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Lynne Charles
Classic, female point work and classical repertoire
Born in New York, she trained at the
Harkness School of Ballet and later at The
School of American Ballet, before she joined
the American Ballet Theater Junior
Company. From 1974 to 1975 she danced
as a member of the Grand Ballet du Geneve
before she was invited by John Neumeier to
join the Hamburg Ballet in 1975 as a
principal dancer. Her repertoire in Hamburg
included the leading roles in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, The Lady of The Camellias,
Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker,
Don Juan, the Cranko ballets The Taming of
the Shrew and Onegin, Balanchins’ works
Serenade, The four Temparements, Agon. Several roles John Neumeier created on her, like Morgan in the
Legend of King Arthur, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Rosalind in As You Like It, The Ballerina in
Petruschka, Giselle in Giselle, The sister in Schubert’s Wendungen, The Firebird in Firebird or Maria in the
Mathews Passion. In 1986 she joined the Ballet of the XXth Century Lausane under diretion of Maurice
Bejart, where she added to her repertoire the leads in many Bejart creations. From 1989 until 1991 she
has been principal with the Ballet National de Marseille, again increasing her repertoire with the creations
of Roland Petit. For the following season she has been a principal guest artist with The English National
Ballet, The Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Bolzano Dance Festival, performing Katarina and Bianca in the
Taming of the Shrew ( Choreography by John Cranko), Ballerina in Etudes (Choreography by Harold Lander),
3rd Song in The 4 Last Songs from Strauss (Choreography by Ben Stevenson), Giselle in Giselle
(Choreography by Peter Wright), Maria in the Nutcracker (Choreography by Peter Wright), Odette and Odile
in Swan Lake (Choreography Natalia Makarova). In 1992 she joined the Malmo Ballet Sweden under
Direction of Jonas Kage and added to her huge repertoire choreographies by Jonas Kage, Kevin Haigen,
Patrick King and herself. From 1995 until 1997 she has been the first soloist and Ballet Mistress of the
Colombia City Ballet under the direction ship of William Starret. In 1998 she returned to Germany to the
Aalto ballet Essen under direction of Prof. Martin Putlke as a principal, where she has been dancing pieces
by John Cranko, Marilese Delante, Anton Dolin, Anna Pavlova, Richard Wherlock, Birgit Schertzer and
Sergei Gordienko. Since 200 she is a Freelance guest Artist Coach, teacher and Ballett Mistress in
renowned companies all over the world. She has been teaching at Les Ballet de Monte Carlo, Ballet de
Marseille, Ballet de Nancy, Ecole de Danse de Marseille, Ballet de Lyon and Ballet de Nord, Ballet
National de Madrid, Ballet de Nacho Duato, Bejart Ballet Lausanne, Rudra school Lausane, Jurriens
Foundation, Malmo Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Finnish National Ballet , The Loft, Colombia City Ballet,
Ballet of Maine, Hartford Ballet, Myrtle Beach Summer Course, Vancouver Tour with soloists of the
Paris Opera, Universal Ballet Seoul Korea, Hong Kong Ballet, Archi Tanz, Tokyo, Ecole Yokohama,
Morikawa Satomi Ballet Studio, Jean Wong School of Ballet Hong Kong, Haga Ballet Academy, Tokyo,
Shinkotani Ballet Hokaido, Yumiko Tobe Ballet School, Japan International Youth Ballet, Tama Japan as
well as the German companies the Frankfurt Ballet, the Karlsruhe Ballet, the Aalto Ballet Essen, the
Hannover Ballet, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düssledorf and coach with Stella Theatre Management
for Cats and Phantom of the Opera. Further more she has been a choreographic assistant to Richard
Wherlock, Kevin Haigen and Birgit Scherzer and has been staging Kinder Toten Lieder (Choreography by
Anna Laerkensen) for the Ottawa Ballet), Vaslav (Choreography by John Neumeier) for the Paris Opera
Ballet, for the Aalto Ballet Essen as well as Les Sylphides for Shinkotani Ballet Hokaido. Lynn Charles is as
well a successful choreographer and she has been creating more than 30 ballets. From 2011 ballet master
of Ballett Dortmund (Teacher at Summer school Ballett Dortmund 2011).
Robert Denvers
Classic, Pas de deux, Classical repertoire
Born in Antwerp, Robert Denvers developed
his dance career primarily with Maurice
Bejart's Ballet of the Xxth Century— from
1963 to 1973, and then started to work as a
soloist at the National Ballet of Canada.
From 1975 to 1977 he was based in New
York, devoting himself to a thorough study of
the Balanchine method and style, and
returned to the Ballet of the Xxth Century in
1977 as a teacher and assistant director. In
1979, back in New York, he established his
own ballet studio, the West Side School of
Ballet, where prominent dancers from the
New York City Ballet, the American Ballet
Theatre, and The Joffrey Ballet came to take classes, among them Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia
Makarova, Gelsey Kirkland and Rudolf Nureyev. Robert Denvers was also a guest teacher with the New
York City Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre, the Dallas Ballet, the Netherlands Dance Theatre, the Royal
Swedish Ballet, the North Carolina School of the Arts and the English National Ballet. At the time of his
appointment as Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet of Flanders, he was guest teacher with the Ballet of
the Paris Opera and the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen. Since undertaking his position on 19 January,
1987, Denvers has been responsible for the daily company classes, and his outstanding pedagogical talent
has led to remarkable results. His aim was to provide the public with a wide spectrum of ballet and dance
genres. The names of many renowned contemporary choreographers figure in the repertoire of the Royal
Ballet of Flanders, together with the great classic and modern ballets. International competitions frequently
call on Robert Denvers to serve on their juries (Paris, Osaka, Luxemburg, Houlgate, Lausanne, Shanghai).
He is as well member of the jury of renowned Prix Benois de la danse ( Teacher at Summer school Ballett
Dortmund 2011).
Monica Fotescu-Uta
Classic, female pointe work and repertoire
Born in Bucharest, Romania. She has been
studying at the the National Highschool of
Romania and the Academie de Dance
Classique "Princesse Grace" in Monte
Carlo. Her first Engagement has been at
the National Ballett of Romania,
afterwards at the Opera de Nancy (France)
before she joined the Deutsche Oper am
Rhein in Düsseldorf (Germany) in 1997.
When Xin Peng Wang took the direction of
the Ballet of Meiningen she followed his
call and become principal of the company
there in 2000. Three years later she come
together with Xin Peng Wang to Dortmund,
where she become principal and choreographic assistant under his direction. Beside the leading roles in
Carmen, Schwanlake, Nutkracker, Manon, Romeo and Juliet, War and peace, she danced in choreographies
of William Forsythe, George Balanchine, Benjamin Millepied, Mauro Bigonzetti and Peter Breuer. Many
pieces of Xin Peng Wang has been created especially on her. Beside dancing Monica Fotecu-Uta has been
creating many own pieces for Galas, Opera ball and National Opera House in Bucharest.
Leon Kjellsson
Classic and Bournonville repertoire
Leon Kjellsson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He received his first
dance training at the “LLK Dans” School in Copenhagen, directed by his
parents who were professional ballet and dance teachers. He went on to
accomplish his ballet education at Birger Bartholin´s “International Ballet
Seminar” and at the “Royal Danish Ballet”. He was trained by great teachers
like Vera Volkova, Toni Lander, Kirsten Simone, Henning Kronstam, Palle
Jacobsen, Flemming Ryberg and Birger Bartholin. After dancing for two years
with the “Royal Theatre Copenhagen” he joined the Bavarian State Ballet in
1975 where he had the privilege to work with choreographers like John
Neumeier, Jiri Kilian, Sir Peter Wright, Hans van Manen, Ronald Hynd,
Jean-Pierre Bonnefous, Grey Veredon, Lar Lubowich, Norbert Vesak, Erich
Walter, Johann Kresnik and Youri Vàmos. He performed also in pieces of
George Balanchine, August Bournonville, John Cranko, Michail Fokine, Glen
Tetley and many others. While dancing with the company, Leon has also
been teaching ballet classes at the “Iwanson Dance Center” in Munich where he progressed to a principal
pedagogue for classical ballet.
In 1986 he decided to leave Munich and take up new responsibilities as Ballet Master and Assistant
Director of the Dortmund Ballett under Youri Vàmos direction. In addition to his new position, Leon
founded the ballet school of the Dortmund Theatre.
In 1988, Leon moved with Youri Vamos and his Ballerina Joyce Cuoco to the Ballett Bonn and later in 1991
to the Ballet Basel, where he directed the ballet school as well. From 1996 to 2009 the team run the
Ballett der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg. Following his passion for teaching, Leon
founded and directed the “Ballettschule der Deutschen Oper am Rhein”. He further managed to appoint
some of the world’s finest choreographers like John Neumeier, Mats Ek, Jiri Kilian, Hans van Manen, Uwe
Scholz, Nils Christe, Christopher Bruce, Richard Wherlock to choreograph or arrange their ballets for the
company in Düsseldorf.
Ballet master guest: Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Volksoper, Prag State Opera and National Theatre, Royal
Swedish Ballet and Robert North's Ballet Krefeld/Mönchengladbach.
Tamas Moricz
Forsythes Improvisation Technology and repertoire
Born in Hungary, where he trained first as a gymnast and continued for
nine years at the National Ballet Academy Budapest. After school he
went to Israel to join the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, where
he danced in the works of Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian and other modern dance
pieces. After Kibbutz he went to Jan Fabre's group Troubleyn as part of
the performance "Da Un Altra Faccio del Tempo". This group has
launched the solo careers of choreographers Antony Rizzi, Emio Greco
and Marc Vandrux as well. The most important part of his career started
with the invitation from William Forsythe to his company in Frankfurt.
The following eight years he was working in the company and learned
how to improvise and got a new understanding on the possibilities of
dance and it's creation. Apart from William Forsythe he worked with
some well known choreographers and artists such as Saburo
Teshigowara, Jacopo Godani, Antony Rizzi, Mike Figgis, Ryuichi
Sakamoto, Crystal Pite, Amanda Miller, Jonathan Burrows, and many
others. Tamas gained the valuable knowledge and sense of creative freedom, this is what he bring further
and share with his students: Palucca Hochschule Dresden, The Royal Academy of Antwerp, P.A.R.T.S
Bruxelles, Codarts Rotterdam, The DANCE Apprentice program, The Venice Biennale, Tokyo ArchiTanz,
Korean National University of the Arts, University of Istanbul, Frankfurter Hochschule. Companies:
Cullberg Ballett, Angelin Preljocaj Co, Skanes Dansteater and others.
Thomas Kolczewski
Step Dance
Thomas Kolzcewski won the German Championship
three times and once the World Championship in
Duo Step Dance. He also won the TAP AHEAD
AWARD. He teaches Jazz and Step Dance at the
German Musical Academy and the Osnabrück
University of Applied Science. In 1994 he and Jutta
Maas founded their own Setp Company Tap 5. He
works as a choreographer for Tap 5 and other
companies and theaters (Musiktheater im Revier,
Städtische Bühnen Münster).
As a dancer he worked at many theaters such as
Capitol Theater Düsseldorf, Theater Dortmund,
Musiktheater im Revier and Städtische Bühnen Münster.
Ludmila Nikitenko
Classic, female pointe work and repertoire
She was born in Kiew, where she began her
ballet education at the age of 10. After
finishing her studies in 1998 she worked at
the National Theatre in Kiew (Ukraine), then
from 1991 to 1992 at the National Theatre
in Zagreb (Croatia) and from 1992 to 1998
at the State Theatre in Linz (Austria). In
1998 Prof Martin Puttke invited her to join
the Aalto Ballett Theater Essen, where she
has been dancing as a soloist until 2010.
She was working with renowned
choreographers as Christian Spuck, Jochen
Ulrich, Mario Schröder, Johan Inger,
Stephan Thoss, Richard Wherlock, Jörg
Mannes, Heinz Spoerli, Patrick Delcroix, Peter Schaufuß, Boris Eifmann and many more. Her huge
repertoiry included the leading roles in "The Nutcracker", "Don Quixote", "Der Grüne Tisch", Chefin in "The
Wall", "Rite of Spring", "Diaghilew: Die Favoriten", Cinderella, "Die roten Schuhe" and "Swan Lake". Many of
this roles has been created for her. Especially her interpretation of Princess Lena in Christian Spuck's
"Leonce und Lena" was widely acclaimed. She organised several dancing events and galas. In 2007 and
2008 she was responsible for the choreographies of the Philharmonic Ball Essen and the Johann StraußGala-Events. ( Teacher at Summer school Ballett Dortmund 2011)
Gilda Rebello
Relaxation, Body Conditioning, Stretching
Born in Rio de Janeiro. She was studied at
the Balletschool of the City theatre of Rio de
Janeiro: dance, singing and acting. Later she
continued her education in Germany, at the
Folkwang University in Essen. Her
teachers: Jean Cebron, Malou Airaudo, Lutz
Förster, Dominique Mercy, Brian Bertscher,
Anne Marie Benati, Christine Kono, Alfredo
Corvino, Paul Mellis and other. For four years
she was dancing at the Folkwang
Tanzstudio (choreography by Airaudo Malou,
Mark Sieczkarek, Rainer Behr, Daniel Goldin,
Raffaela Giordano, Susanne Linke and
others) under the artistic direction of Pina
Bausch. She invited Gilda to her company Tanztheater Wuppertal as a guest for performances and
international tours. She followed the dance companies of Mark Siekzkarek and Rodolfo Leoni. In 2004 she
received her Pilates Instructor Certificate (Coaches: Eduardo Laranjeiras and Colleen Glenn (Vogue
magazine calls her "One of America's top 55 trainers"). As a musical performer she was to see as a soloist
in "Miami Nights" at the Ronacher Theater Vienna and at the Capitol Theater Düsseldorf. In 2004, she
enjoyed great success as Anita ("West Side Story") at the Theater Dortmund. This was followed at Aalto
Theater Essen in the musical "Aida" and "The Life" at Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen. In 2006 she
choreographed „Little Shop of Horrors" at Theatre Kassel. 2007 she performed the singing role of Maria in
"Maria de Buenos Aires" by Astor Piazzolla and next year the role of Spider wife in "Kuss der Spinnenfrau"
at Theater Dortmund to see. In 2011 she was worked as guest at the Aalto Theater Essen and
Landestheater Neuss and choreographed for the Bayreuth Festival. Currently she is teaching ballet, body
conditioning, barre a terre, Pilates and anatomy knowledge base, modern dance and choreography
composition at DansArt Tanznetworks Bielefeld.
Colin Sinclair
Musical Jazz
Colin Sinclair graduated from The Urdang
Academy of Ballet and Performing Arts in
London. He then started a long career as an
Artiste. Traveling to Norway and Sweden he
worked as a dancer/ singer in musical
shows for scandinavien television. At the
same time, he was co-founder and
choreographer of the Abstract Dance
Company. After he returned to London to
work as a freelance teacher and
choreographer, he started a new dance
project called “Metropolis” who toured the
Canary and Balearic Islands for further two
years. Performing in Theateres, Hotels and
Casinos and on television with glamours Las Vegas floorshows. For two years, Colin was the executive
Choreographer for Showcase Entertainment as well as resident Choreographer for The Talk of London
Showroom. In both positions he wrote and developed concepts for forth coming productions as well as
producing and directing. He holds a New York Film Academy Diploma. At present, he concentrates on
writing, choreography and filmmaking. (Teacher at Summer school Ballett Dortmund 2011)
Mina Skenderija
Classic, female repertoire: Mina Skenderija
She was born in Belgrade (former
Yugoslavia). She received her education at
the State Conservatory of Dance „Lujo
Davico“ in Belgrade in the class of Ivanka
Lukateli. During her studies she participated
in several national and international
competitions, including the Prix de Lausanne,
and was offered an engagement with the
Yugoslavian National Ballet in Belgrade. In
1996 she moved to Germany where she
received a postgraduate scholarship from the
Birgit Keil Foundation to study Ballet and
Modern Dance at the John Cranko Schule in
Stuttgart. Just after graduation in 1998 she
joined the Stuttgart Ballet under the direction of Reid Anderson. Further stations of her dance career were
the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf under the direction of Youri Vamos, and the Friedrichstadtpalast
Berlin. Her repertory includes works by John Cranko, John Neumeier, Hans van Manen, Youri Vamos,
Jochen Ulrich, Jan Linkens and Richard Werlock. From 2008 till 2010 she studied Dance Education at the
Palucca Schule Dresden – Hochschule für Tanz, under direction of Jason Beechey.
Chesse Rijst
Jazz Dance
After his education at the "European School
of Jazz Dance" in Amsterdam and several
years as a dancer in the U.S. taught Chesse
Rijst at lot of Dance schools including the
prestigious "University of the Arts" in
Arnhem and the Rotterdam Dance
Academy. He currently teaches at the
Academy of the Dutch National Ballet. As
a jazz teacher, he is by his compassionate
response to difficultis of movements and for
his never-ending patience very popular
lecturer. His intense teaching style makes
him one of the most popular jazz dance
teacher in Europe, especially his connecting
with the latest trends of freestyle, hip hop
and street jazz (Teacher at Summer school Ballett Dortmund 2011).
Nicolas Robillard
Artistic developement und choreographic workshop
He was born in Argenteuil (France) and
studied at the Conservatoire National
Superieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris.
He danced for the Ballet National de Nancy
(France), the Koninklijk Ballet van
Vlaanderen (Belgium), the Ballet du Grand
Théâtre de Genève (Swiss), the Opera Lyon
(France) and pretty ugly tanz in Köln
(Germany). The choreographers he worked
with include Mats Ek, William Forsythe and
Jiřří Kylián. He also works as ballet master for
Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf and as guest
teacher and Assistant Ballet Master for
Ballett Dortmund (Teacher at Summer school
Ballett Dortmund 2011).
Pedram Zamani
Hiphop
He was born in Teheran (Iran). Already as a
child he has been in touch with Hip Hop and
Electric Boogie. He came to Germany at age
of 15 and continued his intensive training.
His outstanding talent has made him one of
the most awarded Hip Hopers of the last
years.
He won 8 times the German Championship,
twice the Europan Championship and three
times the World Championship of Hip Hop
and Popping. In April 2010 he opened his
own school of Hip Hop and is teaching his
skills and unique style. Pedram is one of the
main dance actors and choreographer of
dance movie project – Dortmund tanzt (Teacher at Summer school Ballett Dortmund 2011).
Günter Plögger and Igor Savoskin
Ballet pianists
Ballett Dortmund
Ballettzentrum Westfalen
Florianstraße 2
44139 Dortmund
Contact: Mr. Rudolf Kubicko
email: [email protected]
phone+49 173 23 72 665
www. sommerakademie-dortmund.de