WORK EXPERIENCE
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1986-1987
Royal Ballet of Flanders Antwerp
corps de ballet
1987-1995
Deutsche Oper Berlin Berlin
principal dancer
- After
one year promoted to principal dancer worked
together with choreographers including: Maurice
Béjart, Marc Bogaerts, Valery Panov, Sir
Kenneth McMillan, John Neumeier, Peter Schaufuss,
Karole Armitage, Bill T Jones, Moses Pendleton, Stephen
Petronio, Nacho Duato, Christopher Bruce, Lucinda
Childs, ...
- Durig
this period guested with the Kirov Ballet in St.
Petersburg Russia
1995-1997
Ballet Trockadero New-York
principal dancer
- Performed
throughout the United States and Japan for more
than 14 months
1997-1999
Mark Baldwin Dance Company London
principal dancer
- Assistant
of director and choreographer Mark
Baldwin
- Mark
Baldwin is now artistic director of the Rambert
Ballet
1999-2001
Royal Ballet of Flanders Antwerp
principal dancer
2002-2003
Jeugd & Dans vzw Antwerp
Artistic Coordinator
At present guest artist with Les Ballets Grandiva
(New-York)
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EDUCATION
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1980-1986
The Royal Ballet School of Flanders Antwerp
- College
Certificate
- Won several
medals in Lausanne, Jackson (Mississippi), Houlgate
(France) as well as awards for best choreography
February 2002
CMO St-Niklaas
- Certificate
in Management
June 2006
HID Antwerp
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GUEST PERFORMANCES
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- Kirov Ballet
(St-Petersburg)
- Staatsoper
and Deutsche Oper (Berlin)
- Aspen-Ballet
(Colorado)
- Crystal
Ballet Studio (Japan)
- Prix de
Lausanne Gala (Switzerland)...
- Tours in
North and South America, Germany, Italy, France,
Turkey, Japan...
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GUEST TEACHING
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- Brazil,
Berlin, Japan, Antwerp, France, London,
Canada...
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OTHER
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- Speaks
and writes fluently: English, French, German,
Dutch
- Specialised
in teaching point-work
- Choreography
made(2003) for the final year students of the
Royal Ballet School of Antwerp
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REPERTOIRE OF PRINCIPAL ROLES
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- Agon
(Balanchine)
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Cinderella
(Panov)
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Cruel
Garden (Bruce)
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The Idiot
(Panov)
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The Nutcracker
(Nurejev, Prokovsky)
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Duende
(Duato)
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Different
Drummer (MacMillan)
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Einhorn
(Neumeier)
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Firebird
(Béjart)
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Five Tangos
(Van Manen)
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Folk Tale
(Bournonville)
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Four Temperaments
(Balanchine)
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Giselle
(Schaufuss)
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Land
(Bruce)
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Laytext
(Petronio)
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The Leaves
are fading (Tudor)
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Le Sacre
du Printemps (Béjart, Wainrot)
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Les Intermittences
du Coeur (Petit)
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Moves
(Panov)
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Notre
Dame de Paris (Petit)
- Onegin
(Cranko)
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Percussion
for six men (Nebrada)
- Paquita
(Vinogradov)
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Petruschka
(Fokine, Mandafounis)
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Ring um
den Ring (Béjart)
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Romeo
and Juliette (Panov)
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Sleeping
Beauty (Schaufuss, Nurejev)
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Swan
Lake (MacMillan, Schaufuss)
- Swansong
(Bruce)
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Symphony
in C (Balanchine)
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The dog
is Us (Armitage)
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The Dream
is Over (Bruce)
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Theme
and Variations (Balanchine)
- Tchaikovsky
pas de deux (Balanchine)
- Who
Cares (Balanchine)
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The legend
of Joseph (Baldwin)
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The Demon
(Baldwin)
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Tango
Fiesta (Wainrot)
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The
emporer's Dream (Bogaerts)
- Carmina
Burana (Wainrot)
etc...
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