This year, the festival is called Danse en l’île a nod to the BFM, the emblematic building in Geneva where the performances will take place.

From May 19 to 21, the festival acts as an emissary for young people, and is more than ever committed to cultural diversity, bringing people together and sharing knowledge. For this3rd edition, the festival welcomes five junior companies who will perform two evenings of shows with varied choreographic repertoires. On stage, 60 dancers with infectious enthusiasm and undeniable talent!

As in previous editions, Masterclasses with the directors and teachers of the guest companies will be open to students from local dance schools and professionals.

We invite you to enjoy this unique and unifying moment, which we hope will inspire, delight and delight.

ENGLISH
NATIONAL
BALLET
SCHOOL

JUAN EYMAR | MAURO DE CANDIA

The English National Ballet School presents the future of ballet with a mixed program, two new contrasting works showcasing the versatility and talent of the dancers in the Professional Trainee Programme. They perform a dance-theater drama by Mauro de Candia and a classical piece choreographed by Juan Eymar.

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ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ

The young performers of the Ballet Preljocaj Junior perform Noces, created in 1989 by Angelin Preljocaj on the famous score by Stravinsky. An uncompromising ballet, for five couples and rag dolls, immersed in the aesthetics of the Balkans. With strength, momentum, jumps or falls, the choreographer makes these Weddings a ritual with a strong emotional charge. A new challenge for Ballet Preljocaj Junior.
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Ballet
Preljocaj
Junior

JEUNE
BALLET
CNSMD
LYON

(LA) HORDE | CELINE SIGNORET

With the (LA)Horde collective, representative of this new generation of transdisciplinary, post-internet, connected choreographic artists, the dancers of the Jeune Ballet CNSMD Lyon question the political significance of dance via choreographic forms of popular uprising.

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AKRAM KHAN | SITA OSTHEIMER

A physically ambitious dance of striking originality. Verve’s exceptional dancers bring Akram Khan’s Vertical Road – an award-winning work by one of the world’s most celebrated choreographers – to a daring piece by Sita Ostheimer. Fourteen dancers. Two distinct and exhilarating works. Find out where dance is today and where it could go tomorrow.
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Verve

Area
Jeune
Ballet

KRISTIAN LEVER | BLENARD AZIZAJ

Through two powerful contemporary choreographic pieces, the young dancers of Area Jeune Ballet evoke the themes of Solidarity, Freedom, Borders and the Future of Youth in Society. From the intimacy of a love duo to the ardor of a group of young people burning with a deep desire to live, they tell the story of a youth in search of its bearings.

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Masterclasses *

@ Dance Area

Coulouvrenière 19 | Geneva

Friday 20 May

17:3O – 19:OO
Classical Masterclass
avec Julio Arozarena
Former Ballet Master of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne.
Director of Cie Julio Arozarena.

Saturday 21 May

1O:OO – 11:3O
Classical Masterclass
with Ibrahim Onal
Teacher at the English National Ballet School.

11:45 – 13:15
Preljocaj repertory workshop
with Guillaume Siard
Pedagogical Director of Ballet Preljocaj Junior.

14:OO – 15:3O
Repertoire workshop CNSMD Lyon
with Benoit Caussé
Professor and teaching coordinator in the Dance Department of the CNSMD Lyon.

15:45 – 17:OO
Gaga Class
with Matteo Marfoglia
Director of Verve.
Certified Gaga teacher.

Shows

@ Bâtiment des Forces Motrices

Place des Volontaires 2 | Geneva

Friday 20 May

2O:OO

BALLET PRELJOCAJ JUNIOR
Angelin Preljocaj Noces

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL
Professional Trainee Programme
Juan Eymar Holberg Suite

VERVE
Sita Ostheimer The Unbearable

AREA JEUNE BALLET
Kristian Lever Now

Saturday 21 May

2O:OO

JEUNE BALLET DU CNSMD LYON
(LA) Horde et Céline Signoret Avant les gens mouraient

VERVE
Akram Khan Vertical Road

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL
Professional Trainee Programme
Mauro de Candia Velvet

AREA JEUNE BALLET
Blenard Azizaj Walls

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