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| 2008 Ballet Master Workshop |
| Celebrate the Thanksgiving Weekend with Ballet |
| November 28- December 9, 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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| Private Lessons |
| are available on November 28 - December 9, 2008 |
| Fees: $100 - Private lesson, $60- Semi-Private lesson, $40 - Small Group (3-4 students) |
| Payments for private lessons should be made in full at the time of reservation. |
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| Master classes - Thursday, December 4 |
| Intermediate - Pre-Advanced (ages 12 - 15) - 4:15 - 6:00 pm |
| Advanced (ages 15 - 18) - 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Fee: $ 30 per class |
| Class space is very limited. Please secure your child’s space before November 25th. Payments are accepted in forms of cash, check or money order and should be paid before class. Please make your check or money order for master class payable to ASCB. |
| Please call to the school at 602 -494 -3400 to schedule your lesson |
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