2011 TAIPEIDEA Dance Festival  Aug. 1 ~ Aug. 19, 2011, Taipei, Taiwan. General Information Course Description Faculty Members Accommodation Registration / Tuition Fees Scholarship   Faculty Members： Professional Dance Workshop Ballet Educated at the High School of the Arts, Amsterdam, danced with Dutch National Ballet/Amsterdam, The National Ballet of Canada/Toronto, Deutsche Oper Berlin in choreographies from a.o. Balanchine, Van Dantzig, Bejart, Petit as well as the classics. His teachers include.Vladilen Semionov, Irina Kolpakova, Yevgeny Neff, Mikhail Lavrovsky, John Clifford, Reuven Vooremberg, Brigitte Thom, Heinz Manniegel. Martin started working as a balletmaster at the “Grand Theatre” (Teatr Wielki) Warsaw, and continued as a guest-teacher with companies such as the Royal Swedish Ballet, the Finnish National Ballet, and schools like the “Stedelijk Instituut voor Ballet”, Antwerp - Belgium, the National Ballet School, Amsterdam.In 2008 Martin was invited to prepare the examination of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He has coached many leading roles in ballets like Swan Lake, Giselle, The Nutcracker in productions from a.o. Konstantin Sergeyev and Rudolf Nureyev.　Martin has taught every level of classical ballet, from beginners and amateurs, professional students up to the highest professional level. Martin Meng Ballet Master At the Grand Theater Warsaw Contemporary Dance / Aerial Dance Michael Thomas is on the faculty of Goucher College as a visiting assistant professor in　dance. His diverse background includes experiences nationally and internationally as a choreographer, dancer, and visual artist. He has served varied roles in relationships with Otterbein College, Marymount Fordham Tarrytown, Savannah College of Art and Design, BalletMet Columbus, Perry Mansfield Performing Arts, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Prior to work for these organizations Michael created work as an independent choreographer in New York City, where he also danced for Sean Curran Company. Distinguishing awards include citation at the Toronto Fringe Festival, the Prague Fringe Festival and inclusion in the National College Choreography Initiative, all for new works. He was a term member of the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission funding panel, where he also made creative contributions to local arts organizations such as aTrek Dance Collective, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Modern America Dance Company, HotCity Theatre, and Theatre Belle Bete. Michael teaches varied movement related courses from dance composition to video dance techniques; and, of course, also a variety of dance technique styles. Creative and research interests include commentary on social perceptions of culture and it's display, as well asthe abstraction of technological medium for performance. Computer assisted manipulation of sound scores is a past time, and often infiltrate his dances. Michael is most noted for works what approach dance with a bit of irreverence via context. Michael Thomas has an M.F.A. in choreography from The Ohio State University. Michael Thomas Visiting Assistant Professor In Dance Of Goucher College Contemporary Dance Rita was born in Brazil and studied dance at the Centro Formacao de Danca in Brazil and from 1998-2002 at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen/Germany. She danced for the Muovere Companhia de Danca Contemporanea in Brazil and from 2002 - 2009 for Sasha Waltz & Guests in Berlin. 2004 she danced in "Tannhauser-Bachanals" from Pina Bausch and in 2005 in "Human Writes" from William Forsythe. 2005/2006 she received a scholarship in dance from the Kunststiftung nrw, which she used for a study period with Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus, the Forsythe Company and Cena 11. Since 2007 Rita is teaching contemporary dance and is choreographing own works in collaboration with Damian Gmuer. Rita Aozane Bilibo Dancer/Teacher Contemporary Dance/ Capoeira Damian was born in Switzerland. He studied dance at the “Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Zurich” and worked as a dancer with several theatres, dance companies and projects in Europe, M.S. Schrittmacher Berlin / State Theatre Oldenburg, Bern Ballet, the Iceland Dance Company to mention a few. He worked with Choreographers like Roberto Olivan, Andre Gingras, Jochen Ulrich, Gregor Zollig, Guy&Ronni, Martin Stiefermann, Tamas Juronics, Gonzalo Galguera, Orjan Andersson, Marc Bogaerts, Philippe Blanchard, Nils Christe, Richard Wherlock, Cathy Sharp. Since 2007 he works as a free lance artist. He teaches regularly various dance companies and started to create in cooperation with Rita Aozane Bilibio own works (TanzArt Festival/Theater Giessen, Tanzhaus nrw Dusseldorf, Reykjavik Dance Festival, Urban Street Art Festival Pottporus). Damian did several projects with  young dancers for a young audience. Next to his dancing, he started to study intensively Capoeira, a brazilian martial art form. He studied first with “Capoeira Brasil” and after that with “Companhia Pernas Pro Ar” under supervision of Mestre Porquinho. Damian Gmuer Dancer/Teacher Yoga Jessica Patterson has been practicing and discovering yoga for 18 years, during which time she has explored many methods, approaches, and teachers.  A Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher and 500-hour Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, as well as a writer and nutritionist, Jessica draws from her diverse background to inspire and uplift students with earthy relevance and accessible instruction. Her classes stimulate the intellect and soothe the soul while challenging the body to balance, stretch, and find ease. As Jivamukti co-founders Sharon Gannon and David Life remind her, we cannot "do" yoga; yoga is our natural state. What we do are practices that show us where we are resisting that state of yoga. In addition to her ongoing classes in Colorado, Jessica leads workshops, retreats, and yoga teacher training programs throughout Colorado and the U.S. Making teachings relevant and fun, Jessica emphasizes integration and wholeness in all she does. Jessica Patterson Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher   Phone: +886-2-28961000 ext. 3318 Fax: +886-2-28938779 Email: xiang213130@gmail.com (Alicia)   Sponsored by the Council for Cultural Affairs. Taiwan

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