SUMMER INTENSIVE WORKSHOP

June 2nd - 28th 2008

Be part of this unique Advanced/Pre-Professional dance experience. The program includes ballet, pointe and variations, men's technique and pas de deux, plus classes in Pilates, Gyrotonics, and injury prevention.

 

 

THE COMPLETE PROGRAM

. CLASS SCHEDULE
. GUEST TEACHERS
. COLLEGE CREDITS
. HOW TO AUDITION
. APPLICATION FORM 2008
. IMPORTANT INFORMATION
. DANCE PERFORMANCES
. WHERE ARE WE?
. ACCOMMODATION SUGGESTIONS

 

 

DanceStreet Studio's

Eerste Rozendwarsstraat 10

1016 PC  Amsterdam

The Netherlands

tel: +31 (0) 20 489 7676

www.confidance.nl

 

The closing date for application:

March 31st 2008

 

 

CLASS SCHEDULE JUNE 2nd - 28th 2008

EVERY

MONDAY:





Floor Barre - Ballet & Pointe class - Variations & Repertoire - Cardio Circuit Training
TUESDAY:

Floor Barre - Ballet - Modern - Modern Repertoire - Krzysztof Pastor Repertoire (house choreographer Dutch National Ballet) -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 Circuit Training
SATURDAY
SUNDAY:
FREE!
FREE!
**Pas de Deux classes will be with male dancers from the Dutch National Ballet. Times depending on rehearsal schedule.
 
***Students will be receiving Cardio Circuit Training twice a week, this training will emphasize endurance and stamina for the dancers.		  


Gyrotonic / Pilates Studio

 

We provide you with a complete package and a free pass to the following:

* The YogaGarden

* The Sauna

* ALL OTHER DANCESTREET
  classes & ACTIVITIES

For details see:
www.dancestreet.net


DanceStreet has an internet café with WIFI and view of our prominent Studio 1.

Valerie Valentine

American ballerina Valerie Valentine from Salt Lake City, Utah, started her career as a fourteen year old aspirant with the famous Willam Christensen’s Ballet West. After her professional studies at the London Royal Ballet School she joined the Dutch National Ballet (Het Nationale Ballet) in Amsterdam in 1973 as a corps member. Five years later she was promoted to soloist and in 1985 to principal.

In her long career at the Dutch National Ballet she danced in most classical ballets, and  many ballets by Dutch modern choreographers like Hans van Manen and Rudi van Dantzig.  She had leading roles in almost all classical and modern ballets by George Balanchine, and other leading international choreographers.

In 1988 Valerie Valentine joined the Ballet of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin as a guest artist for two years.  She toured all over Germany as Rosa, the principle role in Roland Petit’s Der Blaue Engel.

Her return to the Dutch National Ballet was marked by her outstanding performance as Odette/Odile in Rudi van Dantzig’s version of Swan Lake. Her classical repertoire includes Myrthe in Giselle, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Next to her work for the Dutch National Ballet Valentine was invited to dance in the new interpretation of the opera Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell) in 1994.  In 1996 she was the soloist in Quando la Terra si Rimette in Movimento, Jan Fabre’s spectacular ballet created for her. With the 20 minute solo of that ballet Valentine toured all over Europe.

In 1997 Valerie Valentine was awarded the Golden Dance Theatre Award, and on June 20 1998 she was knighted by the Queen in the Order of the Dutch Lion in recognition of 25 years of significant contribution to the art of dance: "Admired for her energy and dedication to her work, Valerie Valentine’s beautiful sense of line, strong technique and expressive, magical stage presence have inspired not only choreographers, but photographers and filmmakers as well."

She acted in three films: Butterflies in the Wind ( Gerben Hellinga), For A Lost Soldier , and A Fair Play (both directed by Roeland Kerbosch).

For a number of years Valerie Valentine has been actively involved in the Duchenne Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research, an international non profit organization collecting funds for scientific research into treatments for children with that still incurable disease. She organised several Dance Gala’s to raise funds. For that and other purposes of children in need she eventually established her own fundraising Valentijn Foundation.

In September 2004 Valerie Valentine opened DanceStreet, Europe’s modern centre for dance and movement, where ballet and modern, plus other dance forms are offered alongside body work, yoga and fitness, in order to offer its customers a stronger state of mind and healthier bodies in a completely unique theatrical environment.

Throughout the Summer Intensive programme Valerie will share her knowledge, tips and experience with you. As Valerie explains, “What I learnt the hard way, I want you to learn the easy way.  After completion of this course, students will leave feeling full of confidence, knowing that they have created real opportunities for a successful career”.
   
GUEST TEACHERS
  
   

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.
 

TAUNA HUNTER

Tauna Hunter is Dance Chair and Associate Professor of Dance at Mercyhurst College and acts as the Artistic Director to The Mercyhurst Dancers.  She began her dance training with Willam F. Christensen and continued at the University of Utah where she earned B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees in ballet performance and choreography.  During her affiliation with Ballet West, she worked under the guidance of Bruce Marks and Toni Lander and received critical acclaim as one of the company’s leading ballerinas.  She toured internationally and danced as a guest artist with numerous regional companies throughout the United States.  In 1985 she co-founded DANSOURCE, a national networking and information service that connected dancers and companies for over ten years.  As its’ Managing Director, she was highlighted in “Megatrends 2000” and featured in “Success” Magazine as a trendsetter in the future of the arts.  Ms. Hunter has appeared in all the major roles of the classical repertoire and has taught for companies, universities and private schools throughout the United States. She acts as Public Relations and Marketing Chair for the CORPS de Ballet International and serves on the Advisory Board of Ballet Concerto (Dallas, TX), and as President of The Erie Dance Consortium (Erie, PA). 

 

KRZYSZTOF PASTOR (house choreographer Dutch National Ballet)

Krzysztof Pastor (Gdansk, Poland) started training as a dancer at the Polish National Ballet School in his home town of Gdansk. On graduating he joined the Polish Dance Theatre in Poznan and, four years later, the Grand Theatre of Lodz. In 1983 he move to France where he joined Le Ballet de l'Opera of Lyon as a soloist.
In 1986 Pastor made his first choreography for an international dance gala in Lodz. After creating several works for the Dutch National Ballet's workshop programmes, in 1992 Pastor was asked to choreograph a ballet for the Company's regular repertoire: the successful Shostakovich Chamber Symphony. Since then he has gone on to establish a noteworthy reputation as an international choreographer.
For the Dutch National Ballet Pastor has choreographed more than ten works for Het Nationale Ballet, among which the much-lauded Do not go gentle... and the ambitious and challenging full-length productions Kurt Weill (2000) and Don Giovanni (2005). Kurt Weill was nominated in three categories for the prestigious international dance prize Benois de la Danse 2001. Krzysztof Pastor was appointed Resident Choreography of the Dutch Nationale Ballet on 1 January 2003.
Alongside his work for the Dutch Nationale Ballet, Pastor has also choreographed many ballets for dance companies outside the Netherlands, including the Lithuanian National Ballet, Washington Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Latvian National Ballet, Ballet Opera Dresden, Israel Ballet, the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Recently Pastor created full-length ballets for the National Ballet of Letland (Dangerous Liaisons) and the Royal Swedish Ballet (Tristan).
In 1995 Pastor's ballet Detail IV won the Gold Choreography Prize of the Helsinki International Ballet Competition. In 2000 he was awarded the Medal of Merit by the Polish Ministry of Culture and the Dancers Fund '79 Choreography Prize.

 
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.
 

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. Cranko, 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.
 

NICHOLAS MISHOE

Nicholas Mishoe began training with Ella Hay at the age of 8 in Huntington, West Virginia. After 7 years of training with Mrs. Hay he went to the North Carolina School of the Arts where he majored in ballet and graduated in 1999. From NCSA Nicholas began his professional career with Boston Ballet where between 1999 and 2003 he danced a vast repertoire including both corps de ballet and soloist roles. While in Boston he met Rudi Van Danzig who encouraged him to audition for the Dutch National Ballet, where he has been dancing now for 3 years. Nick's classes are body friendly and emphasize freedom of movement, quick footwork, and a unique musicality while maintaining a foundation of pure classical technique.

 
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.
 
MICHELINE DUMONCEAU

For 10 years Micheline danced with different companies where the dancers are part of the creative process of making choreography e.g. Krisztina de Châtel. As a dancer/singer she has performed in the musical “Cats”. She has trained with Elisabeth Corbett in the Forsythe style and created several multi disciplinary dance theatre pieces. Now she works as a freelance teacher of impro-composition. As a singer/composer she tours with her own show.
 

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.

 

JENNIFER HANNAH

Jennifer (USA) trained at the Minnesota Dance Theater School and the North Carolina School of the Arts. She moved to Paris to work with Cie Peter Goss. She then became a member of the Cullberg Ballet under the direction of Mats Ek and finally in 1989 joined the Netherlands Dance Theater under the direction of Jiri Kylian where she worked with choreographers Jiri kylian, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, William Fortsythe, Nacho Duato, Hans van Manen and others. Since leaving the company she helped organize the free lance group Galilidans as one of its founding members.  She is currently a free lance choreographer living in Amsterdam. Her work has been shown at Ballet Theater Munich, Bern Ballet, ITDansa and theTheater Institute of Barcelona, Holland Dance Festival, Amsterdam Theater School and Rotterdam Dance Academy and most recently withThe Movement Network. She is currently involved with collaborative occassions for dance and live instrumental and choral music.

 

KARIN SCHNABEL

Karin was born in Amsterdam in 1965, and began her Dance training in the selection Class from the Scapino Dance Academy. In 1969 she went to the Scapino Ballet Academy and moved on to Het Nationale Ballet in 1974. In 1979 she was promoted to second soloist, and principle in 1983. She was a member of the jury for “Dancers funds 79”in 1990, en in 1992 received the “Merit Prize” from the same fund. After her rich career with Het Nationale Ballet, she is now working as guest teacher and coach with Djazzex, Scapino Ballet, Krizstina de Chatel, Nationale Ballet Academy etc.
 

 SIMONETTA LYSY

 Simonetta was born in Rome Italy and began her serious ballet education at eleven years old at The Royal Ballet School in London. She joined the Dutch National Ballet at eighteen where she stayed dancing soloist roles for twelve years and working with many well-known choreographers such as Hans van Manen, Nils Christie, Rudi van Dantzig, Toer van Schayk, Maguy Marin, Carolyn Carlson, Eduard Lock, Peter Wright, Glen Tetley.  Now Lysy teaches class for the Internationaal  Danstheater and does guest
 teaching in the Nationale Ballet Academie in Amsterdam and the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague.  Lysy has set and coached various Balanchine ballets for repertoire classes and graduate school performances in Amsterdam, The Hague and Budapest.
 

CHARLOTTE CHAPELLIER

Born in Alencon, France. Charlotte trained at the Regional Conservatory in Nantes and then the Conservatoire Supérieur National in Paris, and in 1994 was awarded the first prize.She joined the Dutch National Ballet in 1997 in the Corps de Ballet, in 2000 as Coryphee. Grand Sujet in 2002 and in 2006 as Soloist. Previously danced with the Opéra de Nice.

 

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.
 

LECTURE - ANATOMY AND INJURY PREVENTION

TED WILLEMSEN

www.tedwillemsen.nl

Has been working in his physiotherapy practice in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) since 1981. Ted specializes in orthopaedic manual therapy and podiatry. The great majority of his patients are dancers and athletes. Together with his team of colleagues they as the physiotherapists for the Dutch National Ballet, the Netherlands Dance Theatre, the International Dance Theatre and numerous other dance companies in the Netherlands. Since 1984 Ted has been a master teacher and lecturer of anatomy and injury prevention for eminent dance institutions and health-oriented organizations throughout the Netherlands.
He will be giving four, three hour lectures on his book “Anatomy & Injury Prevention”. Every student will receive their own copy of this book for future reference.
 

COLLEGE CREDITS

College credits are available for Amsterdam
An Abroad Experience.

It is recommended that applicants seeking college credit be upper division advanced pre-professional ballet students of junior or senior status who are currently registered in a collegiate dance program.  ConfiDance is affiliated with Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, which can provide a domestic transcription for approved courses successfully completed at ConfiDance Academy in Amsterdam or you can request approval for college credit from your college dance program. Click here for details.

 
HOW TO AUDITION

 

First print and fill out the application form below, send together with a DVD and a written letter from your dance teacher confirming your dance level.

Application_Form_2008


Audition DVD should be a maximum of 5 minutes long. It is important to perform your dance combination clearly showing your technical dance level as well as your artistic qualities.

Combination for women:
should include pointe work consisting of a relevé, pirouettes and allegro.

Combination for men:
should include turning combinations, with tours en l’air, and petite allegro with beats.

Application form, DVD and registration fee need to be processed at the same time.

Send all audition materials &
$ 150.00 (100.00 euros) registration fee to:

PLEASE DO NOT SEND CHEQUES: ONLY BANK TRANSFER!


DanceStreet Studio's
c/o ConfiDance Academy
Summer Intensive Program
Eerste Rozendwarsstraat 10
1016 PC, Amsterdam
The Netherlands.

DVD submissions must be postmarked by March 31st!
 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 

The  tuition fee of $ 2,200.00 (1,500.00 euros)
is due immediately following your admittance to the workshop
Please make sure that the fee is paid into the following bank account:

PLEASE DO NOT SEND CHEQUES: ONLY BANK TRANSFER!
 

Stichting DanceStreet

Bank: Postbank

Branch: Amsterdam

Account: 4906515

IBAN: NL 09 PSTB 0004 9065 15

BIC: PSTBNL21

This workshop is INTENSIVE, meaning that participants must be in training to avoid injuries. From day one this workshop concentrates on technique, musicality and artistic details on a demanding level for each individual dancer.

Dresscode: We have chosen not to demand a specific dresscode. However bear in mind that dance is a visual art form, so lines are essential.   
So please no loose clothing.

ConfiDance will accept no more than 20 applications. It is in your best interest to subscribe and pay as soon as possible.


We advise students to enter The Netherlands as a “Tourist” which allows a three month entry.

All students are required to have medical insurance. ConfiDance Academy is not liable for injuries or illnesses of the students during the workshop period.

Refund Policy:
In the event of a student being unable to attend the program or having to withdraw early due to a severe illness or injury, ConfiDance could consider a partial refund on medical grounds supported by a docter’s exam.

 

Registration fee $ 150.00
                                 (€ 100.00)
Tuition fee $ 2,200.00
                              (€ 1,500.00)

 

DANCE PERFORMANCES

During the workshop period there is a choice of important dance companies performing in Amsterdam. ConfiDance will reserve seats for participants for the following dance performances....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam
*performance: In Space
dates: June 14th - 20th 2008
Het Muziektheater Amsterdam

* The participants of the ConfiDance workshop will be invited to watch rehearsals of this program.

 

Scapino Dance Company  Rotterdam
performance: Twools International
dates: June 2nd - 5th 2008
Rotterdamse Schouwburg









Netherlands Dance Theatre
performance: Signing off
dates: June 3rd - 6th 2008
Het Muziektheater Amsterdam

 

WHERE ARE WE ?

Center of Amsterdam

How to reach us!

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

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

 

 

 


DanceStreet is in the middle of the Jordaan, which is one of the most beautiful area's 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 church on your right, three hundred meters further on take a left at the traffic lights, Eerste Rozendwarsstraat 10.

 


View of the Rozengracht & the WesterToren

 
ACCOMMODATION SUGGESTIONS

Rochdale One
www.duwo.nl/eCache/ENG/492.html

194 Rooms 13 sq.meters
Each room is complete with toilet, shower, desk and bed. 
€450,00 per room, p.m.

N.B. If you are interested in this accommodation,
Contact ConfiDance & we will make the booking for you.
 


Alexander’s Apartments Amsterdam
www.iamsterdamapartments.com

This is a great alternative for visitors and expats who want to feel at home. Stay in a private studio, condominium, flat or a multiple room private apartment , you will find this a perfect alternative for staying in a hotel, inn, pension or guesthouse. All accommodations that we offer you have kitchen facilities. You may not want to book a youth hostel to have the availability of a kitchen? Alexander’s self-catered apartments have the bed and breakfast feel, home away from home and offer value for money.

Inform Alexander's Apartments that you are interested in something close to the Jordaan area

Check the website for prices:
 


The Shelter Jordaan:
www.shelter.nl            

Address: Bloemstraat 179, 1016 LA Amsterdam
Tel: 00 31 (0)20 624 47 17
Fax: 00 31 (0)20 627 61 37
€19,50 per night for the dorm.
This hostel is within 5 minutes walking distance from the DanceStreet Studios.
 


Hotel van Onna:
www.hotelvanonna.com

Address: Bloemgracht 102/104/108, 1015 TN Amsterdam
Tel: 00 31 (0)20 626 58 01
€ 45 per night for a single room
This hotel is also 5 minutes walking distance from the DanceStreet studio's

 

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our Summer Intensive Workshop!