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Guest teachers at Marin
Dance Theatre’s Summerdance 2010 Program
Tiit Helimets
Born: Viljandi, Estonia
Joined as a Principal Dancer
in 2005.
Born in Viljandi, Estonia,
Tiit Helimets trained at the Tallinn Ballet School and began his career
as a soloist with Estonian National Ballet. He was promoted to principal
dancer six months later, making Estonian dance history when he danced
the role of Prince Siegfried in Swan
Lake at age 18. After dancing all the principal repertory with
that company, he joined Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1999, where he
created roles in Bintley’s The Seasons,
The Shakespeare Suite,
Sylvia,
The Orpheus Suite, and
Les Petit Riens; and in Siddiqui’s
Krishna. Since joining SF Ballet
in 2005, he has performed lead roles in Tomasson’s
Swan Lake,
Nutcracker,
Giselle, and
The Sleeping Beauty; as well as Tomasson/Possokhov’s
Don Quixote, among others. His repertory also includes
Balanchine’s Apollo,
Allegro Brillante,
Stravinsky Violin Concerto,
Divertimento No. 15, and “Diamonds”; Bintley’s
The Dance House; Caniparoli’s
Ibsen’s House; McGregor’s
Eden/Eden; Mrozewski’s Concordia;
Possokhov’s Firebird and Magrittomania;
Robbin’s In the Night; Tomasson’s
The Fifth Season,
7 for Eight, Chi-Lin, and
On a Theme of Paganini; and
Wheeldon’s Quaternary.
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Guest Teacher:
Sofiane Sylve
Sofiane Sylve
Joined San Francisco Ballet as a
principle dancer in 2009.
Born: Nice, France
Sofiane Sylve was born in Nice, France,
where she studied at the Académie de
Dance. She danced with Germany’s
Stadttheater, the Dutch National Ballet,
and New York City Ballet prior to
performing with San Francisco Ballet as
a guest artist in 2007 and joining the
Company as a principal dancer in 2009.
Sylve has danced lead roles in a variety
of ballets, including Balanchine’s
The Four Temperaments,
Stravinsky Violin Concerto, and
“Diamonds”; Caniparoli’s Ibsen’s
House; Forsythe’s in the
middle, somewhat elevated; van
Manen’s Two Pieces for Het (For
Rachel); McGregor’s Eden/Eden,
Ratmansky’s Russian Seasons;
Robbins’ In the Night;
Tomasson’s Giselle, The
Fifth Season, and Prism;
and Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas.
Prior to joining the Company, she danced
a variety of works by George Balanchine,
Jorma Elo, William Forsythe, Hans van
Manen, Wayne McGregor, Alexei Ratmansky,
Jerome Robbins, Glen Tetley, and
Christopher Wheeldon. Sylve has
performed as a guest artist with
numerous international companies.
More
info:
http://www.ballerinagallery.com/sylve.htm
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RESIDENT FACULTY:
Margaret Swarthout, Artistic Director,
MDT
Lynn Cox, School Director
Vicki-Marie Bassing, Assistant School Director
Erica Allen, Ballet & Production Coordinator
Jo Ellen Arntz, Company Manager for Smuin Ballet
Erin Derstine, former dancer with Hubbard Street
Brigid Hoag. Ballet
Erica Jeffrey, Ballet
Humberto Gonzalez-Toledo, former dancer
and choreographer
with the Cuban National Ballet.
Please note: Each student may not have every faculty
member listed
PILATES:
Our wonderful new Pilates Studio is now available to all
our dancers.
Pilates Instructors: Dani Breimayer and Janie Miklaunus
Pilates and Conditioning Center
DANCE MEDICINE:
Jane Denton, D.P.M.
SUMMER CURRICULUM INCLUDES:
Ballet Technique, Pointe, Contemporary, Jazz, Character,
Repertoire Classes,
Pas de Deux, Rehearsals, Pilates and Dance Conditioning.
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