Arles Youth Ballet Company is a youth ballet company in the South of France offering pre-professional training, ballet classes, and performance opportunities. Led by Artistic Director Norton Fantinel, it provides structured training with international guest teachers and choreographers.
Arles Youth Ballet Company is a youth ballet company located in the South of France. It describes its mission as creating an artistic environment where different people and approaches merge through dance, with each member developing both artistically and personally. The company states it operates with core values including respect, honesty, humanity, perseverance, generosity, passion, and enjoyment of dance.
The company is directed by Norton Fantinel, a Brazilian-born dancer who trained at schools including The Washington Ballet School and performed with companies such as The Washington Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, and Ballet du Capitole. Ballet mistresses include Lynne Charles, a former principal dancer with Hamburg Ballet and Béjart Ballet Lausanne, and Béatrice Mille, a former dancer with L’Aterballetto and Ballet National de Marseille. The company works with international guest teachers and choreographers and presents repertoire ranging from classical to contemporary. According to the company, 40 dancers have joined professional companies in France and internationally after training with the organization.
The company offers a full-time pre-professional program for dancers aged 17 to 21, accessed by audition or invitation. It also provides ballet and Pilates classes for beginners through advanced students, private coaching, and summer courses.
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Arles Youth Ballet Company is a youth ballet company that provides an artistic environment where dancers grow both artistically and personally. The company works with core values of respect, honesty, humanity, perseverance, generosity, passion, and enjoyment of dance, offering structured training supported by varied repertoire and guest teachers and choreographers.
The company is located in the South of France.
The organization offers a full-time pre-professional program, private ballet classes, ballet coaching for competition, ballet classes for adults, Pilates classes, and international summer courses. Training includes ballet technique, contemporary technique, repertoire, pointe class, men’s technique, pas de deux class, and workshops with international guest choreographers.
The pre-professional program is open to dancers aged 17 to 21 by invitation or audition. Ballet and Pilates classes are open to everyone, whether or not they are members of the pre-professional program.
The pre-professional program caters to dancers aged 17 to 21. Ballet and Pilates classes are tailored to beginners, intermediates, and advanced students. Adult ballet classes are also available.
Yes, the organization offers a full-time pre-professional program that prepares dancers for joining professional ballet companies, including preparation for international auditions, in-house demonstrations, and performances in France and abroad. The company has helped 40 dancers join companies in France and internationally.
Technical development is supported by varied repertoire and international guest teachers and choreographers. Training includes ballet and contemporary technique, repertoire from classical to contemporary, and new work created specially for dancers by choreographers from around the world.
Yes, the organization presents performances in various theaters in France and abroad. Dancers participate in public performances, in-house demonstrations, and productions created specially for the company by international choreographers.
Contact by telephone at +33 975811094 or by email at [email protected]