Rosas Repertory – Desh
“Not once, even during moments of deep concentration, should we abandon the notion of pleasure.“

We will learn pieces of the trio version made in 2005. Having been part of the creation process I will focus on letting the participants taste the sources of this work, the inspiration places where it comes from. The pleasure of experiencing movement, its emotional textures and all its differentiated qualities of volume, space, timbres and explosions will be in the centre of my teaching.




Marion Ballester
Marion Ballester is a dancer/ choreographer and received her education at the Conservatoire Régionale de la Rochelle, at the Centre Nationale de Danse Contemporaine and at Trisha Brown Studio in New York. In 1992 she became a member of Anne Teresa De Keersmaker's Rosas and was assistant for "Once" and "I due Foscari".

In 2003 she created the Duo “Desh” together with Anne Teresa De Keersmaker, which premiered at the Opéra de Rouen. She worked with the Company DCA, Phillipe Decouflé and collaborated with Paolo Henrique in Lisbon and with the Compagnie Philippe SAIRE in Lausanne amongst many others.

With her company Aoxoa, founded in 1998, she tours internationally and her work is shown in places such as St. Mark's Church and Judson Church in NYC, the Reprise au Centre National de la Danse, the Festival Les Jaloux de la Danse and l'Étoile du Nord in Paris, the Théatre Paul Eluard in Bezons and the Asia Dance Forum in Singapore.

She teaches internationally including P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels), Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et de Danse (Lyon); White Street Center, Studio Janet PANETTA (New York) and is guest lecturer at Rosas, Philippe SAIRE, Groupe Emile Dubois/Jean Claude Galotta etc.
Since eight years now she is developing her own training classes for dance technique, which she offers for advanced and professional dancers, as well as for amateurs.