Summer Intensive Program

To subscribe for the summer intensive programme, the candidate must have strong dance training and master the basic elements of dance practice. The goal of the programme is to prepare the participants for a professional dance career. Next to the daily classes they will be coached for auditions for major professional companies within Europe and abroad.

The programme consists of 4 weeks in which the participants will be personally supervised by our staff. On successful completion of the programme, the candidate will receive a certificate of attendance plus a DVD for audition purposes.

All ConfiDance staff members are professional dancers, working under the supervision of former  international ballerina Valerie Valentine.

The Summer Intensive begins daily with an Ballet floor barre. There’s an advanced contemporary dance class, Classical & Modern repertoire, Pas de Deux, twice a week Cardio Training and once a week there’s improvisation/composition. During the whole Program there are  regular Gyrotonics and Pilates equipment lessons with a private instructor. These are connected to the Pilates and Gyrokinesis routine. The ConfiDance participant has free access to all other DanceStreet activities like YogaGarden, and other dance classes.

There will be a presentation at the end of the Summer Intensive Program where the students will show on stage the result of the four weeks learning process.

CLASS SCHEDULE
Summer 2009

MONDAY:          Floor Barre

                          Ballet & Pointe Class

                          Variations & Repertoire
                          Cardio Fitness Training

TUESDAY:         Floor Barre

                          Ballet

                          Modern

                          Modern Repertoire

                          Billy Forsythe Repertoire

                          Pilates/Gyrotonics

WEDNESDAY:  Floor Barre

                         Ballet

                         Modern

                         Pointe Class/Variations

                         Classical Repertoire

                         Pilates/Gyrotonics

THURSDAY:     Floor Barre

                         Ballet

                         Modern

                         Improvisation/Composition

                         Lecture: Anatomy & Injuries

FRIDAY:           Floor Barre

                         Ballet

                         Pas de Deux

                         Pointe Class/Variations

                         Cardio Fitness Training

SATURDAY & SUNDAY: FREE

Guest Staff:

YANNICK BOQUIN

Yannick Boquin studied at the Paris Opera and the National Conservatory of Paris. During his career

he was awarded 1st prize at the Conservatory of Paris (1981), Gold Medal at the Houlgate competition

(1985), Gold Medal at the International Competition in Paris (1987), and the Leonide Massine Award in 1995.

In a short period of time Yannick Boquin has become one of the leading ballet teachers in Europe, after his

career as a principle dancer with the Bonn Opera Ballet, the Royal Ballet of Flanders, the Rome Opera Ballet

and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He was Ballet Master at the Vienna Opera for two years, and is now a distinguished

guest teacher with many major companies i.e.Australian Ballet Company, Netherlands Dance Theater, Lyon Opera Ballet,

Finnish National Ballet,Stuttgart Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet and the National Company of Lisbon.

 CAROLINE SAYO IURA

Caroline was born in the USA and received her training at the ‘Lichine Rabouchinska School of Ballet’, with Irina Kosmovska from the

‘Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She then danced with the ‘Washington Ballet and at the age of seventeen she left the United States to

join ‘Het Nationale Ballet’ in Amsterdam, where she became a first soloist in 1986. In 1981, she won the Silver Medal at the first International

Competition in France and in 1982 received the Encouragement Award from the Friends of Het Nationale Ballet. In 1990 she received the

Álexandra Radius Award and in 1997 she was awarded for her excellent career by the Dansersfonds Foundation.

BART SLUIS

Bart has danced in companies and projects throughout Europe. At the moment he is a guest teacher in different schools and companies.

His classes combine the release, yoga and ballet techniques, and work on a movement quality of flow, length and release. At the moment

he is performing with “Interpretations”, a jazz fusion style combined with break-dance and hip-hop.

FELIPE DIAZ

Born in Bogota, Columbia where he began his training with his parents Ana Consuelo and Jaime Diaz. He continued his training at the San

Francisco Ballet School. Soon after he joined the San Francisco Ballet, where he danced as a soloist. He has also performed with the

English National Ballet. He is soloist with the Dutch National Ballet since 1998.

MARIAN SARSTÄDT

Marian has had a long and distinguished career as a soloist dancer in the Netherlands, having worked as Ballet mistress for Scapino Ballet,

director of the Conservatory of Dance in Den Haag, and most recently as artistic director of the Nederlands Dans Theater. Marian is currently

working as a freelance guest teacher in many companies throughout Europe.

NATHALIE CARIS

Canadian born Nathalie began her dance training at The National Ballet School in Toronto,  Since 1981 she has been working with ‘Het Nationale Ballet’.

In 1987 she became second soloist and in 1991 she was promoted to first soloist. Nathalie received the Alexandra Radius Award in 1992. She is currently

rehearsal mistress at ‘Het Nationale Ballet’.

BENITO MARCELINO

Benito left the Netherlands to finish his Ballet studies  in New York and Monte Carlo. The former principal dancer of the Frankfurt ballet and the Stuttgart ballet  

performed with major companies all over the world, has worked with internationally acclaimed choreographers such as : J.Kilian, J.Neumeier, W.Forsythe, U.Scholz,

M.Bejart, M.Ek, D.Bintley, H.v.Manen i.e. Danced main roles in ballets such as : Swan Lake Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Giselle, Raymonda, Don Quixote,

Romeo and Juliet, Suite en Blanc, Othello, Edward II, Voluntaries, Sherazade. Speaks six languages, has done some acting and started teaching and coaching

in the USA a few years ago.

Private Trainers: Gyrotonics & Pilates

 
ANDREAS JUSTRICH

Andreas Justrich, owner White Cloud Studio Amsterdam.

Gyrotonic- and Bodycode instructor, Ballet and Yoga teacher with several

professional Dutch Dance Companies, personal trainer for workshops sponsored

by KLM / AIR FRANCE.

Andreas has extensive experience in dance and yoga which he incorporates

into his versatile teaching style.

He has as well trained eye and is able to provide the client with a specific

movement experience geared to bringing awareness and releasing restricted

areas of the body. Andreas draws from such movement concepts as Gyrotonic,

Bodycode and Gyrokinesis, and blends them with his own approach to teaching.

His goal is to make the exercises fully accessible to the dancer so that

he/she may find a way to integrate them into their daily dancing life.

Where are we?

DanceStreet is in the midst of the Jordaan, which is one of the most beautiful parts of Amsterdam with old town houses, street markets, boutiques and specialty shops.

From Dam Square, it’s a ten minute walk: behind the Royal Palace take the Raadhuisstraat. This becomes the Rozengracht at the Wester Toren on your right, three hundred meters further on take a left at the traffic lights, 1st Rozendwarsstraat .

From the Marnixstraat walk towards Westertoren (Westerkerk is the church next to the Anne Frank Museum). After 300 metres, turn right at the traffic lights and you will find  the Eerste Rozendwarsstraat.

How to reach us?

By Tram: 10 - 13 - 14 - 17, stop Rozengracht

By Bus:  170, 172, 420 (stop Marnixstraat)

From the Airport: From Schiphol  Airport you take a train to Central Station (trains leave  every 15 mins)