The National Theatre Ballet continue with their promising project Talking to… , introducing every time a different personality from the dance milieu. This time, on 20 March 2012 at 4 pm the New Stage of the National Theatre welcomes Javier Torres, a Mexican choreographer, long-time Finnish National Ballet dancer, pedagogue and creator of the new premiere of the ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
The audience will be afforded a unique opportunity to hear Javier Torres discussing his life and creation with Petr Zuska, Artistic Director of the National Theatre Ballet. Within the evening, an excerpt from the forthcoming premiere of The Sleeping Beauty will be presented.
Javier Torres was born in 1963 in Mexico City, where he studied at the National School of Ballet, graduating four years later with a diploma in classical dance pedagogy. A grant received from the German Ballet International Foundation in 1988 made it possible for him to travel across Europe and attend numerous master classes and participate in performances of modern and classical dance. He also appeared as a guest at Poland's Theatre of the New Dance.
In 1989 he moved to Finland to work with Jorma Uotinen at the Helsinki Dance Company. Three years later, he became a member of the Finnish National Ballet, where he remained until 2008, dancing in, among other ballets, La Bayadere (chor. N. Makarova), Don Quixote (chor. P. Bart), Giselle (chor. S. Guillem), Swan Lake (chor. V. Bourmeister), The Sleeping Beauty (chor. R. Nureyev), Romeo and Juliet (chor. J. Cranko).
Since 1984 he has worked as a choreographer, creating in Finland more than 25 works, some of them full-length performances. His most famous choreographies for the Finnish National Ballet include Boleros (1995), Wind Statues (1997), Poppies (2001), Liquid (2001), Light Shock (2003) and The Sleeping Beauty (2008).
Javier Torres has given lectures at a number of international dance and medical symposia and conferences in, for example, Helsinki (2001), London (2003), Munich (2005) and Basel (2007). On the basis of his research aimed at improving ballet pedagogy, he has led seminars focused both on its psychological and medical aspects.
At the present time, he works as a visiting pedagogue and choreographer for professional companies including the Stuttgart Ballet, Cullberg Ballet, Nacho Duato Dance Company, Norwegian National Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Lyon National Opera Ballet and the Ballet of the National Theatre in Prague.
Talking to… Javier Torres
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The National Theatre Ballet continue with their promising project Talking to… , introducing every time a different personality from the dance milieu. This time, on 20 March 2012 at 4 pm the New Stage of the National Theatre welcomes Javier Torres, a Mexican choreographer, long-time Finnish National Ballet dancer, pedagogue and creator of the new premiere of the ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
The audience will be afforded a unique opportunity to hear Javier Torres discussing his life and creation with Petr Zuska, Artistic Director of the National Theatre Ballet. Within the evening, an excerpt from the forthcoming premiere of The Sleeping Beauty will be presented.
Javier Torres was born in 1963 in Mexico City, where he studied at the National School of Ballet, graduating four years later with a diploma in classical dance pedagogy. A grant received from the German Ballet International Foundation in 1988 made it possible for him to travel across Europe and attend numerous master classes and participate in performances of modern and classical dance. He also appeared as a guest at Poland's Theatre of the New Dance.
In 1989 he moved to Finland to work with Jorma Uotinen at the Helsinki Dance Company. Three years later, he became a member of the Finnish National Ballet, where he remained until 2008, dancing in, among other ballets, La Bayadere (chor. N. Makarova), Don Quixote (chor. P. Bart), Giselle (chor. S. Guillem), Swan Lake (chor. V. Bourmeister), The Sleeping Beauty (chor. R. Nureyev), Romeo and Juliet (chor. J. Cranko).
Since 1984 he has worked as a choreographer, creating in Finland more than 25 works, some of them full-length performances. His most famous choreographies for the Finnish National Ballet include Boleros (1995), Wind Statues (1997), Poppies (2001), Liquid (2001), Light Shock (2003) and The Sleeping Beauty (2008).
Javier Torres has given lectures at a number of international dance and medical symposia and conferences in, for example, Helsinki (2001), London (2003), Munich (2005) and Basel (2007). On the basis of his research aimed at improving ballet pedagogy, he has led seminars focused both on its psychological and medical aspects.
At the present time, he works as a visiting pedagogue and choreographer for professional companies including the Stuttgart Ballet, Cullberg Ballet, Nacho Duato Dance Company, Norwegian National Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Lyon National Opera Ballet and the Ballet of the National Theatre in Prague.
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