Joining date:
July 11, 2011
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- About
Do you want this account to represent:
organization
If you are representing an organization, what is the name of the organization:
Ballet des Amériques School & Company, Inc.
If you are representing an organization, what kind of organization?
Company, Producer, Education
First Name (Required: even if you are representing an organization you must use your name)
Carole
Last Name (Family Name)
Alexis
About Me (human/individual)/interests, work..short bio/ THis is the most important. It is the only way to know that you are not a SPAMBOT!Be generous!
THE COMPANY Established in 2011 under the directorship of Carole Alexis, Ballet des Amériques Company, as its name implies, inserts itself into the French cultural heritage of the Americas. Following a thought of Aimée Césaire, this heritage is conceived as drawing on its European and African roots, while being genuinely open to the world and absorbing its rich variety of traditions in a continuous dialogue. On this basis, Ballet des Amériques aims to model a trajectory of developing dance from its classical tradition into a vibrant and relevant future. Composed of classically trained dancers from around the world, the young company has already performed the choreographies of Carole Alexis in a variety of festivals, venues and benefits such as the Festival de Fort-de-France in Martinique, the Journée internationale de la Francophonie at Florence Gould Hall, the Kate Wildish NYC Festival of Dance Schools, the Emelin Theatre in Mamaroneck, in a homage to Edouard Glissant at the French Embassy in New York, Dixon Place Theatre, Steps and Behond, Fertile Ground, at a fundraiser for the Rosemarie K. Witter Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting medical research in finding effective treatment, leading to a cure for Lupus and the United Nations. THE SCHOOL An exciting new venture in dance training, education and performance! Ballet des Amériques – the Ballet of the Americas – is ballet for all of us. It draws on rich traditions, while opening our minds to the future. It combines the rigors of classical ballet training with a broad education in the various facets of the performing arts. It calls for hard work and self-discipline, while maintaining an emphasis on the enjoyment of dance and the development of the whole individual. Your commitment to join us in this journey will be rewarded by witnessing the growth in your children’s confidence, in the skills they develop and in the breadth of their cultural awareness. Dance training naturally requires hard work and a singular focus, yet such must occur in an atmosphere - not of competition - but of mutual respect, kindness and support. For the training is geared toward the performance of dance as work of art in a collaborative enterprise, a universal expression on stage that transcends the particular individual. As performing artists and pedagogical experts, our teachers know what it takes for your child to get to that stage. In a custom-tailored program - continuously refined and adjusted to your child’s evolving needs - our teachers use the wealth of their experience and resources to bring each student to his or her full potential. Our mission at Ballet des Amériques, by contrast, is to use a physiologically informed approach that respects natural anatomical variation and tailors the training that each student receives so that all students can maximize their individual strengths and overcome their particular weaknesses. If one had to attach a label to this approach, it would be best described as one based in the European tradition with a French emphasis on repetition: proper technique and alignment are mastered first, which mastery then allows for the adoption of various styles....read more on website www.balletdesameriques.com
Occupation ( maximum of three):
Stage director (choreographer/ theater director)
which other:
Educator/Director/Pedagogue/Performer
English is the main language of this site, but let us know which language you would use in this network besides English:
French, Spanish, German
