Geneva is one of the few cities where so many pedagogical activities are gathered in the field of artistic traditions of the world. The Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie is not a music and dance school...
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Punctual workshops
Mbar Ndiaye
This teaching of African rhythms is based on orality, according to the traditional method.
Reinaldo « Flecha » Delgado
The dances of Cuban Rumba are rich in variety: Columbia is considered to be a very ancient type of rumba, which developed from the rhythms of Abakua rituals, Xambu is a rumba with a slow tempo, Guaguanco is a dance of courtship and a game of seduction.
Reinaldo « Flecha » Delgado
This course relates to the various rhythms and songs of the culture Cuban Negro primarily those dedicated to the worship of the “Orishas”
Luanda Mori
These classes are for those who wish to experiment with a particular approach to dance inspired by Afro-Brazilian culture, in all its symbolic richness and dynamism.
From 4 years
Dominique Rey
This introductory dance class aims to explore the different possibilities of a body in movement by linking it to natural elements such as water, fire, earth – the elements form the common thread.
Ozan Cagdas
The traditions of the ashik, the Anatolian bards whose names mean 'in love', go back to the Middle Ages. Today, this tradition is maintained by professional musicians, poets and performers who accompany their songs with various long-necked lutes: saz, divan, cura, selpe.
Next 2022 workshops : January 29 & 30, March 19, May 14 & 15
Fouad Didi
These monthly courses are for musicians from all backgrounds mastering one of the following instruments: Violin, cello, oud, guitar, mandolin, qanun, flute, clarinet, ney, derbouka, daf, bendir, etc.
Habib Yammine
This monthly workshop focuses on arabic vocals and will be accompanied on percussion by Habib Yammine.
Possibility of lessons by video conference, individual or group lessons. Infos : pedroratto@hotmail.com
Pedro Ratto
Differents courses with the aim to learn on guitar tango and the different rhythms of Argentine music.
Possibility of tango lessons by video conference - Infos : crufenacht@hotmail.com
Claire Rufenacht
These classes invite participants to discover tango through its various elements, weaving together tango’s music, history and physical aspects. They are aimed at beginners as much as experienced dancers.
STAGE - Upcoming dates: January 16, February 20 and March 20, 2022
Heidi Rasmussen
Kalarippayatt is, according to legend, the ancestor of martial arts. It is anchored in Kathakali training and is practiced in theatre schools throughout Southern India.
Sujatha Venkatesh
Bharat Natyam is the most ancient style of traditional dance in India. It is a difficult and complex dance, in which each movement of the body (abhinaya) and each hand gesture (mudra) holds symbolic meaning. What appears to be so fluid, graceful and easy demands lengthy training and daily practice.
Saturday Dec 4th, 2022
Zurna, Davul and Dances
CANCELLED The musicians and dancers in charge of this workshop are recognized among the greatest masters both in Bulgaria and internationally. The teaching during this day will be conducted by Samir Kurtov, the davul master Martin Dimitrov and the dancer Dimitar Bogdavov, professor of Bulgarian dances at ADEM.
Sinah Ni Nyoman Tordjman
By teaching the basic techniques and movements of these graceful dances, Sinah Tordjman opens up an incredibly rich cultural and artistic universe for discovery. She is a renowned artist who is passionate about the transmission of this unique patrimony.
NEW - Group lesson every Monday 11h à 13h, Adem Montbrillant
Nabila Schwab
The repertoire is based on the polyphonies of the Balkans - Bulgaria, Bosnia, Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania - but the group also draws on other traditions - Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Brazil.
Sujatha Venkatesh
Bharat Natyam is the most ancient style of traditional dance in India. It is a difficult and complex dance, in which each movement of the body (abhinaya) and each hand gesture (mudra) holds symbolic meaning. What appears to be so fluid, graceful and easy demands lengthy training and daily practice.
Maya Quiminal
This 2 classes focuses on two dances: One is dedicated to Bollywood dances and one to all the dances from East Orient.
Dimitar Bogdanov
The specific rhythms including asymmetrical measures (5/8, 7/8. 9/8, etc.) and the variety of melodies and dances appeal to the diverse audience.
Mestre Braga
Capoeira is a game of movements that retell this part of Brazilian history through physical expression and song, which is accompanied by the famous musical arc known as the berimbau.
Lakshmy Natarajan
Carnatic music is considered one of the most ancient music systems in the world. It is a learned music that is full of emotion and involves a lot of improvisation.
14 & 15 November, 2020
Françoise Atlan
Approach the sung repertoire of the poetic and musical world of the Sephardic tradition, compared to the Arabo-Andalusian repertoire, both emblematic of the "Al Andalous" period.
Xu Qin
The guzheng is a traditional Chinese plucked-string instrument from the zither family - the oldest traces of which date back to the third century B.C. Gǔ means ancient and zhēng means zither.
Lessons upon zoom on Wednesdays and Sunday - Informations below
Regula Büchler
Created to any style of music and from different traditions, Circle Dance invites us to celebrate life in all its richness. To dance, you don’t need any prior knowledge or a partner. There is no age limit.
Aïcha Redouane
Aïcha Redouane’s songs express the spiritual development of a path of love and light.
Tristan Morelli
The oral tradition of Corsican vocal polyphony is wide open to expression through its various forms. The rawness and vitality of these songs take you on a journey to the depths of an often underappreciated Corsica, which is as mountainous as it is welcoming, as astonishing as it is generous.
New program
With Mariya Khan-Khoskaya Martignoli
These dances belong to several distinct categories: work dances, ritual dances, military dances and women's traditional dances. Attention is drawn to the upper part of the body: the head, the movements of the arms and hands, as well as the dancer's facial expression.
27 September, 2020
Carlos Machava
Come explore the traditional dances of Mozambique, a country with a rich culture of dance. In Mozambican dance, the rhythm comes first, and the movement of the body is then expressed. The dance is dynamic, rhythmic and joyful.
Namrata Dentan
Dhrupad is the oldest surviving classical musical tradition in North India. The accuracy of the voice of sound frequencies and micro-tones are the essence of Dhrupad.
NEW - from 7 years old
Katia Romano & Johannes Robatel
These weekly courses will give children the opportunity to discover traditional dances from Europe and southern Italy in their festive aspect.
Jean-Marie Senn
These classes are aimed at all levels of experience and involve the oral transmission of traditional rhythms, listening, strike techniques, solos, and leading a group.
Levon Chatikyan
This wind instrument of Armenian origin consists of a cylindrical body and a double reed. There are 8 finger holes on the duduk’s front and two thumbholes on its back. A piece of reed acts as sound and air regulator. The duduk is a simple instrument but one that produces a unique sound.
Yousra Dhabhi
Aimed at any level, these classes help develop listening and technique by focusing on the main styles of Eastern instrumental music.
Ana La China
Flamenco is a very structured art form that involves footwork, arm movements and synchronisation.
Children and Adolescents - From 6 years
Maud Brulhart
Maud has been teaching flamenco dance to children from the age of 8 through to 12 for several years now and caters to different levels of ability.
Children & Adolescents - From 5 years
Michelle Gagnaux
Classes offer insight into flamenco through rhythm and movement. They are based on warm-ups, feet techniques and arm movements, as well as rhythmic exercises using palmas and other percussion mediums. Linked steps are also taught at a level adapted to the children.
Manuel Castan / Daniel Renzi
2 teachers for different approaches to developing flamenco practice.
Pantelis Vervatidis
Pantelis taught for several years at the l’Association Hellénique de Genève C.H.E.F., at the Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie and the Communauté Hellénique de Genève. He continues to give classes at C.H.E.F in Geneva.
Lessons by zoom or whereby on request - Infos below
Anna Koti
These classes are aimed at those who wish to develop their vocal ability and discover the performance of Greek song and its diverse styles: traditional, rebetiko, popluar and contemporary.
Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 of March, 2022
Anna Koti and Anastasios Bagourakis
This workshop is for all those who want to discover and develop their vocal capacity and their interpretation of Greek singing in its different styles: traditional, rebetiko as well as popular and contemporary.
Pat la Gadji
This is an intense dance with a pronounced feminine character, which calls on participants to dare to stomp their feet, to frown, to shake the shoulders, twirl their skirts, sway their hips and express what pleases us.
Paul Grant
Paul Grant is a musician and teacher who has spent more than 35 years dedicated to the study of Eastern music. He is known for his mastery of the santoor in a variety of classical repertoires, including Indian, Persian, Afghan and Kashmiri. In addition to being proficient on the tabla and sitar, he has restored and made several instruments in his existential quest for perfect sound!
Bijayshree Samal
Indian Classical Music is so rich that every human emotion, every restrained feeling in man and nature can be musically expressed and experienced. Bijayashreee will teach devotionnals chants, as bajans, kirtans, etc. will teach.
Paco Chambi
Paco Chambi teaches guitar classes based on the Latin American music tradition (classical and popular), but also teaches other repertoires according to the interests and requests of the students.
Through song and percussion – from 7 years of age
Hossein Rad
This group lesson opens the door to Persian music for children through traditional and enjoyable learning methods. Children learn to sing the most ancient songs of the Persian repertoire while accompanying themselves with percussion.
Regular Workshops
Clotilde Rullaud
These regular workshops are a chance to try out the Martina A. Catella method and its Sing the World application, in order to ‘discover the voice, the world, its cultures and languages through song’. This original approach brings together technique, games and repertoires borrowed from traditional societies the world over for their learning values and beauty.
Khalil Bensid
Gnawa music originated in the Maghreb from the cultural practices that Black African slaves brought with them. It is called Gnawa in Morocco, Diwan in Algeria, and Stambali in Tunisia and Libya.
Shahab Eghbali
While the Daf is a large, framed drum, used to accompany Iran’s Kurdish music, it is also widely played across the Middle East and in Central Asia.
Vocal techniques, instrumental accompaniment and classical repertoires from Iran
Hossein Rad
Designed for all levels, this course will introduce you to the vast repertoire of classical Iranian singing, ranging from lyrical songs (17th to 20th centuries) to non-rhythmic songs and modal improvisations (avaz).
From 8 to 12 years (boys & girls)
Sepideh Nayemi
These workshops, spread out between September and May, invite children to discover the colourful and joyous world of Iranian dance and to progressively develop from there.
Sogol Mirzaei
This class offers training in traditional Persian music through introductory or advanced practice of two of its principal instruments: the târ and setâr lutes.
WORKSHOP - Dates coming soon
Emmanuelle Martin
Carnatic music is an ancestral, traditional and sacred music, originating from South India. Drawing its sources from the Vedic recitations dating from about 4000 years ago, it connects us to the origin of the world, to what is considered essential.
STAGE - Upcoming dates: January 16, February 20 and March 20, 2022
HEIDI RASMUSSEN
During these days, we will approach breathing, stretching and warming up exercises in the form of various types of movements and leg projections (kalugal). Then we will discover the animal postures and their conjugations (ashtavadivu).
The workshop is open to all and does not require any particular level. A long journey always starts with a first step! Each person takes a different path, and the teaching takes into account individual differences.
Priscilla Gauri
Kathak classes begin with learning and practicing foot rhythms (tatkar), as well as the vocabulary of synchronised body movements, then diverse choreographies, rhythmic sequences, as well as invocations to the hindu gods (Bandana).
Sankoum Cissokho
The traditional kora belongs to the African harp family off Mandinka origin. Its resonance box consists of cow skin stretched over a half gourd. 21 strings made of animal innards are attached to a long stick that stretches the length of this gourd.
An introduction to Latin American rhythms through a didactic and hands-on repertoire, which is adapted for the voice and for instruments.
NEW COURSE - Children from 5 years old
Mónica Prada
This collective workshop proposes the discovery of a varied repertoire of songs in Spanish: from children's rhymes and popular nursery rhymes, to traditional songs from various Latin American countries.
Redouane Haribe
Without doubt, the oud is the string instrument par excellence of traditional Arab music, both sacred and popular. It is also present in the diverse musical genres of Turkey, Greece, Caucasia and Central Asia.
V. Pasupathy et S. Sivarajiyer
The mridangam is a classical double drum from South India. Used to accompany songs, instruments and dance, it is made form a single piece of hollow wood, though it may have originally been made of clay.
Ammar TOUMI
This workshop will allow to discover the different percussion instruments used in the classical and popular repertoires of North Africa, mainly Tamazigh and Gnawa.
NEW - Traditional repertoire, modal improvisation - Sitar learning
Nicolas Delaigue
These courses propose a discovery and learning of the repertoire and musical forms of Hindustani music, which will interest all musicians and composers whatever their aesthetic and instrument.
Private or video lessons on request
VIVIAN' ADAYA
Viviana sees Oriental dance as a unifying force in its traditional form, because it touches upon one’s deepest being. The dance remains both sacred and feminine for her. She recognises the therapeutic powers of dance and it is with this in mind that she transmits her knowledge.
From 7 years
Vivian'Adaya
Approach the oriental dance in a playful and friendly atmosphere, focusing on the placement of the body, balance, anchoring, listening to rhythm, self-awareness and space.
Sepideh Nayemi
The aims of this course include discovering and developing natural grace, learning to express yourself freely in movement and enjoying dancing to the subtle rhythms and melodies of traditional Persian music.
Gladys Ybargüen
Peruvian dance is the result of several vibrant cultural encounters; Incan, Spanish and African traditions have all combined and this melange has ripened over the centuries.
Claudia Heinle and Caroline Chevat
Drawing on the rituals of contemporary and ancestral Egypt, Claudia and Caroline experience with you the power of vibration and its effects on the body and the soul. A moment of liberation and purification which accompanies us still long after.
NEW CLASS & Group class around the Afghan repertoire coming soon
Mathieu Clavel
Afghanistan is a land of mystery, set at the crossroads of Indian, Persian and Turkic cultures, the cradle of the greatest mystical poets of the East. Of Pashtun origin, the rubab (or rabab, robab) with its unique sounds is an instrument of choice in this area to accompany Sufi poems and popular songs.
Ndongo Beye
Sabar is a dance from Senegal. It is accompanied by percussion and the mbeug mbeug, thiol and nder are its base instruments.
This dance is a true conversation between the dancer and musicians, and once the basics are learnt, the dancer can enjoy boundless interplay with the musicians.
Milena Cardona
The aim of this class is to learn to free up your body to the sounds of tropical music.
Regular workshops
Junko Ueda
To continue the study of Shomyo, Junko propose 3-4 times a year a worksho, for the medium students and an introduction for begginners.
Rana Gorgani
This course, based on the Sufi tradition of whirling dance, is accessible to all. The class starts with a listening meditation that offers better understanding of Samâ, which means spiritual listening.
Katia Romano
This monthly workshop will teach you the many differents percussions and dances from South Italy.
Sunday December 12 2021
Valentina Volonté
These workshops on one day will allow you to discover the ballads, songs of migration, war, love, resistance, celebration and fatigue that belong to the Italian oral tradition.
NEW GROUP COURSE
Jenny Demaret
This group lesson is intended for experienced instrumentalists. The teaching will focus on oral transmission. Traditional Swedish music is mainly fiddle and nyckelharpa music, but other instruments are welcome: cello, viola, clarinet, flute, accordion...
Sandra Miura
These drums are made of cow skin and heavy, hard carved wood. They’re played with thick sticks and the impact is impressive.
Salvatore Meccio et Massimo Laguardia
Like almost all percussion instruments, the tammorra and tamburello are social instruments. Whether in private or group lessons, the aim is to teach students to play these drums in a group situation, in keeping with the way that they are played in Southern Italy.
Pannonia
Hungary has a rich inventory of traditional music that is respected well beyond its own borders. The dances are varied and are taught to a large public of all ages during workshops or live music dance evenings (tanchaz), which is another Hungarian tradition
Héloïse Heïdi Fracheboud
Yodelling is present in many regions around the world and is expressed through a diversity of tones and rhythms. The roots of this technique are interwoven with nature (mountains and forest), as well as with the core of the human being.
Léonard Gremaud
Irish music boasts an enormous repertoire, so the accent will be placed on learning and interpreting the jigs, reels, hornpipes and polkas that are most often played and enjoyed today in jam sessions.
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Sandrine Jeannet
In these workshops, you will discover a repertoire of traditional Mandingo dances and rhythms, accompanied by fola djembes (musicians trained for dance): Djansa, La Danse de chasse, Sunu, Kakilembé, Mendiani, Wolosodon, Dunumba, Koredjuga etc…
Video lessons on request
This workshop aims to introduce and familiarise participants with the vocal practice of dhrupad and its methods, which are based on practices derived from yoga and find their source in the Vedic tradition of reciting mantras.