Klassens fokus ligger på att bygga upp styrka i stora och små hopp. Vi övar bland annat på övergångar i hopp från två ben till ett ben och ett ben till två ben. Vi övar upp skillnad i dynamik, tempo, positioner och förflyttningar.
Undervisningen ackompanjeras av musiker.
Pedagogerna delar på terminen enligt följande:
Vecka 4-11 Jan-Erik Wikström
Vecka 12-20 Joakim Stephenson
Förkunskaper: Intermediate/Advanced - flera års förkunskaper på en hög teknisk nivå. Kursen är för ungdomar från 16 år och vuxna.
OBS! Du behöver vara uppvärmd inför klassen.
Kursledare
Joakim Stephenson
Joakim is a freelance choreographer and teacher based in Stockholm, and has been a recurring teacher at Balettakademien since 2017, specializing in ballet, composition, and adult classes.
Joakim Stephenson was trained at the Royal Swedish Ballet School (1983–1991) and joined the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1991, becoming a soloist in 2007. He was a member of Ballet Monte Carlo (2008–2009) and later guested with the Hong Kong Ballet after his retirement in 2016.
He co-created the Gotland International Dance Seminar in 2005 and has staged Alexander Ekman’s ballets for companies including the Joffrey Ballet and Stanislavsky Ballet. As an ABT Certified Teacher, Joakim has taught at Cincinnati Ballet, Istanbul State Ballet, Estonian National Ballet and Vanemuine Ballet among others.
Joakim’s choreography includes works for the Royal Swedish Opera, Kulturhuset in Stockholm, and various dance schools in Stockholm, Göteborg, Istanbul och Liège. Notable projects include choreographing Loreen’s "Statements" for Eurovision and creating a dance film for Princess Estelle’s Cultural Foundation. He has also choreographed works screened at international film festivals.
A certified Dance for Parkinson’s leader, Joakim leads classes for Dance for Parkinson’s, Dance for Health, and Dance for Cancer. He has lectured on the theme "Dance as an intervention to improve quality of life for people living with dementia”, latest at the IADAMS conference in 2024. Joakim has also completed advanced academic courses in dance and ballet education and courses in neuroscience, and dance health, latest Dance in Cancer Care Introductory Training in Liège November 2024.
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.
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