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J'ai déjà évoqué plusieurs fois ce concours dans la revue de presse. Durant la semaine qui vient, l'édition 2011 du Genée International Ballet Competition va se dérouler au Cap, en Afrique du Sud. Il s'agit de l'un des plus importants concours de danse anglo-saxon. Il est chapeauté par la Royal Academy of Dance, à Londres, et chaque édition se déroule dans un ancien pays du Commonwealth. Cette année, c'est la ville du Cap (Cape Town), en Afrique du Sud, qui a été choisie. Le Cap possède d'ailleurs une compagnie de ballet classique, qui possède à son répertoire la plupart des grands ouvrages du répertoire romantique.
Le concours doit son nom à Dame Adeline Genée (de son vrai nom Anina Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen, 1878 - 1970, danseuse anglaise d'origine danoise, qui fut présidente de la Royal Academy of Dance de 1920 à 1954).
Je copie ci-dessous le texte, en Anglais, présentant l'épreuve. Si j'ai un peu de temps, je le traduirai.
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The Genée International Ballet Competition begins!
It’s time for tutus, tiaras, tights and pointe shoes as competitors from 14 countries arrive for the highly anticipated Genée International Ballet Competition, taking place at Artscape from 6 to 9 October, 2011.
Excitement is mounting as the dancers start going through their paces today at the UCT School of Dance where they will be working intensely with Genée coaches Lynn Wallis, Christopher Hampson and choreographer Kirsten Isenberg. Over the next few days they will fine-tune their classical and neo classical variations ahead of the Semi Finals happening on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th October (10:30am to 3:30pm), and culminating in the Final on Sunday 9 October at 6:30pm at the Artscape Opera House.
Founded in 1931, the Genée International Ballet Competition is presented by the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and supported by the UCT School of Dance and Cape Town City Ballet. The Genée has travelled as far afield as Canada, Hong Kong, Greece and Singapore and attracts talented dancers between the ages of 15 and 19. This year there are 36 entrants (3o female and 6 male) participating this year from SA, the USA, Canada, Wales, Scotland, Israel, Malaysia, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Cyprus and Spain. Several South Africans have entered namely Capetonians Cleo Ames and Cindy Okkers; Caitlin Smith who is from East London; Mlindi Kulashe and Ashley Scott both of whom hail from the Mother City and who are currently studying at the English National Ballet School, and Gabrielle Fairhead who is based in Switzerland.
For this competition, candidates must be trained in the RAD method. All entrants have the chance to work with and learn from distinguished dance professionals and choreographers over the 5 intensive days of the competition. Those selected as Finalists will compete for a coveted gold, silver or bronze medal in the Final, as well as significant prize money - R50,000, R30,000 and R20,000 respectively. The male and female entrants are judged separately and during the second interval at the Final, the audience will be given the opportunity to vote for their favourite dancer, by means of a voting form which will be contained in the event programme. Votes will be counted, and the “audience favourite” announced from stage at the end of the event. This year the judges are David Nixon, OBE, the Artistic Director of Northern Ballet, Professor Elizabeth Triegaardt, the CEO of Cape Town City Ballet and Iain MacDonald, the Artistic Director of the South African Ballet Theatre in Johannesburg. Mr. Nixon will chair the panel of judges. Luke Rittner, the Chief Executive of the RAD since 1999, will hand out the Awards at the Final.
Competitors perform three solos, a 19th Century classical repertoire variation and a 20th Century variation by Kenneth MacMillan or Frederick Ashton. The coach for the 20th Century variations is Lynn Wallis, the Artistic Director of the RAD and for the 19th Century variations is UK choreographer and teacher Christopher Hampson. Kirsten Isenberg from Cape Town and formerly a dancer with Cape Town City Ballet and Bovim Ballet, has been commissioned to create the two neo classical variations for the male and female entrants. These will be notated by former CAPAB Ballet Principal dancer, Eduard Greyling, using the Benesh Movement Notation method to ensure the solos are saved for artistic and educational purposes.
The Genée experience is enhanced with the inclusion of two wraparound events - the Genée Dance Challenge, a national dance challenge for young dancers, and Sizodanisa-Let’s Dance!, a community dance project managed by Cape Town City Ballet. Sizodanisa will give established community dance projects the chance to broaden their students’ experience through workshops and classes, culminating in a free performance at Arstcape on 5 October at 3:00pm. The Genée Dance Challenge is on Saturday 8 October at 5:00pm and at this event, Cape Town City Ballet dancers will present excerpts from their upcoming seasons of Solitaire and Graduation Ball.
Tickets For the Semi Finals and Genée Dance Challenge cost R120 per person and from R200 to R350 for the Final, all via Computicket or Artscape Dial-A-Seat on 0214217695 with group booking discounts available. Cape Town City Ballet will perform a new piece at the Final called Celebration. |
Par ailleurs, si une lectrice ou un lecteur anglophone de dansomanie se trouve actuellement en Afrique du Sud, j'ai la possibilité de la/le faire accréditer auprès de l'organisation pour suivre le concours. Dans ce cas, merci de me contacter par e-mail (dansomanie@netcourrier.com)
If an english speaking reader of Dansomanie is living in South Africa, I have an opportunity to get them accredited so to follow the competition. If interested, please mail me (dansomanie@netcourrier.com) |
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The Genée International Ballet Competition enters its 3rd day
It’s Day 3 of the prestigious Genée International Ballet Competition and Genée coaches Christopher Hampson and Lynn Wallis are hard at work putting candidates through their paces as they rehearse their 19th and 20th Century variations ahead of the Semi Finals at Artscape on Thursday and Friday this week.
The 19th Century variations, coached by Hampson include those from well known ballets such as Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere and Raymonda and the 20th Century solos that Lynn Wallis is coaching are from ballets such as Swan Lake, Cinderellales Patineurs and Elite Syncopations. Commenting about the rehearsals Christopher Hampson said, “All the candidates turned a corner yesterday; they are all more relaxed and the dancing is lovely". Lynn Wallis, the Artistic Director of the RAD added, "The dancers have settled in, are focusing well and working hard in their one-to-one coaching sessions".
Award-winning International Choreographer Christopher Hampson was born in Manchester and trained at the Royal Ballet Schools. His choreographic work began at the Royal Ballet School and continued at English National Ballet where he danced until 1999. Christopher has created numerous works for English National Ballet including Nutcracker and Double Concerto, which won the Barclays Theatre Award and the Critics' Circle Award for Best Classical Choreography.Christopher’s production of Romeo and Juliet, created for Royal New Zealand Ballet, was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award (Best New Production 2005) and his production of Giselle for the National Theatre in Prague has been performed every year since it’s premiere in 2004. Christopher created Sinfonietta Giocosa, for the Atlanta Ballet in the U.S.A. and, after a New York tour it received its UK premiere with ENB in 2007. He created a new Cinderella for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, which was hailed, Best New Production by the New Zealand Herald and televised in 2009. His work has toured Australia, China, U.S.A. and Europe. His most recent commissions are: Dear Norman (Royal Ballet, 2009), Sextet (Ballet Black/ROH2, 2010), Flow (English National Ballet School, 2010) and Silhouette (Royal New Zealand Ballet, 2010). Christopher is a co-founder of the International Ballet Masterclasses in Prague and has been a guest teacher/coach for English National Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, National Ballet of Canada, Atlanta Ballet, Bonachela Dance Company, Mathew Bourne’s New Adventures and the Genée International Ballet Competition. Christopher’s work now forms part of the Solo Seal Award for the Royal Academy of Dance.
Lynn Wallis (FISTD) joined the Academy in 1994 as Artistic Director. Following training at the Royal Ballet School and a dancing career with the Royal Ballet Touring company, Lynn became Ballet Mistress at the Royal Ballet school (1969-1982) and later, Deputy Principal. In 1984, she joined the National Ballet of Canada as Artistic Coordinator becoming Associate Artistic Director with Valerie Wilder in1986, and Co-Artistic Director from 1987-1989. In 1990, she was appointed Deputy Artistic Director of English National Ballet. Lynn led the Creative Panel for Pre-Primary in Dance and Primary in Dance and chaired the Artistic Panel who wrote The Foundations of Classical Ballet Technique and The Progressions of Classical Ballet Technique. Previously short-listed for European Women of Achievement, in 2004 she was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance award in the category of Reconstruction/Revival/ Restaging for her work on Monotones I and II, Sir Frederick Ashton, San Francisco Ballet.
36 Dancers (30 female and 6 male) between the ages of 15 and 19 are competing this year from South Africa, the USA, Canada, Wales, Scotland, Israel, Malaysia, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Cyprus and Spain. Several South Africans have entered namely Capetonians Cleo Ames and Cindy Okkers; Caitlin Smith who is from East London; Mlindi Kulashe and Ashley Scott both of whom hail from the Mother City and who are currently studying at the English National Ballet School, and Gabrielle Fairhead who is based in Switzerland. For this competition, candidates must be trained in the RAD method. Those selected as Finalists will compete for a coveted gold, silver or bronze medal in the Final, as well as significant prize money - R50,000, R30,000 and R20,000 respectively. The male and female entrants are judged separately and during the second interval at the Final, the audience will be given the opportunity to vote for their favourite dancer, by means of a voting form which will be contained in the event programme. Votes will be counted, and the “audience favourite” announced from stage at the end of the event. This year the judges are David Nixon, OBE, the Artistic Director of Northern Ballet, Professor Elizabeth Triegaardt, the CEO of Cape Town City Ballet and Iain MacDonald, the Artistic Director of the South African Ballet Theatre in Johannesburg. Mr. Nixon will chair the panel of judges. Luke Rittner, the Chief Executive of the RAD since 1999, will hand out the Awards.
Competitors perform three solos, the aforementioned 19th Century classical repertoire variation and 20th Century variation by Kenneth MacMillan or Frederick Ashton, and a neo classical variation specially commissioned for the 2011 competition and choreographed by Capetonian Kirsten Isenberg. |
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Les finalistes qui vont concourir demain pour la dernière journée de la compétition :
Les noms des finalistes :
Jessica Brown, 15 ans (Australie)
Si Jia Miao, 19 ans (Chine)
Sarah Mortimer, 19 ans (Royaume Uni)
Mana Ogawa, 17 ans (Japon)
Lauren O'Kell, 17 ans (Canada)
Ashley Scott, age 18 (Afrique du Sud)
William Fitzgerald, 16 ans (Australie)
Simon Jones, 17 ans (Australia)
Macbeth Kanera, 19 ans (Australie)
Mlindi Kulashe, 19 ans (Afrique du Sud)
Shlomi Miara, 18 ans (Israël)
Jin Hao Zhang, 16 ans (Chine) |
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De gauche à droite :
1er rang : Jin Hao Zhang (argent, Chine, 16 ans), Mana Ogawa (argent, Japon, 17 ans), Si Jia Miao (argent, Chine 19 ans), Ashley Scott (bronze, Afrique du Sud, 17 ans), Mlindi Kulashe (bronze, Afrique du Sud, 19 ans)
2ème rang : le jury : Iain MacDonald, Elizabeth Triegaardt, David Nixon
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Palmarès 2011
Filles :
Médaille d'or : non attribuée
Médaille d'argent : Mana Ogawa (Japon, 17 ans) et Si Jia Miao (Chine / Hong Kong, 19 ans)
Médaille de bronze : Ashley Scott, (Afrique du Sud, 17 ans)
Garçons
Médaille d'or : non attribuée
Médaille d'argent : Jin Hao Zhang (Chine, 16 ans)
Médaille de bronze : Mlindi Kulashe, (Afrique du Sud, 19 ans)
Prix du public : Jessica Brown (Australie, 15 ans) |
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