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.
NEXT WORKSHOP FEBRUARY 22 & MARCH 22
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.
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.
Children and Adolescents - From 7 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.
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.
Ana La China
Flamenco is a very structured art form that involves footwork, arm movements and synchronisation.
Manuel Castan / Daniel Renzi
2 teachers for different approaches to developing flamenco practice.
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.
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.
Dates 2024 : 11/09, 8/10, 30/10, 12/11, 27/11, 3/12, 11/12
Massimo Laguardia
Nicuzza, en langue sicilienne, signifie Piccolina, terme qui donne le sens de cet atelier, qui a pour but rapprocher les élèves à l’interprétation et à la mise en musique de chants traditionnels et modernes.
2 WORKSHOPS: les Aoédé et les Chaga
Sylvie Zahnd
NEW GROUP ON THURSDAY MORNING, IN THE CREATION PHASE: The Chaga, a workshop based on the same system as the Aoédé.
Les Aoédé is a small group of women brought together by the desire to explore and blend their voices in a friendly and benevolent atmosphere.
The repertoire is based on the polyphonies of Georgia but also of the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and Northern Europe.
WORKSHOP
Frank Kane
The Republic of Georgia has a rich and varied tradition of polyphonic singing that is at least 1000 years old. The folk songs are an oral tradition and include genres such as work songs, wedding songs and healing songs.
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.
Valentina Volonté
The workshop includes vocal and physical warm-up times, an ethnomusicological discovery of the songs through listening to the collections and learning a repertoire.
Sylvian Sahl i& Irmela Schmid
Dance workshop open to anyone who wants to discover Swedish dances. It is recommended to know how to turn the waltz and to have some habits of dancing in couple.
Jenny Demaret
These group lessons are for instrumentalists who have a good knowledge of their instrument. The work will be done mainly by ear, but scores will be made available if needed.
Salvatore Meccio et Massimo Laguardia
L'objectif de ce cours est la pratique d’ensemble, afin de faire danser aux sons des tambours. Les cours sont donné en alternance par Massimo Laguardia et Salvatore Meccio.
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
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.
January 14 & 15, March 11 & 12, June 10 & 11, 2023
Héloïse Fracheboud
Yodeling is the cry that becomes a melody, sometimes nostalgic and contemplative, sometimes joyful and festive, it can be "raw" as well as very sophisticated, with the same purpose: to express oneself, to share a part of what moves us, to materialize the unspeakable.