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| 2008 Ballet Master Workshop |
| INTERNATIONAL BALLET MASTER REPERTOIRE WEEK |
| May 28- June 3, 2008 |
| FEATURING |
| MARIA SIMONETTI |
Ballet Arizona Rehearsal Director
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| 2008 SUMMER INTENSIVE WORKSHOP |
| June 5 - July 3, 2008 |
| FEATURING |
| JEAN-PAUL COMELIN |
| International Ballet Master and Choreographer |
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French-born and US resident, choreographer, director and master teacher Jean-Paul Comelin has long been associated with the world's most prominent ballet companies, and some of the greatest names in the dance world of the 20th century.
Jean-Paul Comelin joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1956 and went on to dance with London Festival Ballet, the National Ballet of Washington and the Pennsylvania Ballet as a principal dancer. He has also appeared as a guest artist with the Australian Ballet, performed with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and was coached by George Balanchine in several of his own ballets.
Mr. Comelin choreograph his first Ballet, Autumn Songs for the National ballet of Canada for Ballerinas Veronica Tennant and Karen Kain. He then proceeded to create over sixty works for companies on five continent.
As Artistic Director/Producer/Teacher Mr.Comelin built company and schools in San Diego, Sacramento, Milwaukee, Tucson, and Phoenix, where he was the first Artistic Director Ballet Arizona.
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From 1974-1980, Mr. Comelin was the artistic director of the Milwaukee Ballet. In 1980 Mr. Comelin was invited by Artistic Director Marcia Haydee to be Ballet master of the prestigious Stuttgart Ballet, where he created two New works for the company, Saltarello and Overtones and supervised Jiri Kilian's creation of "Forgotten Land" , Lady of the Camellias of John Neumeier, all the repertoire of John Cranko, Maurice Bejar and the Classics.
As Artistic Director of Ballet du Nord in France, he created several works each year. An original work on Christopher Columbus, a new version of the Nutcracker, a new version of the Firebird, a collaboration with painter Majhoub Ben Bella, and the Mozart Requiem, ( Lux Aeterna ) were the most successful of his works, at home and on tour. He organized tours in the United States, Europe, South America, Asia and the former Soviet Union. |
Mr. Comelin has worked with such notable dancers as Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Michail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova, Lawrence Rhodes, Carla Fracci, John Gipin, Marcia Hadee and more.
Today Mr. Comelin continues choreographing, directing, lecturing and teaching around the world, and as a consultant in the development of dance. |
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Arizona School of Classical Ballet invites you to join us for the intensive study of Ballet Technique followed by Pointe & Pirouettes and Variations class for girls and boys of Intermediate, age 10 - 14 (with one to two years on pointe for girls) and Advanced, age 15 and up (with three or more years on pointe for girls) levels.
Mr. Comelin will teach the variatios from The Nutcracker.
Private lessons are also available. |
| Please contact the school for the registration form. |
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