Classical Ballet Beginner
Mastering the ABC of Classical Ballet

In this workshop I will teach Classical Ballet vocabulary - based on the dynamic imagery of the Eric Franklin method - which I will mediate with humour and dynamic taken from my performance experience. The goal is to find joy in your own timing of learning the ABC of the Classical Ballet and your own musicality.




Kreatives Ballett für Kinder von 7 bis 10 Jahren
dancing as a great adventure

Dance fundamentals will be trained playfully, to awake the joy for the first dance sequences. The body's position, hip and leg turn-out, fine motor movements, turning, balancing and the position of the feet will be worked on to support the muscular strengthening. In addition rhythmical education and improvisations are offered. We will deal with body awareness in space, the power of the movement flow and the weight of the body in space and time. Dancing will be experienced as a great adventure.




Simona Noja
Simona Noja began her career with the Romanian olympic gymnastics team and received her ballet education at the Arts University in Cluj - Napoca. In 1994 she has also graduated in Philology from the University "Babes- Bolyay" in Cluj - Napoca.
Apart from engagements with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, she joined the Staatsoper in Vienna. She was a guest soloist with the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm and the Frankfurt Ballett.
She was artistic director of the Romanian company "Teatrul de balet Oleg Danovski". In 1990 she was awarded the Silver Medal at the 4th International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississipi. In 2002 she was awarded Best Dancer in "Danza and Danza" and received the "Steaua Romaniei" - the highest cultural order of Romania.