Vi arbetar med att hitta ett harmoniskt samspel i rörelserna och konstnärligt uttryck. Klasserna bygger på metoden att varva teknik och dansanthet. En stor del av balettrepertoaren på teatrarna härstammar från 1800-talet. Trots det utvecklas balettens starkt traditionella övningar och rörelsespråk ständigt och man tar även intryck av andra, nyare danstekniker. Balett är idag en viktig grundteknik och nästan ett måste för dig som vill utveckla din dansteknik i andra ämnen. Därför tränar de flesta kompanier med modern repertoar även balett dagligen. Alla lärare undervisar i sin individuella stil.
Undervisningen ackompanjeras av musiker.
Förkunskaper: Advanced - flera års förkunskaper på en mycket hög teknisk nivå. Kursen är för ungdomar från 16 år och vuxna.
Kursledare
Joakim Stephenson
Joakim Stephenson was trained at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm between 1983-1991. He joined the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1991 and became a solist in 2007.
He was a member of Ballet Monte Carlo 2008-2009 and guested with Hongkong Ballet in August after his retirement in june 2016. He was also a member of the touring company Stockholm 59°North, comprised of soloists and principals of the Royal Swedish Ballet. Stockholm 59°North also commissioned Joakim to choreograph.
In 2005 he was an initiator of the summer course "Gotland International Dance Seminar" where he taught ballet, pas de deux and workshops. He has staged Alexander Ekmans ballet Tyll in Essen for Allto balleto, in Chicago for Joffrey Ballet, for the Ballet of Flanders and at Stanislavsky Ballet in Moscow. Joakim lives in Stockholm and works as freelance choreographer and teacher. He is an ABT Certified Teacher in pre-primary through level 3 of the ABT National Training Curriculum and was a balletmaster with Cincinnati Ballet summer 2017.
Annika Höglind
Annika Höglind, ballet teacher and choreographer, was born in Lebanon to Swedish-Armenian parents. She started studying classical ballet at a young age, her teachers included Olga Tozyiakova, and Handel Edit. She graduated from the Hungarian Dance Academy in 2004 as a Pedagogue of Ballet. Since then she has taught ballet in Denmark, China, Japan, Russia, France, Lebanon and Sweden.
From 2007 to 2010, Annika studied choreography at the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory of Rimsky-Korsakov under Edvald Smirnov in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was awarded a certificate as a ballet master and she won the “Grand Prix” at the 2010 AGON International Choreography Competition of Lopukhov in Saint- Petersburg. Her choreographies have been danced in Evening of Young Choreographers “Dance Without Borders” by State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Saint-Petersburg.
In 2012 she was one of nine choreographers picked to choreograph for Dance Platform at Ekaterinburg Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Ekaterinburg, Russia. She then moved to Ekaterinburg, teaching ballet at the Nutcracker Ballet Academy, and working as an assistant to ballet-masters and choreographers such Dinna Bjørn, Nikolaj Hübbe and Jonathan Watkins who came to work at Ekaterinburg Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre.
In 2014 she was awarded a Laureate Diploma from Young Festival of Contemporary Choreographies, in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. She was also asked to stage her choreography “A Clown’s Funeral” for Vaganova Ballet Academy.
In 2020 her choreography was part of the Russian tv channel Kultura’s project “Bolshoi Ballet,” which starred rising stars of different ballet theatres in a competition. The dance was well-received by judges under the direction of the prima ballerina of the Mariinsky and people's artist of Russia Diana Vishneva, Farukh Ruzimatov, Aleksei Miroshnichenko, and Dennis Matvienko.
Since 2016 she has been living in Sweden with her husband and dog, and is currently teaching and choreographing at Balettakademien in Stockholm.
Jan-Erik Wikström
Jan-Erik danced with The Royal Swedish Ballet from 1987, was appointed soloist in 1991, Principal Dancer in 1993 and Royal Court Dancer in 2000. 2001-2004 he was a Principal Dancer at The English National Ballet.
During his long and acclaimed career he has performed all the principal roles within the classical repertoire, as well as a wide range of work within the modern and contemporary field.
He teaches professionals as well as amateurs on an international basis.
Rosely Chamma
Rosely Chamma började sin karriär som ackompanjatör till balettklasser under 80-talet i Sao Paolo i Brasilien. Hon har där spelat till allt från barndansklasser till professionella kompanier. Hon även gästspelat i olika shower och auditions.
Hon har arbetat med lärare som Richard Cragun, Alphonse Poullin (Juilliard School), Ben Huys (NYCB), Renato Paroni (English National Ballet), Michael Raynaud (Royal English Academy). Sedan Augusti 2020 lever Rosely i Stockholm och är en av Balettakademiens ackompanjatörer.
"När jag var ett barn var jag otroligt förtjust i att se ballerinor dansa på tå och utföra sina delikata rörelser. Jag spelar till balett för att det gör mig lycklig!"
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