The aim of the workshop, led by ballet director Gábor Keveházi, is to offer career-starters an opportunity to develop. Participants will be instructed by the likes of the Hungarian National Ballet?s chief ballerina Ildikó Pongor and her colleague at the opera house Dolores Castillo, as well as two masters of ballet from the United States: Eldar Aliev and Tomé Cousin.
More than 40 young talents will participate in the workshop, coming from countries as far away as the United States, Brazil and Cina.
The workshop will close on July 31 with a gala performance that will give ballet lovers a look behind the scenes. There will also be an international talent contest.
Ballet directors from some of Europe?s most famous troupes have been invited to perform or present scholarships to the winning artists. Among them are Krzysztof Pastor, head of the Polish National Ballet and resident choreographer at Amsterdam?s HET National Ballet; Heinz Spoerli, director of the Zurich Ballet; and Paul Podolski, deputy director of the ballet troupe of the Norwegian Opera.
?Instead of the usual studio presentation, short and with limitations, the directors will be shown mature, finished stage productions,? said Pongor. If one of the workshop participants catches their interest, we can tell them everything they need to know about them, from their training to the work ethic, she added.
Three winners will be picked by an international jury to include Keveházi, Pongor, Eifman Ballet director Boris Eifman, Salzburg Ballet director Peter Breuer and Farouk Ruzimatov of the Mikhailovsky Theatre.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
