This February half term BRBS has multiple online workshops for BRBS and non-BRBS students to try!
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Ballet with Andrey Klemm
Andrey Klemm is teaching this online masterclass on the 16th February at 1:30pm till 2:45pm. The workshop costs £15 to attend. Andrey is a Master at Opéra de Paris and a well respected figure of the international ballet community. To sign up now click here!
Andrey graduated from Bolshoi Ballet Academy, going on to dance at major companies at a senior level such as Berlin State Ballet. Andrey then worked as a teacher and ballet master for Berlin State Ballet from 2001 to 2007. In 2007 Mr. Andrey Klemm was appointed ballet professor at the Opéra de Paris. Mr. Andrey Klemm is also guest teacher, among others, at the Bolshoi Theater, Stuttgart Ballet, the Saxon State Opera in Dresden, Dusseldorf Opera House, the Dutch National Opera, the New National Theatre in Tokyo, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, and the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
Here is Andrey teaching an Opéra de Paris class.
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Pilates with Leire Ortueta
Come join Leire on 17th February at 11am for an hour to do some Pilates that will support your dance technique! The workshop costs £8 to attend. To sign up please click here!
Leire trained in Classical Ballet with Ion Beitia for 7 years and continued her dance education at The Royal Ballet upper school before joining the The Royal Ballet Company in 1990 where she danced for 12 years, as a soloist. In 2002 Leire joined George Piper Dance (The Ballet Boyz). Leire is a certified dance teacher (R.A.D. Professional Dancers Teaching Course) as well as a certified Pilates and Gyro tonic instructor.
Ballet with Guzel Atymatyeva
Join Guzel on 18th February at 11am till 12:15pm for a mixed level ballet class (11+)! The workshop costs £8 to attend. To sign up please click here.
Guzel is a Former Soloist/Principal Dancer with Moscow Festival Ballet, Kazan State Academic Ballet, Swansea Ballet Russe and Cork City Ballet. Guzel guest teaches for Youth Ballet Company and Holiday Courses. Guzel is Artistic Director for Russian Classical Ballet in Swansea.
Ballet with Yury Demakov
Come join BRBS’s Artistic Director, Yury Demakov on the 19th February at 11am for a 1 hour and 15 minute ballet class. This class is open to advanced students. It costs £8 to attend the workshop. To sign up now please click here.
Yury started vocational ballet training at the age of 10 when he was accepted to world famous Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia.
Upon graduation from Bolshoi Ballet Academy Yury was invited to dance as principal dancer for St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre. With the company he performed at Mariinsky Theatre, Bolshoi Theatre and many others, touring internationally for 15 years.
Since moving to the UK Yury was Artistic Director of Swansea Ballet Russe as well as performing Principal roles. Yury is also Guest Choreographer and Ballet Master for Cork City Ballet where he has created many classical ballet repertoires including Swan Lake, Giselle, Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty for the company. He is also Guest Teacher for Matthew Bourne’s New Adventure Dance Company, Russian Icons Gala, English National Ballet School and many other schools & companies in Japan, Ireland & UK.
Here is a video of Yury when he was a professional dancer.