UMA-Urban Move Academy is looking for motivated young people to join the training courses in Urban arts and sports that will open in September 2022 at the Maison des Compagnie in Meyrin.
Profiles :
Multidisciplinary and pre-professional training, full time : candidates aged 18 to 22 must have a solid technical skills in Street dance, parkour or ride (skateboard, inline skating, BMX or scooter), a curiosity and openness to the arts, the ability to develop new skills and the desire to become professional. Musical practice is an asset.
Immersive training, part time : candidates aged 15 to 22 must have a technical base in parkour, ride (skateboard, inline skating, BMX or scooter) or Street dance and the desire to improve.
The auditions will take place until August 31st, 2022. To participate send your resume, a Vimeo or YouTube link and if revelant an Instagram account at info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Né en 1997 en Haute-Savoie, Jerson Diasonama commence à danser en explorant les danses Hip-hop, plus particulièrement le Popping et le Hip-hop freestyle. Artiste et performeur inspiré par son environnement, il explore et apprend de son mouvement au contact de multiples rencontres et voyages notamment en Allemagne, Angleterre, Pays-Bas, Russie, République Tchèque… Liant deux univers, le hip-hop freestyle et la scène, Jerson enrichit son vocabulaire et développe ainsi une gestuelle introspective basée sur une expression corporelle instinctive, organique et explosive.
Sa sensibilité pour le mouvement au-delà des étiquettes l’a mené à collaborer avec divers chorégraphes et pédagogue autodidactes de la scène Hip-hop et contemporaine telle que Imad Nefti, Sébastien Boucher, la compagnie Kh avec Karim Khouader et dernièrement, la compagnie Black Sheep fondée par Johanna Faye et Saïdo Lehlouh. Particulièrement sensible à l’image, Jerson est également photographe. Son esthétique tourne essentiellement autour de la photo documentaire. L’identité, le groupe, la jeunesse et le métissage de culture underground sont ses principales pistes de travail.
En 2017, il crée Essenscorp, un laboratoire d’expérimentation explorant l’esthétisme du mouvement et utilisation du corps par le biais de la danse alliant performance, son, image et mouvement.
En 2017, il crée Essenscorp, un laboratoire d’expérimentation explorant l’esthétisme du mouvement et utilisation du corps par le biais de la danse alliant performance, son, image et mouvement.
Horaires du workshop:
Mercredi 14.9 10h-12h30 / 14h-16h30
Jeudi 15.9 10h-12h30 / 14h-16h30
Vendredi 16.9 10h-12h30 / 14h-16h30
Samedi 17.9 10h-12h30
Tarifs :
CHF 25 pour 1 demi-journée
CHF 45 pour 1 journée complète
CHF 120 pour 3 jours complets
CHF 145 pour le workshop complet
Inscription au workshop par email: secretariat@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Salomon Baneck Asaro naît à Bordeaux en France en 1982 d’un père camerounais et d’une mère sicilienne. Il commence à danser à l’âge de 17 ans en Bretagne et se spécialise dans le poppin, le breacking et dans d’autres danses debout comme le hip hop, la house…
Il suit une formation à l’A.I.D., Paris (Académie Internationale de la Danse) où il apprend la danse classique, le modern jazz, la danse contemporaine… Sa formation est ponctuée de stages avec notamment Poppin’Taco, David Colas, Junior Almeida et Ibrahim–Kafig
Membre des Crews Legion X et de Freemindz, il participe depuis plusieurs années à divers concours internationaux où on le retrouve très souvent en tant que jury ou professeur lors de workshops (hip hop, break, house, expérimental…). Il crée un style particulier tourné vers l’expérimental et gagne plusieurs fois le battle expérimental « Open Your mind », plus gros événement du genre, dont il est jury en 2016.
Lauréat en 2010 du Prix Lagardère pour la création de danse numérique, on le retrouve dans de nombreuses créations où il présente l’étendue de sa palette artistique : hip hop, contemporain, opéra, performances…. Il participe également à de nombreuses créations : The Krash Nights of the Heartbeat Queen & Kaiju de laCie Shonen, la Cie Pas de Quartier notamment en Guyane et à Paris (Archives Nationales), en 1ère partie d’Alvin Alley au festival des Etés de la Danse à Paris, et Le Chat Perché à l’Opéra de Paris. On a pu aussi le voir dans des comédies musicales telles que Gladiator ou les Dix Commandements. Il intègre la Cie Wang Ramirez avec le spectacle Everyness.
Salomon apparaît dans des projets très divers comme dans les spectacles de l’artiste Abd Al Malik avec lequel il fait des tournées, ou comme acteur dans le film Break sorti en 2017 où il incarne Wiki.
Danseur original et créatif, il a développé durant son parcours un style unique alliant la danse au sol et debout, qui lui vaut aujourd’hui la réputation d’artiste complet tourné vers l’expérimental. Un artiste « contemporain » ancré dans ses racines hip hop, toujours en recherche de nouveauté.
Horaires :
Mardi 20.9 10h-12h30 / 14h-16h30
Mercredi 21.9 10h-12h30 / 14h-16h30
Jeudi 22.9 10h-12h30 / 14h-16h30
Vendredi 23.9 10h-12h30 / 14h-16h30
Tarifs :
CHF 25 pour 1 demi-journée
CHF 45 pour 1 journée complète
CHF 120 pour 3 jours complets
CHF 165 pour 4 jours complets
Inscription au workshop par email: secretariat@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Deeply involved in Parkour since the age of 9, she has won 2 world championships in 2021 at Red Bull ‘Al andalus’ and the World Cup in Sofia as well as several trophies at the famous Red Bull ‘Art of Motion’ competition.
Horaires :
Mercredi 28.9 13h30 – 18h30
Jeudi 29.9 13h30 – 18h30
Vendredi 30.9 13h30 – 18h30
Tarifs :
CHF 25 pour 1 demi-journée
CHF 45 pour 1 journée complète
CHF 120 pour 3 jours complets
infos & inscriptions: secretariat@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Contemporary dance
Saturday 1 Octobre 2022 | 9:30 – 12:30
Cost: CHF 45.-
Registration by e-mail: secretariat@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Robbie Moore was born in 1991 in Los Angeles, California. He grew up dancing from age six in Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In 2010, he was named Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Robbie graduated from the Juilliard School in 2014. He studied closely with dynamic anatomist Irene Dowd to learn, model and archive her body of work. Robbie toured internationally with L.A. Dance Project, under the direction of Benjamin Millepied, from 2015-2017. In 2019, Robbie moved to Belgium to work for Eastman – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. In Antwerp, he trained under Anna Rubau to become a certified True-Pilates instructor. Robbie joined Opera Ballet Vlaanderen as a demi-soloist in 2019. While there he worked with Damien Jalet, Marina Abramović, Johan Inger, Alexander Ekman, Alan Lucien Øyen and Trisha Brown Dance Company. He currently resides in Houston working as a freelance dancer, Pilates instructor, movement coach and choreographer. Robbie works as Resident Choreographer and Guest Artist with Houston Contemporary Dance Company. He continues to work with Eastman on various projects as a performer, rehearsal director and choreographic assistant. Robbie will join Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève for the 2022-23 season under the direction of Cherkaoui.
French versatile artist/producer/dj Tim Paris has more than 20 years of experience in the electronic music scene. Tim released music on many labels worldwide, from French cult underground imprints Crack & Speed, Dialect Recordings or Kill the DJ to UK’s finest Soma and Moshi Moshi, and even bigger players like Because and Universal Music.
Tim, solo or under the It’s a fine line moniker with his friend Ivan Smagghe, has remixed many artists like The XX, Metronomy, Salif Keita, Télépopmusik and most recently Polo & Pan. He’s been djing in most emblematic clubs worldwide from Fabric to Rex Club to Space Ibiza and Opium.
Having a large experience in composing tailored music for commercials (Carhartt, Fendi, Prada), Tim scored two prime time documentaries for national French tv France televisions, including the critically acclaimed « Tu deviendras hétéro, mon fils ». One could say his styles range from electronica, house and deep house, minimal, art rock, ambient, indie, post punk, techno, contemporary, avant-garde and experimental. Whatever the boxes.
Since 2016, he has been associated with Belgian choreographer Nicolas Musin and has composed music for international shows and ballets, with over twenty performances to his credit.
Throughout 2021, Tim Paris gradually announced his comeback with his “Minority Music” mixtape series, and a few heartfelt remixes for Polo & Pan feat. Channel Tres, Limousine, Sutja Gutierrez… all the while working in the shadows on his second album.
In 2022, Tim returns with his second solo album on the independent label Ekler’o’shock: We Us.
Horaires du workshop:
Mercredi 12.10 14h-18h
Jeudi 13.10 14h-18h
Vendredi 14.10 14h-17h30
Samedi 15.10 10h-13h
Tarifs :
CHF 45 pour 1 journée
CHF 120 pour 3 jours
CHF 145 pour le workshop complet
Inscription au workshop par email: secretariat@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Link Berthomieux ou Link le Neil est un artiste pluridisciplinaire, danseur, compositeur et sculpteur.
Détenteur du diplôme d’état, il enseigne aujourd’hui à la Manufacture des Arts (Aurillac) et au Centre de formation Pietragalla-Derouault.
Il travaille en qualité d’interprète au côté de Vendetta Mathéa, Yaman Okur, Amala Dianor, Brahim Bouchelaghem, Lionel Hun et Julien Derouault et Marie Pierre Pietragalla. À coté de cela il s’éprouve à l’international dans l’univers du Battle en tant que challenger enseignant et jury.
En 2013 il co-fonde Supreme Legacy crew au coté de Mickaël Pecaud et Thibault Fouillant, association initiatrice d’une école de danse et d’une dizaine d’événements de danse urbain dans la région Auvergne. Le groupe intervient à l’international dans des compétitions et festival urbain.
La même année il co-fonde Wynkl au coté Willy Pierre Joseph. Association ayant pour but de créer un lieu d’expérience, d’échange et d’entraînement neutre en vue de mélanger les communautés et styles d’expression corporelles. Wynkl organise des Jam (les célèbres Training parties au 104), des laboratoires, battles en accueillant la danse au sens large. Wynkl est à l’origine du festival Disconnected à Paris.
À l’instar de l’esprit sensible de son association, Link lance des modules de conférences appelées Dance & Mental basé sur l’observation de l’influences des croyances, des mécanismes, et peurs relatives aux danseurs. En s’appuyant sur son expérience de danseur, des points de vues varietés et méthodes y sont proposées en vue de dénouer des structures mental biaisants. À l’heure d’aujourd’hui ce module fut réaliser en France, au Etats-Unis, Lituanie, Hongrie, Suisse, Pologne, Allemagne…
En 2016 Link commence la composition au travers la MAO (musique assistée par ordinateur). Aujourd’hui il compose pour des compagnies de danse, vidéaste et entreprises sous le nom de Linky Larson.
En 2017 la compagnie Le Neil est créée avec les premières idées de la création Vendetta.
En 2018 Link créer le One Piece Vert Galant, une péniche auberge d’artistes. Lieu dans lequel des artistes y élisent domicile ou une résidence passagère. Le bateau dispose d’un studio de danse, d’un espace peinture et ébénisteries aménagés par Link. C’est aussi un lieu d’exposition et de ventes d’œuvres des artistes du bateau. L’aboutissement est de créer un lieu artistique et écologique le plus respectueux de l’environnement.
Horaires du workshop:
Jeudi 20.10 13h30-18h30
Vendredi 21.10 13h30-18h30
Tarifs :
CHF 45 pour 1 journée
CHF 145 pour le workshop complet
Inscription au workshop par email: secretariat@urbanmoveacademy.ch
NAOKO TOZAWA
Born in 1986 in Akita, Japan.
Dancer and choreographer, she crosses several artistic fields such as Hip-Hop, breakdance, circus, contemporary dance.
In 1991, she acquired 13 years of experience as a member of the Akita rhythmic gymnastics club. In 2000, she discovered breakdance.
With AERSTIX SIDE (founded in 2007) and QWEEN OF QWEENZ (in which she participates since 2010), the breakdance team of which she is a member, she creates the show and wins several Battle Shows.
Rich of this experience, she founded KINETIC ART in 2011. In 2012, she won the international breakdance competition ” Battle of The Year / We B* Girlz “. Kinetic Art is “Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain”, obtaining the Arte TV Prize (Paris, France, 2015) and “YOUNG STAGE”, International Circus Competition, obtaining the Circolo Prize (Basel, Switzerland, 2015).
In 2016, she won the international urban dance competition “Juste Debout Experimental” and became world champion. In 2017, she moved to France and in 2020 created the company AERSTIX in Annecy.
du 9 au 18 décembre – Théâtre AmStramGram
Durée du spectacle : 1h10
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LA TROUPE UMA | Une chorégraphie théâtrale de Nicolas Musin | Chorégraphie et univers visuel : Nicolas Musin | Dramaturgie : Nicolas Musin et Mathilde Soutter | Assistanat : Cédric Gagneur, Naoko Tozawa, Lorenzo Vayssière, Chany Jeanguenin, Maxime Renaud et Imad Nefti | Musique : œuvres de Philip Glass, Kevin Volans et Jean-Sébastien Bach / Nappes électroniques de Tim Paris | Création lumière : Jean-Marc Skatchko | Jeu : Baptiste Bordier et Florian Maillet et Chany Jeanguenin (skateurs), Jessica Wyttenbach, Jade Parmentier, Serena Pedrotti, Noé Lüthi, Inès Kallal, Merit Laengner, Anh-Ly Rivet, Alexandra Prieur-Drevon, Tiago Tomaz, Kevin Bringolf, Liam Litardo, Leo Rachado, Gina Theraulaz, Ainhoa Otero, le Quatuor à cordes DAHM (Lois Decloitre – violon, Anna Bertrand – violon, Julie Voisin – alto, Pauline Boulanger – violoncelle) de la Haute école de musique de Genève – Neuchâtel, sous la supervision du Quatuor Voce, responsable de la classe Quatuor à cordes
Production : Théâtre Am Stram Gram – Genève
Coproduction : UMA – Urban Move Academy, Urbanity
En partenariat avec les classes de quatuor à cordes (responsable : Quatuor Voce) et de composition musicale de la Haute école de musique de Genève – Neuchâtel
Avec le soutien de la Ville de Genève
Une poétique du skate, au cœur de ses sensations, orchestrée par le chorégraphe Nicolas Musin et portée en live par la musique de Philip Glass.
Ollie est une création transdisciplinaire à la croisée de l’espace public et de l’espace théâtral. Sur scène, une immense rampe de skate donne corps à un spectacle libérateur et électrisant, qui mixe les langages, les gestes et les interrogations de la jeunesse d’aujourd’hui.
On y plonge comme dans un volcan : entre obscurité et incandescence, les identités, images, paroles, gestes, puissances et fragilités jaillissent.
Un songe en apesanteur interprété par neuf jeunes artistes locaux aux disciplines diverses – skate, BMX, roller, trottinette, danse ou encore Parkour – où la place de chacun.e se métaphorise dans un défi contre la gravité : comment non plus flotter sur le bitume mais décoller ?
Wednesday 11th to Thursday 12th, January 2023
Maison des Compagnies
Valentin Goniot
Schedule:
Wednesday: 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Thursday: 10:30 am – 1 pm / 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Cost:
CHF 25 for a half day
CHF 45 for a full day
CHF 65 for the entire workshop
Thursday 19th to Saturday 21st, January 2023
Indoors and outdoors
Schedule:
Thursday & Friday: 1:30 pm – 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 2 pm
Cost:
CHF 25 for a day
CHF 45 for two days
CHF 70 for the entire workshop
Maison des Compagnies – Saturday January 28th – 7.30 pm
Please register as places are limited!
Regestration by e-mail info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Extraits de la création Ollie à l’occasion de l’ouverture du Festival Antigel
Samedi 4 février – 17:30, 19:30, 21:30
USINE UHLMANN-EYRAUD —28 CHEM. DU GRAND-PUITS, 1217 MEYRIN
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Les lieux ont une âme. Voilà comment Antigel voit son environnement. Habité. Chargé d’histoires qui ne cessent de s’inventer au fil d’occupations ultrasoniques.
Le lieu que vous allez découvrir grâce à ce Made In Antigel va vous sidérer ! Un immense volume industriel, vide. Un espace en transition comme Antigel les aime. Cet espace qui a abrité des activités, toute une collectivité, est aujourd’hui une peau de béton et de verre magistralement nue. Il est prêt à être remodelé pour vivre une nouvelle vie. Abriter de nouvelles activités, de nouvelles collectivités, de nouveaux projets tournés vers l’avenir. Dans cet entre-deux, le bâtiment va vivre un moment de grâce. Sous l’action de la musique, de la lumière, du mouvement, ce bâtiment hors norme au cœur de Meyrin sera le théâtre d’une performance immersive et exceptionnelle !
Schedule:
Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th and Friday 10th of February: 2.30 pm to 6 pm
Saturday 11th of February: 10 am to 2 pm
Participation fee:
CHF 25 for 1 day
CHF 45 for 2 days
CHF 70 for 3 days
CHF 95 for the complete workshop
Aleix Martinez (1992) began his dance studies in his hometown of Barcelona, where he started to collaborate in various productions of the company of Sta. Coloma de Gramenet David Campos. In 2006, he moved to Marseille (France) to continue his artistic education combining it with training at others international institutions and schools such as The Place, in London or Rosella Hightower (Cannes). In 2008, he continued his training at the Hamburg Ballet School, under the direction of John Neumeier, where later became a member of the Company, and since 2020 was named first soloist.
He has received several national and international prizes and recognitions, including the Prix de Lausanne 2008, the Positano Leonide Massine Prize 2008, the “Friends of Honor” prize awarded by the Casa de la Danza, Logroño, the Oberdorffer Price in 2014.
He has worked closely with the choreographer John Neumeier, creating several works especially for him, such as Anna Karenina (2017), Beethoven Project I (2019), Beethoven Project II (2021) or Dona Nobis Pacem (2022), among others, while working independently with various international choreographers including Thiago Bordin, Yuka Oishi and Marco Guido.
As a choreographer, he debuted in 2012 with “Trencadis”, a piece created for the Hamburg Shauspielhaus, for which he received the “Tanz” award in the “Young Talent” category. Since then, he has worked independently with numerous festivals and social projects, producing “Le surréalisme c’est moi” (2014), for the Sant Pere de Rodes Festival, “Origens” (2015), for the Gong Festival or “Horitzons” (2018) humanitarian project in favor of the OPEN ARMS association.
In 2016, he began an artistic residence with the Trintla Cultura Festival (Germany), in which he developed and presented several projects, while collaborating annually in the social project “Salon Kleiner Michel”, an artistic platform of the city of Hamburg.
As a resident artist of the Hamburg Ballett, he works annually in the program “Junge Choreographen”.
In 2018 he founded “ManNera”, a dance company with which he develops new concepts and artistic projects, prioritizing creative exploration as a growth engine, using movement as a basis to develop philosophical and artistic concepts, bringing them closer to a plastic dimension through the interaction between different visual arts and artists. In 2019, he was commissioned to present the Hamburg Ballet internationally in London, creating “Seelen Spiel” for International Draft Works, within the inaugural program of the new space The Limbury Theater.
“Shakespeare Sonnets (2019), his first creation for the Hamburg Ballett, was premiered at the Hamburg State Opera, opening the 45th edition of the “Hamburger Ballett Tage” Festival.
In 2020, he began an artistic residency with the PoolHaus Blankenese/Hamburg Foundation, institution that hosted the premiere of Bunker (2021), a concept co-produced by the Antoni Tàpies Foundation (Barcelona), the Hamburg Kunsthalle and the PoolHaus Foundation. “POLS”, his most recent creation, was presented last July 2022 at the Franquesa Festival , a work with the collaborations of l’Esbart Catala de Dansaires, the Falcons of Barcelona and the Gegants of Santa Coloma of Gramenet.
Fred Mortagne
Thursday 16th to Friday 17th, February, 2023 – 2pm to 6 pm
Where: Maison des Compagnies, 22 rue du Carinal-Journet, 1217 Meyrin
Participation fee:
CHF 25 for 1 day
CHF 45 for 2 days
Remerciements au Leica Store de Genève
Horaire:
Lundi 27 février 11h30 à 13h30 – 14h30 à 17h30
Mardi 28 février: 11h30 à 13h30 – 14h30 à 17h30
Lieu: Maison des Compagnies, 22 rue du Cardinal-Journet, 1217 Meyrin
Sandrine Lescourant, aussi connue sous le nom de MUFASA, a fait ses armes dans l’univers des battles de danse hip hop auprès des pionniers de la culture.
Son parcours est enrichi d’un enseignement selon des principes très codifiés : danse classique, danse contemporaine, danse africaine traditionnelle; Sandrine n’en reste pas moins autodidacte dans l’âme, elle développe un style ancré dans les valeurs hip hop, une danse de résistance sur la scène underground tout en collaborant au plateau avec plusieurs chorégraphes de la scène contemporaine.
Sandrine est aujourd’hui créatrice et chorégraphe de la compagnie Kilaï. Sa démarche s’inscrit dans une recherche poussée du mouvement, explorant les liens sociaux et la représentation de ces derniers au travers du corps.
C’est en puisant dans son expérience et en portant un regard plus large sur la société actuelle qu’elle porte la danse comme rempart à la violence. Ses projets, ancrés dans le réel, sont mus par la nécessité de déplacer ou questionner le regard du spectateur sur l’être sensible qu’il est.
Son art se réinvente, il se joue des codes et s’inspire de ce que nous avons d’intime. Engagement physique d’une haute intensité, imaginaire singulier porté sur le sens et le sensible, le travail de la compagnie se veut être un mouvement vers plus de tolérance.
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th of March, 2023, 7.30 pm, Maison des Compagnies
Address: 22 rue du Cardinal-Journet, 1217 Meyrin
Please register as places are limited!
Regestration by e-mail info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
From Tuesday 7th to Thursday 9th of March, 2023
Indoors and outdoors
Schedule:
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 2 pm – 6 pm
Cost:
CHF 25 for a day
CHF 45 for two days
CHF 70 for the entire workshop
A Chase Tag world champion, Caryl is one of the most talented parkour and free running athletes. When he is not competing internationally, he frequently collaborates with Nicolas Musin in multi-discipline events.
La troupe UMA participera le vendredi 17 mars 2023 à 20h au Festival le printemps de la danse à la Salle Communale de Chênes-Bougeries.
Chorégraphie: Thô Anothaï
Musique : Alexandre Castaing
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Tous les jeudis, 19h-22h, Maison des Compagnies
Les sessions libres Hip-hop sont créées et réalisées par Geena Théraulaz et Jessica Wyttenbach, en collaboration avec UMA – Urban Move Academy.
Ce rendez-vous hebdomadaire permet aux danseur-se-s d’expérimenter, échanger et partager.
Participation gratuite et sur inscription via le Google forms disponible en description sur les Instagram de @geenajimenez, @ica_pad ou @urbanmoveacademy.
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UMA is looking for motivated young people to join its pre-professional training in urban arts and sports – dance, parkour, ride and audiovisual – for the 2023-2024 season at the Maison des Compagnie in Meyrin and at its Westpark space in Vernier.
How to register:
Fill out our online form or send your CV and video link to: info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Contemporary Hip Hop and contemporary dance
Profile:
Candidates between the ages of 18 and 25 must have a solid technical foundation in hip-hop or contemporary dance, a curiosity and openness to the arts, the ability to develop new skills and the desire to become professional.
The auditions will take place, by appointment, on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April 2023 at the Maison des Compagnies at 22 rue du Cardinal-Journet, 1217 Meyrin.
Parkour
Profile:
Candidates between the ages of 18 and 25 must have a solid technical foundation in parkour, a curiosity and openness to the arts, the ability to develop new skills and the desire to become a professional.
The auditions will take place, by appointment, on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April 2023 at the Westpark, 3 chemin Mouille-Galand in Vernier.
Skate
Profile:
Candidates between the ages of 18 and 25 must have a solid technical foundation in skateboarding, a curiosity and openness to the arts, the ability to develop new skills and the desire to become professional.
The auditions will take place, by appointment, in the canton of Geneva, at the Plainpalais Skate Park, in La Praille or in our offices in Vernier.
From Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 April 2023 on the Place Cosandey at EPFL. On the occasion of the EPFL open house, the UMA mega ramp will be installed in front of the Learning Center, it will also be possible to audition.
Samedi 29 et dimanche 30 avril 2023 – EPFL Place Cosandey
Dans le cadre des Portes ouvertes de l’EPFL, des initiations en skate, parkour et danse urbaine seront proposées aux visiteurs de tous âges par UMA. En fin d’après-midi se tiendra un spectacle interprété par la Troupe UMA en collaboration avec le festival HyperOuest.
Programme:
Samedi 29 avril 2023:
09:00 – 10:45 Pratique individuelle
11:00 – 12:30 Initiation Danse
12:45 – 14:15 Initiation Parkour
14:30 – 16:00 Initiation Skate
17:00 Performance UMA – This Must Be The Place
Dimanche 30 avril 2023
09:00 – 10:15 Pratique individuelle
10:30 – 11:45 Initiation Danse
12:00 – 13:15 Initiation Parkour
13:30 – 15:00 Initiation Skate
16:00 Performance UMA – This Must Be The Place
Avec une méga-rampe comme décor, la performance This Must Be The Place puise son imaginaire dans le bouillonnement et l’effervescence des disciplines urbaines tel le skate, le parkour et la danse. Portée par de jeunes interprètes issus de UMA, la performance propose un voyage dans les cités intérieures, pose la question des transformations urbaines d’aujourd’hui en esquissant un regard poétique et critique sur nos villes.
Concept et mise en scène : Nicolas Musin
Assistanat : Chany Jeanguenin, Imad Nefti et Maxime Renaud
Interprètes : Inès Kallal, Merit Laengner, Carolina Maldarelli, Matteo Maringola, Lou Marti, Jade Parmentier, Ainoah Otero, Alexandra Prieur-Drevon, Léo Rachado, Anh-Ly Rivet, Geena Theraulaz, Luna Traullé et Jessica Wyttenbach (Danseur.se.s) / Kevin Bringolf, Dorian Charnaud, Caryl Cordt-Moller, Manu Nasshan, Noé Lüthi et Maxime Renaud (Traceurs) / Furious Tibet, Aristide Guisolan, Chany Jeanguenin, Sacha Novello, Vincent Meynard et Tiago Tomaz (Skateurs)
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Ateliers et spectacles gratuits
Accès: Transports publics M1 – Arrêt EPFL. M2 – Arrêt Lausanne-Flon.
Voiture: Des places de parking (payantes) pour visiteurs sont disponibles sous le Rolex Learning Center, ainsi que sous l’Esplanade et le long de l’Avenue Piccard.
Monday 15 of May 2023 – Wednesday 17th of May 2023
11.30 am – 1.30 pm / 2.30 pm – 5.30 pm
Participation fee:
CHF 25 for 1 day
CHF 45 for 2 days
CHF 70 for 3 days
Akira is a dancer that after starting with Breaking, he moved into contemporary dance and performin arts.
After receiving the Main Artistic Grant of Navarre , he did his artistic studies at SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance).
He has worked with the companies “Lali Ayguadé Company”, “Yoann Bourgeois” “Hungry Sharks”,”Physical Momentum” “Roberto Oliván Performing Arts ”, “Ceren Orán”, “QuieroTeatro”, etc.
Akira has also done other projects such as Virgil Abloh ́s last fashion show of Louis Vuitton, and the new advertisements of J.O.T.T. and Polaroid.
Apart from this, he created his own solos “Home”, “Burial of the Bark”, and “Oroimen”, and co-created the duets “Gizaki” with Lali Ayguadé (a duet nominated to the awards “Premis de la Critica” and “Premis Butaca”. From this duet a short movie was created too, which was nominated to the “Rever Awards”) and “Hito” with Chey Jurado (Award of the audience in MasDanza, and 3 prizes in Paso a 2).
Akira has also choreographed “Dreaming Nowhere” for Cobosmika, and he worked as the choreographer assistant for Lali Ayguadé in the creation “Sublimation” for the Korean National Company of Contemporary Dance, and “Shelter” for Verve
Company.
Akira has been nominated as best male Spanish dancer in the Max Awards in 2023.
He currently combines touring his own work, with tours with other companies and workshops all around the World in festivals like DeltebreDansa, B12, Kalamata International Dance Festival, Flip Helsinki, Portugal Summer Intensive, etc.
Skate, Parkour and Dance initiation
From 6 years old, beginners are welcome!
Wednesday 7th of June from 2 to 7pm
Westpark, chemin de Mouille-Galand 3, Vernier
Our school will be open to public, come and meet our teachers:
Lorenzo Vayssière (Break Dance)
Chany Jeanguenin (Skate)
Maxime Renaud et Caryl Cordt-Moller (Parkour)
Free entrance, reservation recommended at info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Saturday 17th of June, 2023, 7.30 pm, Maison des Compagnies
Address: 22 rue du Cardinal-Journet, 1217 Meyrin
Program:
THE WANDERERS
Choreography: Aleix Martinez
Music : à définir
Lights : Aleix Martinez / Jean-Marc Skatchko
Length: 20-25mn
AVANT LA POUDRE
Choreography : Alexandra Prieur-Drevon
Music : Jean-Sébastien Bach / Léo Rachado (Live)
Lights : Alexandra Prieur Drevon / Jean-Marc Skatchko
Length : 20mn
ORIGINE
Choreography : Thô Anothaï
Music : Alexandre Castaing
Lights : Thô Anothaï / Jean-Marc Skatchko
Length: 30mn
Please register as places are limited!
Registration by e-mail info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Judith Sánchez Ruíz
19-23 of June 2023: 10.30 am – 1 pm / 2.30-5.30 pm
Where: Maison des Compagnies, 22 rue du Cardinal-Journet, 1217 Meyrin
Participation fee:
CHF 25 for 1/2 day
CHF 45 for 1 full day
CHF 200 for the full workshop
Thursday 29 June 2023 – Friday 30 June 2023 | 19:30
Transforme stands for multidisciplinary programming. Rap is at the top of the bill, and the festival features a line-up mixing regional artists with international headliners. Transforme strives for gender parity in its programming, to unite all rap fans and promote the place of women in a milieu that is often less accessible to them. In addition, the festival takes a pioneering stance based on the discovery of emerging talent. It is also a real springboard for young French-speaking artists, through the Transforme RapFactory project.
Transforme acts as a sounding board for innovative projects stemming from urban cultures as a whole. The team collaborates with local fashion designers, skateboarders, parkour teams, DJs, video artists, tattoo artists and photographers to offer them a space for expression and support the effervescence of street cultures in French-speaking Switzerland.
For its 2023 Edition, Transforme invites UMA for a program of street dance and Parkour performances!
Discover at a glance our exciting program of workshops, creations and multi-disciplinary performances, both inside and outside our walls.
If you are interested in taking part in or attending one of our events, please contact us!
+41 (0)22 980 99 95
info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
Our events from September to December 2023 at a glance!
06.09.2023
Open doors / West Park – Vernier
06.09 – 08.09.23
Électro Workshop / Singa
16.09.2023
Segment Festival – Lausanne / UMA Performance
20.09 – 22.09.23
Parkour Workshop / Davide Rizzi
25.09 – 26.09.23
Dance Workshop / Chris Fargeot
02.10 – 06.10.23
Dance + Visual Arts Workshop / Mr Kriss
12.10 – 15.12.23
Photography exhibition / Fred Mortagne
09.10 – 13.10.23
Contemporary theatre / Dorian Rossel & Delphine Lanza
19.10 – 20.10.23
Parkour Workshop / Matt McCreary
30.10 – 03.11.23
Dance Workshop / Jerson Diasonoma
06.11 – 08.11.23
Dance + Music Workshop / Mellina Boubetra & Victor Kastel
08.11 – 10.11.23
Parkour Workshop / Lilou Ruel
11.11.2023
UMA Performance
15.11 – 18.11.23
Dance Workshop / Akira Yoshida
25.11.2023
UMA Performance
02.12 – 17.12.23
Ollie
Théâtre Am Stram Gram, Genève
19.12 – 23.12.23
Dance Workshop / Lali Ayguadé
23.12.2023
UMA Performance
22.01 – 25.01.24
Dance Workshop/Creation
Akira Yoshida
26.01.24
UMA Performance
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
03.02.24
Festival Antigel – Plan-les-Ouates
UMA Performance
13.02 – 16.02.24
Dance Workshop / Fabian Thomé
16.02 – 17.02.24
Festival Antigel – Thônex
UMA Performance
18.02.24
Festival Antigel – Meyrin
UMA Performance
26.02 – 29.02.24
Dance Workshop/Creation
Lali Ayguadé
04.03 – 08.03.24
Dance Workshop/Creation
Chris Fargeot
12.03 – 14.03.24
Shifting Pop Workshop / Linda Hayford
22.03.24
UMA Performance
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
25.03 – 28.03.24
Dance Workshop / Vittoria Ferrari de Sapetto
22.04 – 26.04.24
Dance Workshop / Alejandro Moya
27.04.24
UMA Performance
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
Singa
Electro Workshop
06.09 – 08.09.2023
11:00 – 17:30
And jam on 07.09.2023 at 7pm
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
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One of the main figures on world Electro dance scene. Professional dancer of multiple styles as Electro, Hip-Hop, Vogue(arms control), Experimental and others.
Judge, teacher and workshop presenter at the events in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Israel, territory of Europe and Mexico states.
Right now based in Tel-Aviv. Created own dance laboratory, official judge World of Dance Israel, workshop in Suzanne Dellal center and many more achievements in development of Israeli dance scene.
http://singaeboi.com / @singaed
Open Doors UMA
06.09.2023 / 14:30 – 18:00
West Park – Vernier
3, Chemin de Mouille-Galand (Stop TPG : Vernier-Village)
Discover our Parkour, skateboarding and urban dance classes for children and teenagers and meet our teachers:
Caryl Cordt-Moller and Maxime Renaud (Parkour)
Chany Jeanguenin (Skate)
Wayne Alcid (Dancehall)
Free entrance, reservation recommended at info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
or by telephone at 022 980 99 95
Thursday 14 September 2023 – Friday 15 September 2023
For its second season, UMA is once again calling on the great photographer Fred Mortagne to lead a workshop in partnership with Leica – Geneva.
To mark the occasion, an exhibition of photos by Fred Mortagne and his 1st-year UMA students will be presented at Maison des Compagnies and West Park.
16.09.2023
Segment Festival
UMA Performance
Beaulieu – Lausanne
The Segment Festival strives to push the boundaries by offering a unique concept including a round of the World Skateboarding Tour featuring the world’s best athletes. A festival that’s more than just a spectacular sports program in the run-up to the
Olympics Paris 2024. At sunset, internationally renowned DJs and artists – Petit Biscuit, Nina Kravitz, Vladimir Cauchemar, Jazzy Bazz, Caballero and JeanJass – will take over to entertain and get the crowd dancing.
The UMA troupe has been invited to perform in a program of interdisciplinary performances.
Davide Rizzi
20.09 – 22.09.2023
13:00 – 18:00
West Park – Vernier
Davide Rizzi is an Italian Parkour and Freerunning athlete. He has been practicing these disciplines for over 10 years. His first approach to Parkour was through videos found online and then in a gym called Krap, close to his home. He decided to make it his main activity and began traveling the world to attend and participate in Parkour competitions and events. He was invited to the Red Bull Art of Motion 2021, ranked 3rd at the Parkour World Cup 2022 and 3rd again at the first ever Parkour World Championships in Tokyo in 2022.
He also coaches young people in his region, performs in freestyle basketball shows, and is Guinness World Record holder for the longest jump from a trampoline (8.10 meters)…
Mr Kriss
Dance Workshop + Visual Arts
02.10 – 06.10.2023
11:00 – 18:00
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
Kristián Mensa (stage name Mr. Kriss) is a dancer (b-boy) and illustrator from the Czech republic who globally speaks with his creative vision to the world. In October 2019 in Paris, he reached fourth place at the prestigious Red Bull Dance Your Style competition and became a respected dancer known for his flexibility, elegance and lightness. In his illustrations, he often works with everyday objects, through which he tries to show how inspiring the world around us can be.
Dorian Rossel & Delphine Lanza
09.10 – 13.10.2023
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
Dorian Rossel
Born in Zurich in 1975, the Franco-Swiss director was educated in Switzerland, England and Grenoble, where he studied Art and Philosophy. He graduated from the Serge Martin Theatre School in Geneva in 1996. He attended various training courses with Robert Lepage, Peter Brook and Claude Régy.
His professional career began at an early age as an actor on stage, in film and as a hospital clown. Between 1998 and 2005, he founded the Collectif Demain on change de nom, creating “contextual” and “hors les murs” pieces, combining theater, dance and visual arts.
With Delphine Lanza, he founded Cie STT / Super Trop Top in 2004.
Together, they experiment with new forms, developing a singular stage language that is demanding and contemporary, yet accessible to all. Telling stories and confronting today’s world by drawing on a variety of dramaturgical sources is the company’s DNA. These shows were quickly spotted, supported and programmed at the Arsenic (Lausanne), the Festival de la Bâtie, the Am Stram Gram theater (Geneva) and the Château Rouge (Annemasse). Anne Bisang associated them with the Comédie de Genève from 2007 to 2010. René Gonzalez associated them with Théâtre de Vidy Lausanne from 2009 to 2014.
Anne Brüschweiler associates them with Théâtre Forum Meyrin from 2014 to 2023. In France, the company was first associated with the Garance/Scène nationale de Cavaillon, then with Les Théâtres Aix/Marseille, and today with the Maison de la culture/Scène nationale de Bourges and the MAL de Thonon-Evian. With agreements from the Canton of Geneva and the cities of Geneva, Lausanne and Meyrin, the company combines research, creation, mediation and touring of its repertoire in Switzerland and abroad.
Dorian Rossel also teaches at a number of national schools: Eracm (Cannes-Marseille), Saint-Etienne, ESAD (Paris) and also in Switzerland at La Manufacture, Les Teintureries and Serge Martin.
Delphine Lanza
Born in Annecy in 1972, the Franco-Swiss actress and director began her career at an early age. At the age of 15, she turned professional, hosting a show on Télévision Suisse Romande. Soon, she was playing one stage and screen role after another in Paris, Switzerland and all over France.
In the cinema, she made her debut in Claude Goretta’s “L’ombre”, opposite Pierre Arditti and Jacques Perrin, then in front of the cameras of Jacob Berger, Nicole Borgeat, David Chidlow, Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, Michel Deville, Pierre Maillard and Romed Wyder. Marzall’s “Attention aux chiens” won her the Swiss Film Award for Best Actress.
On stage, she has worked with Françoise Courvoisier, Rezo Gabriaze, Simon Heine, Patrice Kerbrat, Mathias Langhoff, Giovanna Marini, Stanislas Nordey, Andrea Novicov and Robert Sandoz. She directed Blandine Robin in several children’s shows that toured throughout Switzerland and France, and also worked as a director of short fiction films.
In 2004, she founded Cie STT/ Super Trop Top with Dorian Rossel, devoting herself to its development as an actress, artistic collaborator and co-director.
Matt McCreary
18.10 – 20.10.2023
14:00 – 18:00
West Park – Vernier
Matt McCreary, 28 years old, born and raised in a small countryside town in Northern Ireland.
He spent the past eight years living in various cities throughout Europe, working with circus and performance groups and developing workshops to teach my approach to movement.
He enjoys spontaneity, sunshine and getting squiggly…
@matt_mccreary1
Jerson Diasonama
Hip Hop contemporary Workshop
30.10 – 03.11.2023
14:00 – 18:00
Maison des compagnies – Meyrin
Born in 1997, Jerson Diasonama began dancing by exploring hip-hop dance, particularly popping and freestyle hip-hop. A performer and choreographer inspired by his environment, he explores and learns from his movement through many encounters and travels. Interweaving his influences and the different mixed cultures that make him up, Jerson develops a reflection and demonstrates an introspective gesture based on a narrative, raw and instinctive bodily expression. In 2017, he created Essens:corp, a multidisciplinary experimental laboratory exploring the aesthetics and mechanics of the body in movement.
Photo home : © Drapeaunoir
Lilou Ruel
POSTPONED !
08.11 – 10.11.2023
13:00 – 18:00
West Park – Vernier
Professional Parkour and Freerunning athlete, stuntwoman in training and content creator.
I was first noticed at the age of 11 thanks to my first parkour video, which went viral.
Deeply involved in parkour since the age of 10, I’ve won 3 international competitions, including the World Cup and Red Bull AL ANDALUS, which later earned me a sponsorship from Red Bull.
My greatest sporting pride to date is being the first woman in the world to jump the famous “Man Power” gap.
All this experience in the sport has led me to do a lot of filming for brands, national channels and shows of all kinds, but also for TV as a stuntwoman and actress.
I’m also extremely active on social networks, sharing my passion and my daily life as a top-level sportswoman with over 700k followers.
Mellina Boubetra / Victor Kastel
09.11 – 11.11.2023
14:00 – 18:00
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
Mellina Boubetra
After studying medical biology, Mellina decided to pursue the observation of the body through dance and creation. It was with this heritage and the desire to analyse new areas of research that she set up ETRA in 2017, while retaining her role as a performer for other project leaders.
Victor Kastel
Self-taught, in search of sound. 1997
Electronic music producer.
Lives in a mountain cabin in the forest.
Influenced by parties… Adores alternative club culture and raves for their energy and musical eclecticism.
and raves for the energy and musical eclecticism of these
evenings.
/limitBeau/ explores and mixes genres to rediscover
that feeling of contemplation on a dancefloor on fire;
-live music
like a sunrise with friends.
UMA Troupe Performance
11.11.2023
19:00
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
The UMA troupe is offering a public performance of Mellina Boubetra and Victor Kastel’s workshop, Mufasa’s workshop (season 22-23) and the revival of ”This is not the beginning”, created in 2023 by Alexandra Prieur-Drevon and Léo Rachado (original music), two students in their 2nd year of Total Move training.
After the performance, we’ll be offering an ‘on-stage chat’ where you can interact with the artists and students, followed by an aperitif.
RSVP / Free entry
info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
+ 41 (0)22 980 99 95
Vidéo : Tristan Zumbach
Montage : Tiago Tomaz
Miel
Electro Workshop
13.11 – 15.11.2023
14:00 – 18:00
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
“MIEL
specialises in electro dance and is a worldwide ambassador for this culture. He was crowned world champion alongside Alliance Crew in 2012 and world #1 solo in 2019.
From battles to prestigious stages, Brandon has worked on several projects with Marion Motin, (La) Horde, Ryan Hellington, Ayo, Celine Dion, Stromae, Ninho, Gérard & Kelly…
In 2014, he became Talent Danse ADAMI in the Bliss project by the company Rêvolution.
In 2017, he founded the MazelFreten company with Laura Defretin.
Brandon joined the musical Résiste as a dancer and developed his acting skills in Ladislas Chollat’s film Let’s Dance.
In 2018-2019, he danced for Christine and the Queens’ world tour, choreographing his own solo on the track Doesn’t Matter.
Brandon is also called upon for advertising campaigns as a model dancer for Louboutin, L’Oreal, Saint-Laurent, Kenzo, JPG, Uniqlo, Fendi, Pull&Bear, Diesel and Hermes. This has enabled him to develop the aesthetic that accompanies his art.
Today, he is called on to put his body language to work for the next generation, for example with the Toulouse Conservatoire on the Purple Love project, or with Sarah Trouche for a creation involving 70 students at the Palais de la Porte Dorée.
At the same time, he trains the new generation of electro dancers through his La Planké training programme.”
Instagram : @malboneige
Akira Yoshida
Workshop Danse
22.01 – 25.01.2024
14:00 – 18:00
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
For the second year running, UMA is delighted to welcome Spanish dancer and choreographer Akira Yoshida. Alongside his workshop, which is open to external students, he will be creating a piece for the UMA troupe. It will be unveiled to the public in February 2024.
Akira Yoshida is a dancer who has studied Break, contemporary dance and theatre. After starting out on the street, he went on to study dance at the SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. Since then, he has worked and collaborated with companies such as QuieroTeatro, Roberto Oliván Performing Arts, Hungry Sharks, Physical Momentum, Lali Ayguadé Company, Peeping Tom, Ceren Oran, Allen’s Line and Yoann Bourgeois.
Akira has also worked on other projects such as Virgil Abloh’s latest fashion show for Louis Vuitton, and advertising films for Just Over The Top (J.O.T.T.) and Polaroid.
He has co-created the duets “Hito” with Chey Jurado, “Together To Get There” and “Gizaki” with Lali Ayguadé, and created the solos “Home” (2017), “Burial of the Bark” (2022) and “Oroimen” (2022), the pieces “Dreaming Nowhere” for Cobosmika, “What Should We Do?” for B12, Performance Project, etc.
He has also worked as assistant choreographer to Lali Ayguadé on “Shelter” (Verve Company) and “Sublimation” (Korean National Contemporary Dance Company).
He currently combines performances, workshops and creations all over the world.
https://www.akirayoshidamichel.com
UMA Troupe Performance
26.01.2024
19:30
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
The UMA troupe is offering a public performance of Lali Ayguadé’s workshop and a creation of Akira Yoshida.
After the performance, we’ll be offering an ‘on-stage chat’ where you can interact with the artists and students, followed by an aperitif.
RSVP / Free entry
info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
+ 41 (0)22 980 99 95
UMA Troupe Performance
09.02.2024
19:30
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
The UMA troupe is offering a performance of Tianée Achille, Hugo Flé and Alexandra Prieurd-Drevon creations.
After the performance, we’ll be offering an ‘on-stage chat’ where you can interact with the artists and students, followed by an aperitif.
RSVP / Free entry
info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
+ 41 (0)22 980 99 95
Fabian Thomé
Dance Workshop
13.02 – 15.02.2024
14:00 – 18:00
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
Fabian is a dancer, choreographer and teacher born in France in 1981. After graduating as a flamenco dancer from the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza in Madrid, he began his career with some of Spain’s top companies, working with Joaquín Cortés and Raphaël Amargo, among others.
Since 2013, he has decided to enrich and develop his skills, mainly in contemporary dance, by working with several choreographers such as Sharon Fridman and Carlos Fernández Fuentes.
His choreographic work was awarded 1st prize at the 2nd Certamen Choreography de Madrid in 2019 and 2nd prize at the Concours Chorégraphique de Sens in 2022. He was awarded the prize for best solo performance at the Burgos – New York International Choreography Competition in 2014. He has been invited to several festivals in Europe, Lebanon and Israel.
Since 2015, he has been working for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Eastman Production) as a dancer and teacher.
@fabian_yoy
Lali Ayguade
Dance Workshop/Creation
26.02 – 29.02.2024
14:00 – 18:00
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
My name is Lali Ayguadé,I’m dancer and choreographer. My first experience as a dancer was watching Michael Jackson, in fact he was the one who motivated me to dance.
I love going to studio. I have always done it, alone or with someone. The studio to me is a place of creativity, where everything is possible, a place of research. On the other hand, the stage is a completely different area for me because there is an audience, there are lights and you are presenting something that you have been working on. For me, when you confront yourself with the public is very important, I think we are different when there is an audience and it is a very beautiful thing, an exchange occurs between them and you.
Luck exists but I believe more in work. You have to work. We are lucky to have this job because if you are a dancer you have to like it otherwise you don’t do it, so when we say – I’m going to work_ you go to a place you like. Work makes things better and better. Obviously there are mistakes, but that’s normal and they are important.
One day I would like to do a solo, It’ s something very difficult for me and of course I would love to do it with some good collaborators.
I don’t know what my biggest mistake is, it’s better not to think about it and move on.
Politics and art sometimes mix. Not always, but in the pieces they often talk about life and what is happening in the world. Time is something that we have created, it is very relative for me but I know that it passes very quickly.
My recommendation for a young artist is to be curious and to play and if they recognizes something they like, to approach it. We need to be surrounded by people who inspire us.
@Lali_ayguade
Chris Fargeot
Dance Workshop
04.03 – 08.03.2023
14:00 – 18:00
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
C’est un lien fusionnel avec le sol et un besoin d’expression pur qui cohabitent en Chris.
Une sensibilité aigüe et une apparence féline.
Sa pratique du break comme encrage et un amour du mouvement au sens large.
Chris visite les techniques et les énergies au plateau comme dans les battles. En constante introspection elle sculpte son univers et souhaite le partager.
Gelya
Hip Hop Workshop
26.09 – 27.09.2023
11:30 – 17:30
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
I am a freestyle dancer, movement researcher, mentor and performer from Ukraine, representing Pottporus dance company, Xfam crew. My main style is hip-hop, but I try not to limit myself, so I explore movement in general and constantly improve my improvisation skills in different styles. I believe that the main growth for any artist is self- understanding, the formation of their vision, methodology and philosophy in dance, art and exchange of honesty, love, humanity. My main goal is to share that love and values of hip-hop with the next generation and create a better foundation for them, and to represent my culture, the land, being human.
I was working as a teacher of improvisation and hip hop freestyle dance in private regular school for 2 years. I also had my own dance space in Kyiv where I was teaching teenagers and adults. With my dance team we were organising dance events, battles, dance camps.2022 I created and led two online courses “Imagery in Dance” with participants from all over the world that greatly influenced my approach to pedagogy and structured my knowledge. “What I want in my life, dance, teaching is compassion, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart.”
• Winner SDK Ukraine Female
• 2nd place SDK Europe Female
• Winner | Make Dance not War |Georgia
• 2nd place King of Kings | Belgium
• Winners 2×2 Golfstream 2021 | Dnipro, Ukraine
• Winners | Contemporary Duel 2×2 | Kyiv Ukraine
• 2nd place 3×3 and 1/2 final hop hop 1×1 Explosion Battle
2021 | Kyiv, Ukraine
• Cypher Queen | Double impro 2022 | Belgium • Winner | Terretaurbana 22| Alicante, Spain
• Winners 2×2 | Blast off Battle 22 | Barcelona,
Spain
• 2nd place All Styles | Korespondance 22 | Prague,Czech Republic
• Top 8 2×2 Flavourama 22 | Salzburg, Austria
• Winner | Marseille battle 2022| Marseille, France
• 2nd place | A Dance experience | Copenhagen, Denmark • Winner | Global skillz 23 | Dusseldorf, Germany
• Top 8 | Die Antwort Spring Battle| Hamburg, Germany
• Top 8 | Hip hop kings 23 | Tilburg, Netherlands
• Winner | Who Got The Flower 23 | with @dexterbravorootz
Linda Hayford
Although Linda Hayford is best known as an ambassador of popping, her dance practice has evolved through the encounter between genres and moves. Taking a crossover of styles as her starting point, the choreographer seeks an aesthetic focused on metamorphosis.
Her inaugural solo Shapeshifting (2016) materializes the power represented by the passage from one form to another in an intimate fresco that deploys a succession of chimeras. In AlShe/Me (2019), Linda Hayford, working alongside her older brother Mike Hayford, turns her attention to the ephemeral nature of popping.
Created in 2022, Recovering invites 3 performers to reflect on the healing process following a trauma through the transmission and appropriation of different tools from Linda Hayford’s “Shifting Pop” vocabulary. For Linda Hayford, alteration has become an object of reflection on the constantly changing nature of identity, where every stage embodies a facet of humanity, culminating in the complexity of displacement.
Instagram : @linda__hayford
UMA Troupe Performance
22.03.2024
19:30
Maison des Compagnies – Meyrin
The UMA troupe is offering a public performance of Lali Ayguadé, Chris Fargeot and Tianée Achille restitutions.
After the performance, we’ll be offering an ‘on-stage chat’ where you can interact with the artists and students, followed by an aperitif.
RSVP / Free entry
info@urbanmoveacademy.ch
+ 41 (0)22 980 99 95
Alejandro Moya
Born in Madrid in 1993, he began to dance Break Dance on the street at 10 years of age.
Since then he has been invited to dance, and compete around the world.
With 15 years, he stated is contemporary career joined the Company Dani Pannullo. He studied contemporary dance and Osteopathy in Madrid.
Continuing is dance career with companies like Sharon Fridman, Korsia or Antonio Ruz. During all his career, has been doing different works as a dancer for important brands like
Nike, Adidas, Renault, H&M, etc.
Since 2020 he is working with Peeping Tom in Triptych and Diptych. Both pieces are having several European prices during this years.
As a choreographer is developing is career with his piece Lucero.
Taking the inspiration from the traditional folklore, literature, Spanish history, street language, etc.
In 2022 he created “Senza Scola” for Equilibrio Dinámico Ensemble with 25 dancers in Bari, Italy.
In 2023 He created “Las Descalzas”, for Descalzinha Company with 20 dancers on stage in Madrid.
As a teacher is researching in different field. Using osteopathic view of the body in orden to developed different ways to approach the physical structure.
Instagram : @questmadrid
