About F2F Winter Workshop
Are you a (pre)-professional dancer looking to further your knowledge, skills and versatility?
Are you curious to discover what it’s like to dance in today’s top companies?
Do you have auditions coming and want more experience around the current demands, standards and expectations?
This 3-day rigorous course will allow you to dive into the repertoire of world-renowned choreographers and learn from professionals dancing in the foremost companies in Europe. The daily ballet classes, intensive repertoire workshops and a deep-dive Q&A on the last day will give you profound insight and valuable tools for your future career.
The unique program emphasises individual support and coaching. It is geared toward bringing you in closer contact with the work ethic of today’s leading companies and their variety of repertoire and choreographic voices.
© Nicha Rodboon
“This workshop gave me a lot of new insights, made me investigate my movement and go deeper into exploration. I received very valuable tools that allowed me to approach the lessons in a new way. By working on the repertoire of important choreographers, I was able to better understand their style, their vision and the ideas behind their movement. I learned a lot, and greatly appreciated the connections between the various lessons, which allowed me to improve in different aspects. ”
Overview:
What:
3-Day Intensive, 6 hours a day
Taught by:
Mikaela Kelly & Jesse Callaert
Where:
Meistraat 2, Antwerp, BE
When:
December 27, 28 & 29
Who:
Pre-professional dancers ages 15+
How:
Register through the link below
Workshop Price:
€320 (incl. VAT)
price does not include accommodation
In order to preserve an intimate, high-quality working environment, a selected number of dancers will be able to join the Workshop.
Daily Schedule
10:00 - 11:30 | Ballet
11:45 - 13:30 | Repertoire
13:30 - 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK
14:30 - 16:30 | Repertoire
16:30 - 18:00 | Studio available for cool-down
on the last day, you are welcome to join us for a Q&A from 17:00 till 19:00
A more detailed schedule will be provided after registration.
© Nicha Rodboon
“I feel like I could really improve my skills and it helped me a lot to develop my personality as a dancer.”
Teachers
Mikaela Kelly
Mikaela (New York City, USA) is a 2017 Princess Grace Award Winner in dance. She studied at American Ballet Theatre's pre-professional school where she acquired a strong classical ballet technique and completed her certification in ABT's National Training Curriculum for Teachers. In 2018, she graduated from The Juilliard School's four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts program and joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2. In 2021, after three seasons in the Netherlands, Mikaela moved to Switzerland and danced for Ballett Theater Basel until 2023. In July 2023 she joined GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, one of the foremost contemporary dance companies in the world. Mikaela has performed works by many choreographers including Jiří Kylián, Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, Nacho Duato, Ohad Naharin, Marco Goecke, Sharon Eyal, Alexander Ekman, Johan Inger, Marcos Morau, Edward Clug, Medhi Walerski, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Yoann Bourgeois, Aszure Barton, Felix Landerer, Bryan Arias, Dimo Milev, Alexi Ratmansky, George Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, and José Limón.
Mikaela has also designed costumes for critically acclaimed choreographer Juliano Nunes and for Norwegian National Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, Origins Dance Festival, V-Create, Orsolina 28, and Switch by NDT Dancers.
“This course helped me a lot by improving my memory, flow and precision in movement qualities. It also allowed me to find various new improvisation tools.”
Jesse Callaert
Jesse (Ghent, Belgium) studied at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp for six years, which provided him with professional ballet training and a base for modern and contemporary dance. He graduated in 2017 and after dancing as a guest artist with Ballett Zürich, he joined the prestigious Nederlands Dans Theater 2 for four years. In 2021 he danced at Staatsballett Hannover under the artistic direction of world-renowned choreographer Marco Goecke. He has performed works by many choreographers including Jiří Kylián, Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, Marco Goecke, Sharon Eyal, Ohad Naharin, Alexander Ekman, Johan Inger, Edward Clug, Medhi Walerski, Bryan Arias, Nadav Zelner, Felix Landerer, Juliano Nunes, Dimo Milev and Shahar Binyamini.
Jesse has choreographed pieces for the annual edition of 'Switch by NDT Dancers' and the Royal Ballet School Antwerp. He creates a broad variety of music compositions and participates in film, fashion, and tv projects. He also co-founded Fase 2 Fase (F2F), a platform offering high-quality dance courses for international dancers.
He is currently working as an international freelance artist and stager/assistant for Alexander Ekman and Johan Inger and Joseph Sturdy.
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