Sunday, November 6, 2011

Class with Mr. Fleming

Today I had the honour of taking class with Christopher Fleming, internationally renowned choreographer and ex dancer with the legendary New York City Ballet.  He is currently the distinguished Artistic Director of Ballet Fleming.

After class was a rehearsal for Gaspar – A Pirate Fantasy, in which they were rehearsing the Water Lilly section.  A new piece to be choreographed on Nanako Yamamoto, a young, very talented professional dancer.  Originally from Japan, Nanako trained in England but now works for New Tampa Dance Theatre, where Christopher Fleming noticed her talent.

Christopher Fleming currently has a blog, Adventures of a Traveling Ballet Master, talking about his work and and his travels, spanning from Japan to America and more.

I very much enjoyed the class with Christopher Fleming, he has opened my eyes to a new technique which I had not seen before and his observations were always constructive.  This new technique has given me confidence to experiment with dance and alter certain aspect to see the outcome.  I am looking forward to my next class with him.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for this Jacob - really liked the link to the professional blog because it showed clearly the use of these technologies to current practitioners (that is the the people who are dance/performance/arts professionals). I hope others in our network visit and comment.

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