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Summer Dance & Physical Theatre Intensive: Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Modern, Partnering, Conditioning, Choreography and Performances.
Time & Location
03 Aug 2025, 20:00 GMT+2
Seedorf, Hauptstrasse 15, 3266 Seedorf, Switzerland
Dance
Ballet and Modern/Contemporary Dance classes are the two focused dance majors along with a wide array of various dance-style electives. Your technical level will be determined by your self assessment on your application and the first class you take during the week. Classes will be divided into three groups, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced according the level of technique.
During the daily choreograpy classes we will rehearse a piece that will be presented at the end of the week to the other participants and interested people from the outside. The style could vary between Modern/Contemporary and or Jazz.
Dance Instructors
Randall Flinn, Artistic Director, has worked as a dance educator and choreographer with Cirque Du Soleil, Ballet Magnificat, Houston Ballet Academy, Houston’s High School for Performing Arts, Houston Met Dance Company, Project Dance, Belhaven College, Hillsong Church-Sydney, YWAM Schools of the Arts, Xaris Danz Europe and Revolve Dance Company.
Physical Theatre
Dive into physical theatre master workshop with Infusion team Melanie Cossette and Daniel Cossette.
Technique sessions exploring various concepts from weight, weight-sharing, breath, suspension, counter-balance, characters and body control. Technique sessions will lead into mimography, where students learn Infusion repertoire taking them into the process of creative design.
This physical theatre workshop will:
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Give advanced students space to develop their precision and theatrical presence, explore concept development, and keep their technique sharp and applied.
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Guide beginners by providing techniques and creative applications, while giving opportunity to explore ideas.
The track will run in the afternoon, as an alternative to dance electives and dance choreography.
Daily:
90-minute technique and exploration classes
90-minute choreography/mimography
This 5-day workshop track is for professional and pre-professional performers, actors, dancers, visual artists and students 14+.
Instructors
Melanie Cossette and Daniel Cossette, Infusion Physical Theatre, are award-winning artists trained in classical Marceau-style French mime, developed their own style integrating dance theatre. Their work has encompassed circus, shadow theatre and puppetry, delighting family audiences, as well as dance theatre challenging social injustice, prejudice and inequality. Their latest show, Soothe, explores the brain chemistry of emotional regulation. Premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022, Fringe review called Infusion “a company with charm and some chutzpah.” Psychologist Dr Lisa Harrow called it, “an emotive interplay between movement and science.”
About Ad Deum Dance Company:
Ad Deum Dance Company is a moving force of contemporary dance and physical theatre. Pure passion, grace and elite athleticism abound as these artists explore the mysteries of faith, the wonders of life, and the brokenness and beauty of our world through the art of dance. Ad Deum embraces the imaginative and creative freedom of the body, soul, and spirit of mankind as the signature of God’s design upon humanity. Ad Deum has received outstanding reviews for local and national performances, as well as international tours to Poland, Austria, Great Britain, France, Thailand, Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Canada.
COMPANY MISSION
The mission of Ad Deum is to create and perform works of dance that go deep into the true, intimate, fragile, and integral realities of life. Our purpose is to graciously offer ourselves as messengers of hope, healing, justice, challenge, and redemptive change. We believe that dance should be an art form that speaks to the human soul and spirit. We believe that dance can impact, engage, and serve as an agent for good among a culture and society.
