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ALL NIPPON D.A.T.E. CLASSIC BALLET COMPETITION MIYAGI The schedule of the 7th D.A.T.E. Competition is following: Date : 2nd-4th April 2012 Place : Sendai Seinen Bunka Centre Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Categories : Pre-Competition Age 7-10 Jyunior B Age 9-12 Jyunior AⅠ Age 13-15 Jyunior AⅡ Age 16-18 Senior Age 19-25 (*Both male and female competitors are competing under the same categories) Schedule: Monday, April 2, 2012 Workshops(Classes taught by Juries) 11:15- Pre-Competition 15:00- Awarding Ceremony of Pre-Competition 18:00 Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Opening Ceremony 10:20- Preliminary 10:40- Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Judging during the class (Finalists) 10:00- Final 12:20- Awarding Ceremony 20:00- (Times are subject to change) Awards : 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place Special Awards : Miyagi Prefecture Award Sendai City Award D.A.T.E. Award Kahoku Newspaper Award Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Award ＊ Head Jury Award Scholarships and/or direct entry awards： The Royal Ballet School＜UK＞ London Studio Centre＜UK＞ Royal Ballet School Antwerp＜BELGIUM＞ Sarasota Ballet School＜USA＞ Milwaukee Ballet School＜USA＞ Juries : Head Jury: David Peden (The Royal Ballet School＜UK＞) Michael Shannon (Royal Ballet School Antwerp＜BELGIUM＞) Atsuko Takahashi ＜JAPAN＞ Michiko Nakamura ＜JAPAN＞ Tomoaki Kuwahara ＜JAPAN＞ (Juries are subject to change) Contact ： D.A.T.E. Competition Office 5-1-4, Yagiyamaminami, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Tel: 022-307-4641 Fax: 022-307-4648 E-mail: ballet@date-competition.com URL: http://www.date-competition.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Profile of juries :  David Peden [The Royal Ballet School］ ARAD dip. P.D.T.C. David was trained at The Royal Ballet School and subsequently joined The Royal Ballet Company becoming Senior Soloist where he danced many principal roles. He also performed with the National Ballet of Canada, Pacific Northwest Ballet, British Ballet Columbia and English National Ballet. David worked as Ballet Master for the Ankara State Ballet Company and Singapore Dance Theatre. He guest teaches for The English National Ballet Company and internationally. An experienced teacher, he now teaches all levels at The Royal Ballet Upper School, primarily responsible for the second year boys.  Michael Shannon Artistic director [Royal Ballet School Antwerp] Shannon was trained on full scholarship at the School of American Ballet, the National Ballet School of Canada, and the Hungarian State Ballet Academy. Discovered by the Bolshoi at 16, he was the “First American Graduate of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.” Shannon was a Principal Dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, Hungarian State Opera Ballet, and Kremlin Palace Ballet Theatre, with commendations from President Bush and President Clinton, and has performed for President and Mrs. Gorbachev, President Nazarbayev, and President and Mrs. Ford to name a few. He is a National Endowment for the Arts Awardee, and Two-time Laureate and Medal winner of International Ballet Competitions in Paris, France, and Budapest, Hungary. He was Director of the shortly revived Russian Imperial Theatre of Opera and Ballet under the Patronage of Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Romanov. Shannon was co-Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer of Russiches Kammertheater Berlin, and awarded Professor of Choreography from the Ukrainian State Academy of Ballet in 1999, and YAGP Outstanding Choreographer in 2008. In 2006, he Co-Founded the Greenwich Ballet Academy where he also served as Chairman of Faculty and Academy Director. In 2008, he became Resident Choreographer for America’s Configuration Dance Theatre, awarded Artvoice Best Dance Company in 2008, 2009, and 2010. In November of 2010 he took on the position of Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet School Antwerp.  Atsuko Takahashi Atsuko started her training when she was five years old and learnt from Masako Imamura, Isamu Hashiura, and Yoshimi Yo. She joined Sendai City Ballet Institute, where she danced several roles and also worked as a teacher for 10 years. After she graduated from Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, she founded Clair Ballet Atelier in 1975. She completed the Vaganova Method of teaching classical ballet in 1979. She has an established reputation as a teacher and she has trained a number of excellent dancers including dancers who have won first prize in competitions both in Japan and abroad. She won the Art prize of Light Pageant in 1996, and the prize of excellent teacher every year since 2004. By visiting several different countries which include the U.S., China, Germany, Canada and Australia, she has built relations with many Ballet schools abroad. Board member of the Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Member of NBA Ballet Company Chairperson of Organizing Committee All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi  Michiko Nakamura Michiko Nakamura started to learn ballet in the Sendai City Ballet Institute where she won the silver prize in the 27th All Nippon Ballet Competition organised by Tokyo News Paper Company in the junior category. In 1974, she began her training at The Royal Ballet Upper School taught by Maryon Lane and other experienced teachers and later joined Monaco Ballet Academy coached by the esteemed Susan Dubreuil. She performed with the Danish Ballet Group, directed by Nini Theilade, in Denmark and Germany. She also danced principle roles in ballets such as the "Symphonic Variation" composed by Franck, Andersen’s “The Ice Maiden" by Sibelius and "Napoli". After she returned to Japan, she danced with Tokyo City Ballet and Matsuyama Ballet as a principle and the first soloist. The performances, which include George Balanchine's “Serenade” and “Allegro Brillante”, received favorable reviews. She founded Company Bona Terra in 1996 and now works as a director, choreographer, and teacher at the classic ballet schools in Tokyo, Miyagi and Shiga. Supervisor, Showa Women’s University Open College classic ballet course（1988～2009） Japanese Jury, London Studio Centre Audition Member of the Art Association of Miyagi Prefecture  Tomoaki Kuwahara Tomoaki Kuwahara began his training in Kuwahara Ballet Academy in 1982. He was trained in Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and became a soloist in the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet in 1995 where he danced "Swan Lake", "Natcracker", "The Taming of the Screw", "La Corsaire", "The Hump-backed Horse" and "Romeo and Juliet". He learnt from Kimitaka Kuwahara, Chikako Ishizuka, Akira Egawa, A.Nikolaev, M. Azalin, I. Khmelnitsky, K. Shatilov, B.Bregvadze, V. Semyonov, S. Berezhnoi, Uksunikov, and Bondarenko. His repertoire includes "Coppelia", "Harlequinade", "Paquita", "Don Quixote", "Pas d'esclave", "La Bayadere", "Diana and Actaeon", "Les Shylphides", Pas de deux from "Natcracker" and "Harlequinade", which was praised by critics in Saint-Petersburg. He was also a finalist at International Ballet Competition Vaganova-prix (St Petersburg) held in 1995. After he returned to Japan in 2000, he joined Tani Momoko Ballet. Currently he works as a freelance dancer and teacher at the Kuwahara Ballet Academy.
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ALL NIPPON D.A.T.E. CLASSIC BALLET COMPETITION MIYAGI ＜August 2011＞ We are happy to announce that the 6th All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi which was postponed in March 2011 due to the earthquake is now re-organized with some changes in August 2011. The schedule of the 6th D.A.T.E. Competition taking place in August 2011 is following: Date : 19th-21st August 2011 Place : Sendai Kokusai Centre Aobayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Categories : Pre-Competition Age 7-10 Jyunior B Age 9-12 Jyunior AⅠ Age 13-15 Jyunior AⅡ Age 16-18 Senior Age 19-25 (*Both male and female competitors are competing under the same categories) Schedule: Friday, August 19, 2011 Workshops(Classes taught by Juries) 13:00- Pre-Competition 15:00- Awarding Ceremony of Pre-Competition 17:30 Saturday, August 20, 2011 Workshop (Class taught by Jury) 10:00- Opening Ceremony 12:10- Preliminary 12:30- Sunday, August 21, 2011 Judging during the class (Finalists) 11:00- Final 13:00- Awarding Ceremony 19:30- (Times are subject to change) Awards : 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place Special Awards : Miyagi Prefecture Award Sendai City Award D.A.T.E. Award Kahoku Newspaper Award Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Award ＊ Head Jury Award Scholarships and/or direct entry awards： The Royal Ballet School＜GBR＞ Vaganova Ballet Academy＜RUS＞ London Studio Centre＜GBR＞ The Royal Ballet School of Antwerpen＜BEL＞ Sarasota Ballet School＜USA＞ Milwaukee Ballet School＜USA＞ Head Jury: David Peden (The Royal Ballet School＜GBR＞) Contact ： D.A.T.E. Competition Office 5-1-4, Yagiyamaminami, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Tel: 022-307-4641 Fax: 022-307-4648 E-mail: ballet@date-competition.com URL: http://www.date-competition.com ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＜March 2011＞ Due to the recent disaster related to the eathquake in Japan, the 6th All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi is not held as it was scheduled. We are hoping to update the information regarding the re-organisation of the competition in due course. Thank you very much for your understanding and kindest support for Japan. Date : 28th-31st March 2011 Place : Sendai-shi Seinenn Bunnka Centre Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Categories : ＊Pre-Competition Age 7-10 Jyunior B Age 9-12 Jyunior AⅠ Age 13-15 Jyunior AⅡ Age 16-18 Senior Age 19-25 (*Both male and female competitors are competing under the same categories) Schedule : Monday, March 28, 2011 Workshops(Classes taught by Juries) Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Pre-Competition Opening Ceremony Preliminary Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Preliminary Finalist class Thursday, March 31, 2011 Final Awarding Ceremony (Times are subject to change) Awards : 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place Special Awards : Miyagi Prefecture Award Sendai City Award D.A.T.E. Award Kahoku Newspaper Award Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Award ＊ Head Jury Award Scholarships and/or direct entry awards： The Royal Ballet School＜GBR＞ Vaganova Ballet Academy＜RUS＞ London Studio Centre＜GBR＞ The Royal Ballet School of Antwerpen＜BEL＞ Sarasota Ballet School＜USA＞ Milwaukee Ballet School＜USA＞ Juries : Head Jury: David Peden (The Royal Ballet School＜GBR＞) Liudmila Semenyaka (The Bolshoi Theatre＜RUS＞) Jane Sanig (London Studio Centre＜GBR＞) Atsuko Takahashi ＜JPN＞ Michiko Nakamura ＜JPN＞ Tomoaki Kuwahara ＜JPN＞ (Juries are subject to change) Contact ： D.A.T.E. Competition Office 5-1-4, Yagiyamaminami, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Tel: 022-307-4641 Fax: 022-307-4648 E-mail: ballet@date-competition.com URL: http://www.date-competition.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Profile of juries : David Peden [The Royal Ballet School］ ARAD dip. P.D.T.C. David was trained at The Royal Ballet School and subsequently joined The Royal Ballet Company becoming Senior Soloist where he danced many principal roles. He also performed with the National Ballet of Canada, Pacific Northwest Ballet, British Ballet Columbia and English National Ballet. David worked as Ballet Master for the Ankara State Ballet Company and Singapore Dance Theatre. He guest teaches for The English National Ballet Company and internationally. An experienced teacher, he now teaches all levels at The Royal Ballet Upper School, primarily responsible for the second year boys.  Liudmila Semenyaka People’s Artist of USSR / [Ballet mistress of The Bolshoi Theatre] Liudmila Semenyaka was born on January 16th, 1952 in Leningrad. In 1970 she graduated The Leningrad State Choreographic School named after A.Y. Vaganova (now – St.-Petersburg Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet) and entered Ballet company of the Leningrad State Academy Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Kirov (now – Mariinsky Theatre) where she rehearsed under the direction of Irina Kolpakova. In 1972, she moved to The Bolshoi Theatre where she rehearsed under the direction of Galina Ulanova, Marina Semyonova, Nina Timofeeva and Marina Kondratyeva. In The Bolshoi Theatre, she performed almost all leading roles of classic ballets which include Odette-Odile ("Swan Lake" - 1972), Mary ("Nutcracker" - 1972), Princess Aurora ("Sleeping Beauty" - 1973), Giselle ("Giselle" - 1974), Kitri ("Don Quixote" - 1977), Nikia ("La Bayadere" - 1977), Raymonda ("Raymonda" - 1984), Shirin ("Legend of Love" - 1974), Phrygia ("Spartacus" - 1975), Valentina ("Angara" - 1976), Anastasia ("Ivan The Terrible" - 1977), Katerina ("Stone Flower" - 1979), Juliet ("Romeo and Juliet" - 1984), Rita ("Golden Age" - 1987) and so on. She retired in 1997, but in 2008 she performed the role of Marie-Antoinette as the first cast in "Flame of Paris" staged by A.Ratmansky. Practically, she danced on the stages of the all Russian theatres and often appeared abroad as Bolshoi Ballet member and as a guest soloist with The Leningrad Maly Theatre (now - Mikhailovsky Theatre). She also danced as a guest soloist with American Ballet Theatre (ABT), Opera de Paris, Royal Swedish Ballet, Colon Theatre in Argentina, English National Ballet, Scottish National Ballet and other companies. She also worked as an actress of drama theatre: At the Moscow theatre called "School of the modern play", she performed the role of Polina Andreevna in A.Chekhov's "The Seagull". She took part as a jury in the International Ballet Competition in Ljubljana (1998), the "Fouette of Artek" International Ballet Competition in Crimea (1998, 1999), the Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition (Kiev, 1999), All Japan Ballet Competition in Nagoya (Japan, 2000, 2001, 2010), the international program "Benois de la Dance" (Stuttgart, 2000), and frequently gives master classes all around the world. In the present time, she works as a ballet mistress of the Bolshoi Theatre and coaches many dancers such as Svetlana Zakharova, Elena Andrienko, Anastasia Goryacheva, Anastasia Mesikova, and others. Recently she also works as a choreographer. In 2007, she staged «Fountain of Bakhchisarai» at the Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, in 2009 – "Giselle" (in the same theatre), and in 2010 – «Swan Lake» (in the same theatre). Awards: • 3rd prize of the First International Ballet Competition in Moscow (1969); • 3rd prize of the International Ballet Competition in Varna (1972); • 1st prize of the First International Ballet Competition in Tokyo (1976); • The Anna Pavlova Prize by The Paris Academy of Dance (1976); • The State Prize of USSR for outstanding performance of role of Valentina in "Angara" in 1976 (1977); • Honorary title of "People’s Artist of USSR" (1986); • The Evening Standard Theatre Award (England) (1986)  Jane Sanig [London Studio Centre] Born in Manchester Jane started dancing at the age of three and studied at the Hammond School of dancing, Chester. In 1980 she joined the Israel Classical Ballet where she stayed for four years dancing principle roles in Les Sylphides, Serenade, and Concerto Barocco touring the USA, Canada, South America and Europe. Jane returned to Britain in 1984 and joined London City Ballet where Princess Diana was patron. She was promoted to principle in 1987 and was coached by Galina Samsova in the title role of Giselle, for which she gained critical acclaim. She then went on to dance Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet coached by Ben Stevenson, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake coached by Patrice Bart, Swan Hilda in Coppelia coached by Christopher Gable, Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker, Marguerite in La Traviata, the leading roles in Jack Carter's Japanese Dances and Whitch Boy, and many more. These roles were performed worldwide, including Japan. Jane retired in 1997 and studied at the Royal Academy of Dancing on the Professional Dancers Teaching Course. She was awarded the Jerwood prize for the most outstanding student and went on to teach at Arts Educational in Tring, The Hammond School in Chester, and in 1999 went to work at London Studio Center. She has also guested at many summer and winter schools. Atsuko Takahashi Atsuko started her training when she was five years old and learnt from Masako Imamura, Isamu Hashiura, and Yoshimi Yo. She joined Sendai City Ballet Institute, where she danced several roles and also worked as a teacher for 10 years. After she graduated from Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, she founded Clair Ballet Atelier in 1975. She completed the Vaganova Method of teaching classical ballet in 1979. She has an established reputation as a teacher and she has trained a number of excellent dancers including dancers who have won first prize in competitions both in Japan and abroad. She won the Art prize of Light Pageant in 1996, and the prize of excellent teacher every year since 2004. By visiting several different countries which include the U.S., China, Germany, Canada and Australia, she has built relations with many Ballet schools abroad. Board member of the Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Member of NBA Ballet Company Chairperson of Organizing Committee All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi Michiko Nakamura Michiko Nakamura started to learn ballet in the Sendai City Ballet Institute where she won the silver prize in the 27th All Nippon Ballet Competition organised by Tokyo News Paper Company in the junior category. In 1974, she began her training at The Royal Ballet Upper School taught by Maryon Lane and other experienced teachers and later joined Monaco Ballet Academy coached by the esteemed Susan Dubreuil. She performed with the Danish Ballet Group, directed by Nini Theilade, in Denmark and Germany. She also danced principle roles in ballets such as the "Symphonic Variation" composed by Franck, Andersen’s “The Ice Maiden" by Sibelius and "Napoli". After she returned to Japan, she danced with Tokyo City Ballet and Matsuyama Ballet as a principle and the first soloist. The performances, which include George Balanchine's “Serenade” and “Allegro Brillante”, received favorable reviews. She founded Company Bona Terra in 1996 and now works as a director, choreographer, and teacher at the classic ballet schools in Tokyo, Miyagi and Shiga. Supervisor, Showa Women’s University Open College classic ballet course（1988～2009） Japanese Jury, London Studio Centre Audition Member of the Art Association of Miyagi Prefecture Tomoaki Kuwahara Tomoaki Kuwahara began his training in Kuwahara Ballet Academy in 1982. He was trained in Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and became a soloist in the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet in 1995 where he danced "Swan Lake", "Natcracker", "The Taming of the Screw", "La Corsaire", "The Hump-backed Horse" and "Romeo and Juliet". He learnt from Kimitaka Kuwahara, Chikako Ishizuka, Akira Egawa, A.Nikolaev, M. Azalin, I. Khmelnitsky, K. Shatilov, B.Bregvadze, V. Semyonov, S. Berezhnoi, Uksunikov, and Bondarenko. His repertoire includes "Coppelia", "Harlequinade", "Paquita", "Don Quixote", "Pas d'esclave", "La Bayadere", "Diana and Actaeon", "Les Shylphides", Pas de deux from "Natcracker" and "Harlequinade", which was praised by critics in Saint-Petersburg. He was also a finalist at International Ballet Competition Vaganova-prix (St Petersburg) held in 1995. After he returned to Japan in 2000, he joined Tani Momoko Ballet. Currently he works as a freelance dancer and teacher at the Kuwahara Ballet Academy. # by dateblog-english | 2010-10-29 20:04
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