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FLAMENCO summer INTENSIVE - JANUARY 30, 2022
Sydney Choreographic Centre is now taking bookings from experienced dancers to participate in our Summer Flamenco Intensive on January 30, 2022.
The program will run from 11am until 3.30pm at Sydney Choreographic Centre, 5-7 Bourke Road Alexandria.
The Intensive Program will focus on Choreographic and Technical Skills with Marina Tamayo, with an emphasis on building dance repertoire, culturally authentic storytelling skills and will expand musicianship. It is expected that students have advanced ballet, tap or contemproary dance skills
Marina is regarded as one of Australia’s foremost Flamenco dancers, choreographers and teachers. She is described as an artist possessing “duende”, a word closely associated with Flamenco that encompasses soul, expression, heart and authenticity.
Participants are asked to bring a small hand held drum, or similar, to work with Marina on percussion exercises.
Date: 30th January
Cost: $180 per person
Time: 11am - 3.30pm
The program will run from 11am until 3.30pm at Sydney Choreographic Centre, 5-7 Bourke Road Alexandria.
The Intensive Program will focus on Choreographic and Technical Skills with Marina Tamayo, with an emphasis on building dance repertoire, culturally authentic storytelling skills and will expand musicianship. It is expected that students have advanced ballet, tap or contemproary dance skills
Marina is regarded as one of Australia’s foremost Flamenco dancers, choreographers and teachers. She is described as an artist possessing “duende”, a word closely associated with Flamenco that encompasses soul, expression, heart and authenticity.
Participants are asked to bring a small hand held drum, or similar, to work with Marina on percussion exercises.
Date: 30th January
Cost: $180 per person
Time: 11am - 3.30pm
STUDIO class
Sydney Choreographic Centre welcomes dancers with a series of daily classes. Class schedules may vary from times noted.
Boasting a new professional sprung floor, arising out of a wonderful partnership with Harlequin Australia, the space is inspiring, creative and suits the expectations of professional artists. The Harlequin floor supports dancer and artist health, giving them free rein to explore, experiment and grow in a safe and supportive environment.
Classes are open to dancers 16 years and over.
Boasting a new professional sprung floor, arising out of a wonderful partnership with Harlequin Australia, the space is inspiring, creative and suits the expectations of professional artists. The Harlequin floor supports dancer and artist health, giving them free rein to explore, experiment and grow in a safe and supportive environment.
Classes are open to dancers 16 years and over.
- Ballet Professional
- Open Ballet
- Contemporary Professional
- Ballet Beginners
- Flamenco Beginners
- Flamenco Open
- Choreographic Workshop
Timetable as of Monday 20 December
(teachers subject to change)
(teachers subject to change)
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Ballet Professional Classes are at 10am - 11.30am Monday through Friday, Experienced and professional dancers are welcome.
Note: Professional Ballet Class will not be run from the 20th January until the 25th January inclusive. Open Ballet classes will run each Monday 7pm - 8.30pm from Monday 10th January 2022. All dancers are welcome. Flamenco Open classes will run each Friday 7pm - 8.30pm from Friday 14th January 2022. Full class schedule will be developed and available from January 2022. bOOK YOUR CLASS |
To book, click on links below : "BUY SINGLE CLASS", etc
Professional Ballet Class Costs inc gst (excluding Flamenco & Open Ballet)
BUY SINGLE CLASS $35 per class
BUY 5 CLASSES $150 (valid for 3 months)
BUY 10 CLASSES $250 (valid for 3 months)
Open Ballet Class Costs inc gst
BUY SINGLE CLASS $45 per class
BUY 5 CLASSES $200
BUY 10 CLASSES $380
Flamenco Class Costs inc gst
BUY SINGLE CLASS $45 per class
BUY 5 CLASSES $200
BUY 10 CLASSES $380
All bookings are to be made online. When you purchase a package, you will be provided a unique code to use when booking and scheduling your classes.
Review our standard Terms & Conditions
Professional Ballet Class Costs inc gst (excluding Flamenco & Open Ballet)
BUY SINGLE CLASS $35 per class
BUY 5 CLASSES $150 (valid for 3 months)
BUY 10 CLASSES $250 (valid for 3 months)
Open Ballet Class Costs inc gst
BUY SINGLE CLASS $45 per class
BUY 5 CLASSES $200
BUY 10 CLASSES $380
Flamenco Class Costs inc gst
BUY SINGLE CLASS $45 per class
BUY 5 CLASSES $200
BUY 10 CLASSES $380
All bookings are to be made online. When you purchase a package, you will be provided a unique code to use when booking and scheduling your classes.
Review our standard Terms & Conditions
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Ballet Professional
Ballet Professional is a class for those already working in a company or as a freelance artist. Advanced students are also welcome. It is taught by Sydney Choreographic Centre’s artistic director Francesco Ventriglia. Ventriglia’s early training was in the Vaganova method, delivered by teachers from the Bolshoi. After joining La Scala Ballet, he had the opportunity to expand his knowledge with exposure to the French, English and, of course, Italian schools of ballet. He also had the opportunity to learn Balanchine technique from specialist Balanchine teachers.
Ventriglia’s classes will draw on this wide-ranging background, helping dancers to become stronger, more versatile and more inquisitive. It is vitally important to Ventriglia that dancers develop into highly individual artists. To that end, he always tailors the class to the dancers he has in front of him.
Open Ballet
This is a class for those who have prior experience, and are looking for a class that extends their experience, challenges them or is for dancers looking to return to form.
Exercises will follow the typical ballet class format, but are suitable for a range of abilities.
Ballet Beginners
This is a class for anyone of any age who wants to experience the joy of ballet. Those who have never danced and those who have some prior knowledge are equally welcome. Class will start at the barre with a series of exercises given by the teacher, accompanied by music. The exercises typically start slowly and progress in speed and difficulty with each exercise completed on both left and right sides. Once the barre section is complete, the teacher will call the participants into the centre and continue with exercises that involve more movement of the whole body, now not restricted by holding on to a stationary barre. Centre exercises eventually progress to jump combinations including small, medium and big jumps.
Contemporary Professional
This class is designed to improve skills in contemporary dance for those already trained to a high level, and to deepen their understanding of the artform. Our classes will enhance flexibility, improve musicality and enrich the quality of the dancer’s movement in space. Starting with floorwork, we will explore how to use the space with specific exercises and choreographic phrases. The class is designed to offer a complete experience of contemporary professional training and to encourage creative thinking.
Choreographic Workshop
Working with internationally admired choreographer Francesco Ventriglia, participants will be guided towards discovering and defining their own creative voices through movement. The process illustrates the evolution of choreographic ideas, including through the use of tools such as improvisation or given material. The class will also consider important elements such as style and musicality.
Flamenco
Dancers are introduced to the four core principal techniques of Flamenco: marking (Marcaje), footwork, arms and body percussion. In each session, dancers study the movement of arms and wrists, body work and core position for Flamenco along with a range of specific feet techniques and drills covering various Flamenco time signatures. There are classes suited to the complete beginner and to those with some experience in this exciting dance form.
Ballet Professional is a class for those already working in a company or as a freelance artist. Advanced students are also welcome. It is taught by Sydney Choreographic Centre’s artistic director Francesco Ventriglia. Ventriglia’s early training was in the Vaganova method, delivered by teachers from the Bolshoi. After joining La Scala Ballet, he had the opportunity to expand his knowledge with exposure to the French, English and, of course, Italian schools of ballet. He also had the opportunity to learn Balanchine technique from specialist Balanchine teachers.
Ventriglia’s classes will draw on this wide-ranging background, helping dancers to become stronger, more versatile and more inquisitive. It is vitally important to Ventriglia that dancers develop into highly individual artists. To that end, he always tailors the class to the dancers he has in front of him.
Open Ballet
This is a class for those who have prior experience, and are looking for a class that extends their experience, challenges them or is for dancers looking to return to form.
Exercises will follow the typical ballet class format, but are suitable for a range of abilities.
Ballet Beginners
This is a class for anyone of any age who wants to experience the joy of ballet. Those who have never danced and those who have some prior knowledge are equally welcome. Class will start at the barre with a series of exercises given by the teacher, accompanied by music. The exercises typically start slowly and progress in speed and difficulty with each exercise completed on both left and right sides. Once the barre section is complete, the teacher will call the participants into the centre and continue with exercises that involve more movement of the whole body, now not restricted by holding on to a stationary barre. Centre exercises eventually progress to jump combinations including small, medium and big jumps.
Contemporary Professional
This class is designed to improve skills in contemporary dance for those already trained to a high level, and to deepen their understanding of the artform. Our classes will enhance flexibility, improve musicality and enrich the quality of the dancer’s movement in space. Starting with floorwork, we will explore how to use the space with specific exercises and choreographic phrases. The class is designed to offer a complete experience of contemporary professional training and to encourage creative thinking.
Choreographic Workshop
Working with internationally admired choreographer Francesco Ventriglia, participants will be guided towards discovering and defining their own creative voices through movement. The process illustrates the evolution of choreographic ideas, including through the use of tools such as improvisation or given material. The class will also consider important elements such as style and musicality.
Flamenco
Dancers are introduced to the four core principal techniques of Flamenco: marking (Marcaje), footwork, arms and body percussion. In each session, dancers study the movement of arms and wrists, body work and core position for Flamenco along with a range of specific feet techniques and drills covering various Flamenco time signatures. There are classes suited to the complete beginner and to those with some experience in this exciting dance form.
Stay tuned for more classes as they are added to the timetable.
- YOGA Breathing and Relaxation
- Conditioning
- Work out
- Progressive Ballet Technique
- Progressive Contemporary technique
- Pas de deux
- Male Ballet Technique
- Female Ballet Technique
- Private Classes
- Partnering
- Ballet Repertoire
- Masterclasses
THE COACHES
The classes will be delivered by one of a group of highly experienced and in-demand artists including:
- Francesco Ventriglia (ballet pro, choreographic workshop)
- Ariella Casu (contemporary pro)
- Victor Zarallo (ballet beginners)
- Marina Tamayo (flamenco)
Francesco Ventriglia
Francesco is an Italian former ballet dancer with Teatro alla Scala in Milan, a choreographer, and artistic director. In 2010 he was appointed as Europe's youngest artistic director, at the age of 32, by the Florence Opera House where he held the role of artistic director and principal choreographer for MaggioDanza until 2013. In 2014 he was named artistic director of Royal New Zealand Ballet. He held that appointment until June 2017. From January 2018 he was adjunct artistic director of the National Ballet of Uruguay.
Francesco is also a choreographer of classical and contemporary ballet, having works performed internationally by companies such as La Scala Ballet, Arena di Verona, Bolshoi Theatre, the Mariinsky Ballet, Grande Théâtre du Genève, Royal New Zealand Ballet, the National Ballet of Uruguay, and at the Venice Biennale. In 2021 Francesco established himself in Sydney and co-founded the Sydney Choreographic Centre with Neil Christopher. Sydney Choreographic Ensemble is the resident performing group of the Centre, and made its debut with the world premiere of GRIMM at Parramatta Riverside Theatres. |
Ariella Casu
Born in the United States and raised in Italy, Ariella trained in both countries, including at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She started her professional career as a soloist with Stadttheater Klagenfurt in Austria, after which she joined Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich.
She has worked on productions by many leading choreographers including Alexander Ekman, William Forsythe and Edward Clug and participated in a project for Jo Strømgren Kompani in Oslo before moving to Sydney in 2018 to join Sydney Dance Company. For SDC she appeared in works by Melanie Lane, Gabrielle Nankivell, Prue Lang, Anthony Hamilton and Rafael Bonachela. Most recently she took part in the creative process for Carmen, a contemporary version of Bizet’s opera filmed in Australia early this year. She performed and doubled as Carmen for Benjamin Millepied, making his directorial debut. Ariella’s choreographic credits include Arise for the Sydney Dance Company ensemble. |
Victor Zarallo
Originally from Barcelona, Victor began studying classical ballet at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart before joining the Royal Ballet School in London, from which he graduated in 2008.
Victor joined Scottish Ballet in 2008 and was promoted to soloist in 2014. For Scottish Ballet Victor appeared in a wide variety of works including Cinderella, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Song of the Earth, Rubies, Rite of Spring and Elite Syncopations. Victor joined Sydney Dance Company in 2018 and performed in Rafael Bonachela’s 6 Breaths, ab [intra], Lux Tenebris and Frame of Mind and Melanie Lane’s WOOF, among others. He later expanded his role to become an in-house and virtual teacher, as well as training SDC’s Pre-Professional Year students. He is currently studying to become a Royal Academy of Dance registered teacher. |
Marina Tamayo
Marina is regarded as one of Australia’s foremost Flamenco dancers, choreographers and teachers. She is described as an artist possessing “duende”, a word closely associated with Flamenco that encompasses soul, expression, heart and authenticity.
The Director of Flamenco Australia, Marina has brought to the stage many productions including The Sounds of Spain (2012), Inertia (2015), Folkmenco (2017) and the award-winning Emerald (2019). In 2018 Marina was a finalist in the Services to Dance category at the Australian Dance Awards and the following year she and Aitor Hernandez Sanzano were Australian Dance Awards finalists for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography for their collaboration Emerald. Most recently she was cast as Flamenco choreographer and dancer in the role of Zilah – Carmen’s mother - for Benjamin Millepied’s feature film Carmen, which was filmed in Australia. Marina studied ballet (RAD, Cecchetti), folk dance, jazz, contemporary, Flamenco and Spanish dance in Jerez, Granada, Madrid, Buenos Aires and Adelaide. At 13 Marina went to Sacromonte, Granada, to study Flamenco with Paco Torres and subsequently with some of the world’s most prominent Gypsy artists such as Manolete, Luis de Luis, El Guito, and Maria Magdalena. |
PRIVATE CLASSES & coaching
Sydney Choreographic Centre provides the opportunity to take private coaching with Francesco Ventriglia in a range of formats that suit the needs of each dancer. These private sessions provide each dancer with personalised and dedicated attention.
Private sessions can be booked for 60 and 90 minute duration.
Francesco has worked with many of the world's greatest dancers and has coached and worked with them across many disciplines, including classical and contemporary styles. He has also undertaken duties as a coach and judge at many international competitions including the Genee Ballet Competition, Spoleto International, Harry Haythorne Choreographic Award, among others.
- Competitions
- Male or Female Ballet Technique
- Auditions
- Ballet Repertoire for Males and Females
- Examinations
- Rehearsals
- Pas de deux or duets
Private sessions can be booked for 60 and 90 minute duration.
Francesco has worked with many of the world's greatest dancers and has coached and worked with them across many disciplines, including classical and contemporary styles. He has also undertaken duties as a coach and judge at many international competitions including the Genee Ballet Competition, Spoleto International, Harry Haythorne Choreographic Award, among others.
COSTS inc gst
$65 30 minutes
$120 60 minutes
$175 90 minutes
All bookings are to be made by phone or email. A unique link will be provided for payment.
info@sydneychoreographiccentre.com
$65 30 minutes
$120 60 minutes
$175 90 minutes
All bookings are to be made by phone or email. A unique link will be provided for payment.
info@sydneychoreographiccentre.com
covid-19
Sydney Choreographic Centre is a registered Covid-Safe business and as such we comply fully with the requirements of the NSW Government.
We provide hand sanitizer on entry, as well as in a number of locations in the studio. Masks are mandatory in all areas of the studio, and we require all visitors to be vaccinated unless they hold a valid exemption.
It is a condition of entry that all visitors to Sydney Choreographic Centre sign in using the NSW Government QR Code and show evidence of vaccination.
Our studios are cleaned regularly during the day with disinfectant.
Our classes are limited to 20 participants, and we practice social-distancing within the class.
We provide hand sanitizer on entry, as well as in a number of locations in the studio. Masks are mandatory in all areas of the studio, and we require all visitors to be vaccinated unless they hold a valid exemption.
It is a condition of entry that all visitors to Sydney Choreographic Centre sign in using the NSW Government QR Code and show evidence of vaccination.
Our studios are cleaned regularly during the day with disinfectant.
Our classes are limited to 20 participants, and we practice social-distancing within the class.
