Lucas VALENTE: Scent of her Gardenias

koreográfus: Lucas VALENTE (BR)

előadó: Michelle WILLEMS (FR), Matthew KNIGHT (ENG)

Lucas VALENTE (1990, BR) Brazilian choreographer, who currently lives in Zürich. Raised in São Paulo, city in which started dancing, and where he graduated in Phylosophy. Danced in companies and small projects in Brazil, Cuba, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, and currently at the Zurich Ballet. Started working as a choreographer in 2013, and since then produced solos, duets and full length pieces in Sao Paulo and Zurich.

Michelle WILLEMS (1993, FR) is French. She studied at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and at the Atelier Rudra-Béjart in Lausanne. After two seasons with the Junior Ballett, she joined Ballett Zürich in the 2016/17 season. After solo roles in Giselle and Schwanensee, she danced Kitty in Christian Spuck’s Anna Karenina, Marie in Spuck’s Nussknacker und Mausekönig and Gretchen in Edward Clug’s Faust, and in Spuck’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern. She has also appeared in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Crystal Pite, George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Douglas Lee, and Filipe Portugal She was awarded the «Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich» in 2018.

Matthew KNIGHT (1993, UK) is British. He completed his training at the Elmhurst School and the Royal Ballet School in London. After a season with the Junior Ballett, he joined Ballett Zürich in the 2014/15 season. He presented Jane Doe and Mocambo as part of the «Junge Choreografen» series. He has danced in choreographies by Mats Ek (Cavalier in Dornröschen), William Forsythe, Marco Goecke (Moor in Petruschka), Jiří Kylián, Douglas Lee, Sol León/Paul Lightfoot, Hans van Manen, Wayne McGregor, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, and Filipe Portugal. He was Leonce in Christian Spuck’s Leonce und Lena, Nathanael in Spuck’s Der Sandmann and the Clown in Spuck’s Nussknacker und Mausekönig. In 2018 he also appeared as the title roles in Edward Clug’s Faust and in Marco Goecke’s Nijinski. In 2016 he was awarded the «Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich».

Leah HARTLEY: Getting There

előadó, koreográfus: Leah HARTLEY (USA)

Leah HARTLEY (1994, USA) Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Leah began her dance studies at California Dance Theatre. At 18 years old she moved to New York City to continue her training at The Juilliard School under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. She has also studied with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She has had the privilege of performing the work of Sharon Eyal, Alex Ketley, Spencer Gavin Hering, Ohad Naharin, Robert Moses, Camille A. Brown, and Laurie Sefton. She has been a company member with Clairobscur Dance since 2018. Leah is also a choreographer and has made work for the Los Angeles Dance Festival, Dance Network TV, RAW Artists Hollywood, BLIPSWITCH, the San Pedro Festival of the Arts, Santa Monica College, and Juilliard Dance. In addition to dancing, Leah has played classical cello for over 20 years and is currently working on developing a way to combine her love of dance and music in live performance.

Judyta PAKULSKA, Artur KUNTUSZ: Basic…?

előadó, koreográfus: Judyta PAKULSKA (PL), Artur KUNTUSZ (PL)

Judyta PAKULSKA (1998, PL) currently a fifth-year student at the Faculty of Dance Theater in Bytom (AST Kraków), a certified jazz dance technique instructor – Mazovian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, semi-finalist of the “Young Dancer of the Year 2019” competition organized by TVP Kultura and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In the same year she completed a 4-month Erasmus + scholarship at the Anton Bruckner Privat Universitat in Linz at the Faculty of Dance. She tries to combine various techniques and dance styles: Cuban salsa, salsa Los Angeles, contemporary dance, popping, jazz dance.

Artur KUNTUSZ (1998, PL) as a child was professionally involved in figure skating representing the City Skating Club in Łódź, currently he is in a fourth year of Physiotherapy at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice. On a daily basis he shares his knowledge of popping and hip-hop with children, teenagers and adults by conducting classes in four dance schools in Katowice. He actively participates in hip-hop culture events, incl.: Future Pace Battle, Thunder Waves Event, also by taking part in jams and by organizing local workshops for dancers.

GELB Nikolett Noémi: Haza akarok menni

előadó, koreográfus: GELB Nikolett Noémi (H)

GELB Nikolett Noémi (2002, H) a Dózsa György Gimnázium és Táncművészeti Szakgimnázium 13. évfolyamos növendéke. Iskolai tanulmányok keretén belül évente többször vett részt bemutatókon, saját és betanított produkciókban egyaránt. Motívációi között elsősorban a kreatív alkotó folyamat megélése, saját stílusának megismerése és az új utak felfedezése szerepel.

Alicia VERDÚ MACIÁN: Minerva

előadó, koreográfus: Alicia VERDÚ MACIÁN (ES)

Alicia VERDÚ MACIÁN (1994, ES ) is a performer, maker and teacher living between Amsterdam and Valencia. After graduating at the Conservatory of dance of Valencia she moved to The Netherlands in 2012 to continue her studies at ArtEZ. She has been performing across Europe and South Africa pieces from Keren Levi, Krisztina de Châtel, Itamar Serussi, Marco Goecke, Reut Shemesh, Niki Van Callandt and others as well as dance films. At the same time, she started her own research on Associative Mental Images which developed in different pieces. Currently she is working on a solo, Minerva. Alicia’s physical language and inspiration comes from different art forms such as floorwork, contact improvisation, physical theater, martial arts, ballet and other related forms. All of them influenced her movement practice which is based on Giving-Receiving and RecycledEnergy. These two principles create a loop to generate movement and bring us into a full 3D body, searching for our limits through repetition, expansion and exhaustion.

SIMON Veronika, VAIDA Clotilde Marie: Test lélek

koreográfus, előadó: SIMON Veronika (H), VAIDA Clotilde Marie (H)

VAIDA Clotilde Marie (2002,H) Tanulmányaimat Budapesten kezdtem majd kilencedikben felvettek a Győri Tánc és Képzőművészeti Gimnáziumba. Tavaly érettségiztem és ebben az évben végzem el az okj képzésemet. Szakmai munkásságaim: 2019-ben Veszprémben illetve Pécsen is részvettem versenyeken.Tavaly résztvettem az Országos táncversenyen amit online tartottak meg.Motivációim a tánchoz például a tanáraim illetve a családom de legfőképpen az motivál, hogy egyszer beutazom a világot egy olyan társulattal amiben megtalálom a helyem és kreativitásomat megmutathatom saját koreográfiákkal.

SIMON Veronika (2002, H) Tanulmányaimat Keszthelyen egy Művelődési központban kezdtem. Majd a Győri Táncművészeti Szakgimnáziumban folytattam tanulmányaimat. Tavaly érettségiztem, idén pedig az Okj-s képzésen veszek részt. Soloval voltam versenyezni két éve Veszprémben. Tavaly pedig egy duoval indultunk az online megrendezett pécsi országos versenyen. Budapesten szintén egy országos versenyen. Félelmeim, szorongásaim felszabadulnak mozgás közben. Egy improvizáció alatt pedig kiteljesedek. Itt egy fajta szabadság vesz körül.

Kacper SZKLARSKI: not now, not here

előadó, koreográfus: Kacper SZKLARSKI (PL)

Kacper SZKLARSKI (1996, PL) he studies in Academy of Dramatic Arts, Dance Theatre Department. Recently he works as a freelance dance artist in Poland and abroad. In addition to classes during studies and work experience, he has taken workshops all over the Europe and Asia to broaden the horizon of his movement possibilities. He had opportunity to learn styles such as kathak, traditional West African dance, Chinese classical dance, tai chi, traditional Mongolian dance. He works a lot individually to research and understand the essence of the movement to create specific feeling attached to specific quality.

LIRON KICHLER: “Give me a break”

koreográfus, előadó: LIRON KICHLER (IL)

Liron KICHLER (1993,IL) Dancer in different Independent projects and create by herself. She was a member of the “Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company” and “Fresco Dance Company”. She danced in a dance theater production at the “Habima National Theater” named Frida, created by: Avihai Haham. During her professional career she has worked with the choreographers: Idan Sharabi, Michael Getman, Ronit Ziv, Idan Grolizki Yankalle Filster and Maya Michlal. This year (2021), she performed her duet, “FullFeel”, created by Ruth Aharoni and herself, as part of “Akko Festival”.

Weisheng XU: Geminate flower

koreográfus: Weisheng XU (CHN)

előadó: Qing YIN (CHN), Hui ZHOU (CHN)

Weisheng XU (1985, CHN) 1997 studied classical ballet in Shanghai Far East ballet art school, and then graduated from modern dance in Chongqing University. The main dance works include in and created works were exhibited at Aberdeen Art Festival, Guangdong Modern Dance week, Beijing modern dance fortnight, France China France environment month, Chongqing dance competition, “new works” young editors and creators, tank warehouse of Sichuan Academy of fine arts, etc.The reason why I like dancing, including choreography, is because I have so much things to express. I want to use my unique body to express what I want to express. It is the way I speak.

Qing YIN (2000, CHN) graduated from Chongqing University of Humanities and technology in 2022, majoring in modern dance. He has studied Chinese traditional dance for many years, has a strong interest in diversified art and continues to explore and study. He once went to Hong Kong CCDC urban contemporary dance troupe for systematic master class. In October 2021, he was invited to participate in the shell breaking performance of the contemporary art performance season.

Hui ZHOU (2001, CHN) is now studying modern dance in Chongqing University of Humanities and technology. He has studied Chinese dance for many years, has great interest in modern dance and keeps learning. In October 2021, he was invited to participate in the show of shell breaking action in the contemporary art performance season.