Post on 27-Jun-2020
07 761 593 542 marie-claire.mathias@hotmail.fr
Marie-Claire Mathias
DANCER
Dance for me is a big adventure where I can experience
things that it doesn’t happen upon in day-to-day life.
I can enter into a real, imaginative world.
2012 - 2015
CENTRE JAMES CARLES - TOULOUSE -
DSEC, Superior Diploma of Choreographic Studieswww.jamescarles.com
CONTEMPORARY
BALLET
JAZZ
SALSA, BACHATA
AFROCUBAN, RUMBA
AFRICAN DANCE
HIP-HOP
28 / 08 / 1989 27 years old
DIPLOMA
MAIN TECHNICAL DANCE
EACH YEAR – CROSS BODY & CUBAN SALSA FESTIVALS
Nancy, Metz, St-Raphaël, Monaco, Marseille, Montpellier, Belfort, Brighton, London, Belgium, Luxembourg, Budapest
COMPANY Y COMPANY – BARCELONA
Jazz, Contemporary, Musical Theater class & Performance
2010 - 2011
PERFORMING EXPERIENCE BALLET – CONTEMPORARY – JAZZ – SOCIAL & POPULAR DANCES
7 nights of performance each year, 14 (x2) created and repertory solo exam, restitution workshops
Summer 2011
ACADEMIE INTERNATIONALE DE LA DANSE – PARIS
Graham, Ballet, Jazz, Singing, Acting
2011 - 2012
2014 - 2015
Summer
2012
July 2014
August 2014
July 2015
OTHER TRAINING MAIN TRAINING IN JAMES CARLES CENTER
STUDIO HARMONIC – PARIS
Ballet with Wayne Byars, Modern class with Bastien Nozeran
DARC FESTIVAL – CHATEAUROUX
Ballet, Modern, Contemporary & African classes with Christopher Huggins from Alvin Ailey, Angelo Monaco, Louis-Pierre Yonsian… with performance at the end
PROFESSIONAL INTENSIVE – WITH PHOENIX DANCE THEATER IN LEEDS
> Advanced Contemporary Dance technique classes > Phoenix dance theater’s extensive repertoire > Creative sessions investigating choreographic devises > A studio sharing
CUBA DANZA – CUBA
Cuba Modern Dance technique with Luis Roblejo (first dancer of Danza Contemporeana de Cuba), Cuban Folklore, Popular Dances (mambo, chacha, son), Cuban Bar technique, Creation work
BALLET & GRAHAM – WITH DARIUS GRANDISON
From Bejart
AFRO CUBAN CONGRESS – BOURNEMOUTH
SOLO REPERTOIRE
IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHAT ELEVATED by W. Forsythe THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS by Pearl Primus
EMPREINTE MASSAI by Georges Momboye HARMONICA BREAKDOWN by Jane Dudley
MASTER CLASS & WORKSHOP
Gaga class & Batsheva repertoire, Alvin Ailey technique and repertoire, Irène Tassembédo (from Burkina Faso), Germaine
Acogny technique (from Senegal), Elsa Woliaston (pioner of african contemporary dance), techni’k with Léna Blou (create
from Gwo-Ka), Peter Mika from Cobos Mika Company
CREATION WORK WITH CHOREGRAPHERS
PETITES HISTOIRES by Corinne Lanselle PRINTEMPS by Samuel Mathieu
PSAUME ETUDE N°2 by James Carles INSOUMISE by Coraline Lamaison
REPERTOIRE
DECADANCE some extracts by Ohad Naharin (Batsheva Company)
SINFIONETTA by J. Kilyan REVELATIONS by Alvin Ailey
LE VOYAGE by Christopher Wheeldon
SOCIAL & POPULAR DANCE SALSA – AFRICAN DANCE – DANCEHALL – HIP HOP – COUPE DECALE
TECHNICAL CLASSES BALLET – CONTEMPORARY - JAZZ
August 2015
AKRAM KHAN WORKSHOP – TOULOUSE
technique & repertoire with TJ. Lowe
2015 - 2016
BALLET, HORTON, AFROCUBAN, CUBAN CONTEMPORARY, CAPOEIRA – LONDON
MY OWN PROJECTS AS A DANCER & A CHOREGRAPHER
2015
‘UN FROID TROPICAL’ – LATINO CONTEMPORARY CREATION
Solo ‘YEMAYA Y OBATALA’ – LATINO CREATION
2 Dancers
2010
‘LA RENCONTRE’ – AFRO, BREAK, SALSA CREATION
4 Dancers ‘LAS JEMELAS LOCAS’ – BATCHATA, SALSA, REAGGEATON CREATION
8 Dancers
2009
‘LA COLEGIALA’ – SALSA & HIP-HOP CREATION
4 Dancers
MY DANCE WORK
‘WHO AM I’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1mUc8Dh0l4
A resume video about who I am as a dancer
‘UN FROID TROPICAL’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfPl-ZSGJlY
I have created this solo inspired from my trip to Cuba, the Afro Cuban culture and my everyday life at this moment.
2016
‘ELEMENTS’– CONTEMPORARY CREATION
2 Dancers ‘CHRYSALIDE’ – SILK AERIAL ACT CREATION
Solo ‘MASCARADE’ – CONTEMPORARY BREAKING CREATION
2 Dancers
2017
ACRO-YOGA
PIANO
GOSPEL
IMPROVISATION THEATER
OTHER HOBBIES
My dancing concept
I look for my own movement, an instinctual movement,
to get closer to an animal and forget about the mind.
OTHER SKILLS
SALSA TEACHER
Choreographing for my students
Summer 2013
2008 - 2017
2013 - 2017
BACHATA TEACHER
ACTIVITY ORGANIZER & WORKSHOP LEADER
Pilates, Fitness, Dance classes, Sport, Game, Party, Performances, DJ
2013 - 2015
TREASURER YAKAFOKA – STUDENT SOCIETY OF JAMES CARLES CENTER
Organising flash mobs, open stages, workshops, parties
Some Times
ANIMATE EVENTS FOR CHARITY
Society, Partnership, Camping