and trains students for
the french National Diploma in Dance Teaching.
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Jazz
dance: Katiuscia
ONNIS
July
27 - August 01
Jazz
dance for
children, musical comedy
Katjuscia
Onnis trained at Offjazz with Gianin LORINGETT , Angelo
MONACO and René LEJEUNE,
after several years of performing she discivered the
pleasures of teaching. her work is very appreciated
by the students because it has a very personal touch.
She is currently teaching in Biot, Grasse and at Offjazz. |
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Danse
AFRICAINE: Marcellin
GBAZAI: July
20 - 25 / August
10 - 15
Marcellin Gbazai- African Dance: July
14th - 19th/ August 4th - 9th
Originally from the Côte d'Ivoire where he learnt
the basic techniques of african and tribal dance and
song at the EDEC in Abidjan. He then toured with Guirivoires
de Rosé Guirard company around Asia and Africa
before coming to OFF JAZZ to complete his diverse
dance training in Nice.
He is a member of the OFF JAZZ JUNIORS company and
teaches african dance at the Centre.
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Danse
AFRICAINE: Kofi
ETTOH:
July
20 - 25 / August
10 - 15
Originally
from Togo he studied african and contemporary dance.
He is now continuing his dance training at OFF JAZZ.
He is a member of the company OFF JAZZ JUNIORS. |
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Tap
dance:
Uwe
MEUSEL (Musical Tap Company ) August
03 - 08
Using
a unique technique based on decontraction looseness (Sam
Weber) and director of the "MUSICAL TAP COMPANY"
in Freiburg, Uwe Meusel has worked with masters such as;
Savion Glover, Van Porter, Sam Weber, Buster Brown many
others. His style is based on "the looser you are
the faster you tap!" Uwe Meusel has choreographed
tap shows with jazz orchestras and internationally known
dancers.
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Tap
dance: Guillem
ALONSO July
27 - August 01
Guillem Alonso has worked as a tap dancer for a number
of years in the best tap companies in the United States;
American Tap Dance Orchestra, Manhattan Tap, New York
Tap Collective and Los Angeles Steps Ahead. He has been
a soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He
created the
Barcelona
Rhythm Tap company. and
organises weekly tap jams at the "Cova del Drac".
He was choreographer for the new "Scenic" theatre
of Barcelona and dance soloist in the show "Fire
of the Dance" touring throughout Europe. Guillem
is also a member of Camut
Band Tap and Percussion
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Tap dance: Denise
BALDWIN (children)
July
27 - August 01
Denise trazined
in London at the Elizabeth Hardiman School of Dance and
Arts in ballet, jazz, tap and musical theatre. She has
performed in numerous shows and cabarets throughout the
world ( Folies Russes, Monte Carlo, Lido de Paris, musicals...)
and later turned to teaching. She is a permanent teacher
at OFF JAZZ.
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Claquettes: Yorma
LORINGETT ; July
20 - 25 / August
10 - 15
After completing training in ballet contemporary and jazz,
he turned to tap. Trained by Michel Leveillé and
Gianin Loringett he follows the work of Uwe Meusel during
his workshops. As a dancer he takes part in many productions;
musicals (La Rue, staged by Miran), performances with
musicians (Caveau de la Huchette, Cannes Water Smposium),
Nice Traditional Jazz Festival, events and conventions.
He dances with the OFF JAZZ JUNIORS dance company and
teaches at the Centre. His strong points are musicality
and improvisation.
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Nice
Jazz Feestival 39 performances
Musicalia
: shows, dance, music
will be updated shortly |
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THE
PLACE, MAP
OF NICE |
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The
school is located in the centre of NICE, near to the
port and the old city, about 300 meters from the sea.
1200 m2 ,with 4 dance- studios, cafeteria, dressing
rooms with showers.......
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HOTELS-ACCOMODATION
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Résidence
pour students, independent or boadings for school
Lodging for students Flat sharing for 2 to 3 students,
near the dance centre (about 150 euros/week)
Le Geneve 1 rue Cassini
06300 NICE Tél. 04 93 56 73 73 (cheap but ...)
Résidence Ségurane -6
rue Passeroni 06300 NICE - Tél. 04 93 55 95 95
flats with kitchen, shower, minimum 2 weeks
( near the dance school)
Comfort
Hôtel - 8 rue Emmanuel Philibert 06300
Nice - Tél. 0492005900 rooms for 2/3/4 persons.
Hôtel
KYRIAD - 6 rue Emmanuel Philibert 06300
Nice Tél: 04 93 55 80 00 lunch+dinner possible.
Hôtel LA MALOUINE - 62 bd Carnot
06300 Nice - Tél: 04 93 89 56 80
Parking, ,garden,quiet
CITADINES Flat'Hotels buffa@citadines.com,
or, promenade@citadines.com
(Flats for 2 to 6 persons with full-equipped
kitchen, bathroom, living-room with T.V, very practical
and clean)
LA MAISON DU SEMINAIRE Chambres 1-4
personnes www.maisonduseminaire.fr
Other lodging facilities :
city of Nice
Detailed informations about Hotels :click Hotels list can be also sent writing
to the Office du Tourisme |
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HOW
TO FIND THE DANCE CENTER? |
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By
plane: From the airport take the bus to the centre
of Nice, Gare Routière (bus station). The school
is 2 minutes walk away, ask at the Gare Routière.
By train:
From the main train station get bus Nr 15 (Port)
and get off at "Promenade des Arts",
then ask. The school is 2 minutes walk away.
Gret tram and get off Place Garibaldi (Port)
By Tram: Take direction Pont St. Michel
and get off at Place Garibaldi; Map
of tram
By car: 1) From Italy: leave the
motorway at the "Nice EST exit" (first exit
for Nice), then follow signs for the Port. When you arrive
at the port ask for rue Cassini.
2) From Cannes: leave the motorway at "Nice
CENTRE- Promenade des Anglais", keep going along
the sea to the port, ask for rue Cassini. |
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INSCRIPTIONS-REGISTRATIONS
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registration on line
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By phone monday to friday from 9h to 18h. Ask
for a brochure of the workshop:
OFF
JAZZ DANCE CENTER
16 RUE CASSINI
06300 NICE FRANCE
Tel: 00 33 (0)4 93 89 10 10
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TARIF-FEES
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Classes for all levels, amateurs and professionals,
special classes for children.
Everyday classes except on Sunday
REGISTRATION AND PLANNING:
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1) Summer Workshop prices :
One week programme
6 classes: 120 €
12 classes: .200 €
18 classes: 280 € 24 classes:360
€
Single class : 20 € Professional dancers
ticket: .12 €
(must present professional card or document (contrat-equity
membership)
3) Tap dance workshop:
Children
programme: one week ....12 classes: 150 € 18
classes: 210 €
Teachers programme: one week ............
3) Special prices:
For groups and dance schools
International and Professional dance schools and academies:
10%
4)
Full workshop 4 weeks:
2 courses a day (48 courses) 720 €
3 courses a day (72 courses) 1000 €
4 courses a day (96 courses) 1200 €
Free
currency convertor- change
Bank to bank payments:
Banque BNP PARIBAS Nice Port
OFF JAZZ DANCE CENTER
Code IBAN: FR76
3000 4019 7100 0100 4445 841
Code BIC: BNPAFRPPNIC
Fees: any application not accompanied by payment
in full will not be registered. Cancellations made before
July 6th can be reimbursed, but once the Summer-school
has comenced refunds are no longer possible. In the
event of illness (on production of a medical certificate)
the sum may be credited to the student in the form of
lessons or towards a later workshop.
Please note that all bank charges engendered by Direct
Debit or cheques from abroad are the responsibility
of the student. |
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For
professional dance education , teaching diploma
SCHOOL
YEAR 2009-2010
3
dance departments, 3 different orientations
ENTRANCE AUDITION
For entry onto our professional dance courses, candidates
are assessed in 3 disciplines: classical ballet, contemporary
and jazz
PART-TIME Dance Studies (school programme)
For secondary school pupils between the ages of 11
and 18, a special part time dance course is available.
Auditions held by appointment. Registration must be
done at the school once accepted by the dance centre;
PROFESSIONAL
DANCE COURSE
Full time dance course from intermediate level to
advanced in all disciplines/ classical ballet, contemporary,
jazz, tap, movement analysis, repertoire, choreographic
studies, music for dance, theory and other subjects
related to the arts. The dancers can major in ballet,
contemporary or jazz. Auditions will be held during
the summer courses.
National Diploma in Dance Teaching
Diploma course for training teachers. This programme
is offered full-time (2 years) or part-time for people
who are already working as teachers. The dance centre
is validated by the Ministère de la Culture.
Preparation for the entrance examination (E.A.T. ballet,
contemporary, jazz) during the summer course , during
the school year (Required level: Advanced). Information
on request by mail, telephone or E-mail.
GRANTS
May be given after previous audition to french and
foreign male students having already a confirmed level
in dance.
OFFJAZZ PERFORMANCES
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