Character Dance Masterclasses with Mdm Isabelle Hérouard
We were delighted to have Mdm Isabelle Hérouard (Teaching Faculty, Paris Opera Ballet School) conduct Character Dance masterclasses for our lower year Dance students during the March holidays. Mdm Isabelle incorporated some French folk dances that made use of different formations and partner-work, and also touched on Polonaise and Mazurka.
SOTA also invited boys from other schools to join in the boys' masterclass. The participants had an enjoyable time learning together under the enthusiastic guidance of a distinguished dancer.
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Mdm Isabelle Hérouard has been Professor of Character Dance at the Paris Opera Ballet School in France since 1993. With training in classical dance, French folk dance, and Character dance in both France and Poland, she has been a guest teacher at the Warsaw Opera Ballet School in Poland, the Chicago Ballet in the USA, and at the Zurich Opera Ballet School in Switzerland. In addition to Character Dance, she also teaches barre-à- terre and coordination.