Master-classes 2020

Master classes

In the far spring of 1738, in the capital of Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg, boys and girls have begun learning “foreign step” for the first time. However witnesses remembered that already in the first steps of young dancers it was possible to feel national character. French roots of fine arts and original Russian softness, melodiousness of performance manner, inosculated and creatively comprehended by our ballet school, engender admiration and feelings in the soul of spectator till the present day. And in order not to cut the gold thread of this mastery, during almost three centuries boys and girls stand up to the ballet bar in the city on Neva River every morning. Today all the world is penetrated with ideas of globalization, and the ballet, of course, has not become an exception. On the one hand, this is an exchange of technical innovations, and from the other hand - averaging out and depersonalization. If the world leading ballet schools succeed to save their individuality, then ballet art will gladden us with its wealth and diversity. Dance Open workshops – it’s a small part of most important process of saving and distribution of Russian ballet school basics. Its participants come to Saint-Petersburg, motherland of Russian ballet, in order to breathe up heady air of victories, and in the same time, to feel (with every tired, exhausted fiber of their being) not just all stones, but also all sands on the way to this victory. In order to reach a certain point of mastery, you will need eight years. In the modern world children and their parents often want immediate result: they are used to it – you push the button, and the computer return result. In ballet – it’s not like this! Ballet classes – this is a quite boring learning of ballet alphabet, from which words and phrases of lightsome inspiring dance will be formed. In order to make it happen, a master and an apprentice should practice “calligraphy” of each separate movement. The volume of work is very impressive. So five days of workshops is not a panacea for “victims of clip thinking”. But exactly during these five days participants experience a real paradigm shift in thinking and attitude, thanks to which next eight years of work will not be wasted.

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Mark Haim Collaborates with the University of Washington, Reed College, American Dance Festival and NYU Tisch School (USA) Master classes Dance Open: 2017

In his 30th year as a choreographer, Mark Haim has choreographed over 100 dances. Born in New York City, Mark studied as a classical pianist at the Manhattan School of Music before beginning his formal dance studies with an honorary scholarship at The Juilliard School, where he received his BFA. He received his MFA in Dance from the ADF/Hollins University MFA program. He was Artistic Director of Mark Haim & Dancers from 1984–1987, and the Companhia de Danca de Lisboa from 1987–1990. From 2002–2008, he was Senior Artist in Residence at the University of Washington and most recently was Visiting Associate Professor of Dance at Reed College. His full evening solo project, The Goldberg Variations, has been performed at the American Dance Festival, the Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, The John F. Kennedy Center, On The Boards, and other venues in the U.S, Europe, and Asia — most recently at the 2009 Bumbershoot Festival. He has been on the faculty of the American Dance Festival since 1993 and has also been on the faculties of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Hollins University. Mr. Haim currently teaches Modern Dance and Choreography.

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Nina Zmievets Principal with the Eifman Ballet, Artistic Director of the First Position Ballet School Master classes Dance Open: 2017

Graduated from the Kiev State Choreography School. Performed with the Eifman Ballet, International Ballet Theatre (the USA), National Opera of Ukraine. The winner of international awards, such as the Golden Soffit and the others.

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Leonid Sarafanov Principal Dancer of the Mikhailovsky Theater Dance Open Master classes:2018

Graduated from the Kiev State Ballet School in 2000, the same year became a soloist with National Ballet of Ukraine. After he won at the IX International Ballet Dancers Competition in Moscow (2001) he was invited to work at the Bolshoi Theater and Royal Ballet, but decided to join the Mariinsky ballet company, where he danced for 10 years before leaving to the Mikhailovsky Theater. Leonid Sarafanov is not only hereditary, but also a natural born dancer. His repertoire includes all classical ballet parts. His “princes” have their own lustrous personalities, combined with the precise technique: “To give the princes life, and to arise fresh feelings, you need to forget them a bit, and dance something completely different. It gives new energy, allows to find something unexpected even in “Swan Lake”, — says Leonid.

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