FACULTY - RÉPÉTITEURS

Faculty

Wagner Moreira

Masterclass

Contemporary, Etude & Repertoire

Artistic director of the dance company & chief choreographer at Theater Regensburg.

He completed his Master of Arts in Choreography at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden and was awarded the Saxon dance prize "Ursula Cain Förderpreis" in 2019. In the 2020/21 season, he was appointed Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer at the Landesbühnen Sachsen. His work is characterized by accessibility, mobility, inclusion and interdisciplinarity.


Jutta Ebnother

Masterclass

Ballet, Variation & Repertoire

From 2004-2016 she was ballet director at Theater Nordhausen. And from the 2016-2021 season she was ballet director and choreographer at the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin.

She has frequently been invited to dance festivals at home and abroad with her choreographies. In 2016, she was named among the outstanding choreographers by the magazine "Dance for You". 

Jutta Ebnother has been working for ZAV-Künstlervermittlung Tanz in Leipzig since October 2023.

Monica Proença

Masterclass

Contemporary, Etude & Repertoire

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István Simon

Master Class

Variation & Repertoire

István is an international principal dance artist, permanent guest with Dortmund Opera and many of the most admired opera houses and theatres of the world, He won gold medals at the ballet competitions of Helsinki, Brno, St Pölten, was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne and won the Grand Prix Award of HDAA in Budapest.

He is a former Principal dancer at  the Semperoper Ballett in Dresden and Hungarian National Ballet.

He is regularly invited to the most prestigious festivals and gala performances of the world.

Our teachers are professional dance artists who are passionate about teaching and their craft. They are not only masters of their field, but also dynamic, cheerful and warm-hearted people. 

Prof. Fernando Coelho

Ballet, Variation, Repertoire & Methodology

Professor of ballet, pas de deux, variation and methodology/didactics at Palucca University of Dance Dresden in Bachelor Dance und Master Dance Teacher Programm.

Founder/Head of "Dance Teacher Tutorial"  YouTube channel - Online Tutorial.

In the capacity as Head of the MA Dance Teacher Programme at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden from 2010 to 2021, Prof. Fernando Coelho continuously developed the dance pedagogy programmes and established them as a vibrant center of dance pedagogy education with regional, national and international significance. In 2017, he created Germany's first work-study programme with the main goal of supporting the transition from dancer to ballet master or dance teacher.

Elena Gruß

Contemporary, Creative Dance , Project & Methodology

Chairperson and artistic director Puck e.V. Children's and youth dance.

Elena graduated from the Palucca University of Dance in Dresden in 2002 with a degree in dance pedagogy, Elena has been studying the pedagogical legacy of Gret Palucca for several years. She has adopted and further developed the teaching methods and principles of the exceptional personality and passionate pedagogue for Creative Children's Dance.

Since 2004 she has been working as a freelance lecturer at the Palucca University. At first she led the children's classes. From this, the dance association Puck Kinder- und Jugendtanzklassen an der Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden e.V. was founded in 2011 with Elena as dance teacher and artistic director in a permanent position.

Since 2018/19 she has been a lecturer in the new Master Dance Teacher course for the training subject of the TTI (dance, technique, improvisation).

Aurelie Lafaye

Ballet & Variations

Aurélie studied at the Paris Opera Ballet school (dir. C. Bessy) and finished her training at the Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes / Rosella Hightower (dir. M. Loudières). She started her career touring in several ballet and opera productions all over Germany, then worked for different State Theaters (Magdeburg, Halle, Halberstadt). She graduated in 2022 with a Master of Arts in Dance Pedagogy at the Palucca University of Dance and is actually taking part in the Artistic Masterclass program where her subject of research is focusing on dance pedagogues. Since 2015, she has taught ballet in different amateur schools, trained elite gymnasts, figure skaters and acrobats, is currently guest teacher at the Palucca University of Dance and guest ballet master for the company of the Staatsoperette in Dresden.

Ronaldo dos Santos

Ballet, Variations & Repertoire

Ronaldo began his dance career in Brazil, the country of his birth, before studying dance at the dance foundation Birgit Keil, he began his dance studies at the Akademie des Tanzes Mannheim. dance studies.

After successfully completing his studies, he joined the Karlsruhe State Ballet as a member of the ensemble in 2004. Karlsruhe State Ballet, to which he remained loyal for 14 years. During this time he danced, for example in classics such as Sir Peter Wright' s "Giselle", Frederick Ashton's "La Fille Mal Gardeé"

or John Cranko' s "The Taming of the Shrew". He has also worked in choreographies by Christopher Wheeldon, Youri Vámos, Peter Schaufuss and others.

Following his time as an active dancer, dos Santos began studying dance education at the renowned dance pedagogy at the renowned Palucca University of Dance Dresden, specializing in ballet specializing in ballet master, which he completed with a Master of Arts.

dos Santos has been working as a freelance ballet teacher since 2018.

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Ballet for children  & Project

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Claudio Valentin

Contemporary & Etude

in 2007 he began his studies in classical ballet and modern contemporary dance in Sao Paulo at Academia Narcisa Coelho. Later he received a scholarship at the Boston Ballet School (USA) and an internship at Pro Danza (Havana - Cuba). He has danced with the Cisne Negro Dance Company (Sao Paulo) and the Sorbian National Ensemble Bautzen (Germany). He has been a member of the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig ballet ensemble since 2017. He studied in the Bachelor Program and later in 2020 Master Dance Pedagogy at the Palucca University in Dresden. He has held a teaching position at the HMT in Leipzig since 2019. He also taught dance and movement at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 2019/20. As a choreographer, he has worked with directors such as Prof. Karoline Gruber, Prof. Matthias Oldag, Carsten Süss, Matthias Reichwald and Cush Jung.

Répétiteurs

Sebastian Rehnert

Ballet & Contemporary

Répétiteur at Palucca University of Dance Dresden

 

Narihito Mukeda

Ballet and Repertoire

Répétiteur at Palucca University of Dance Dresden


Jin Yong Lee

Ballet

Répétiteur at Palucca University of Dance Dresden


Christian Mögel

Creative Dance

Répétiteur bei Puck e.V. an der  Palucca University of Dance Dresden

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