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Curriculum Vitae A STEPHAN LAURENT-FAESI 3965 N. Carrollton Ave. Professor of Dance and Choreographer Indianapolis, IN 46205 [email protected]; http://blue.butler.edu/~slaurent/ 317/927-7166 (H); 940-9365 (Off.) 317/987-3315 (Cell) CURRICULUM VITAE A. Teaching Experience 1988-present Butler University, Jordan College of the Arts, Department of Dance (Professor, 1999- present; Department Chairman, 1988-2003;Associate Professor, 1988-1998) Courses taught: Ballet Technique 1, 2, 3, 4 (Dance Majors) Ballet Technique for Men Masterworks of Dance Theory & Philosophy of Dance Basic Choreography Choreography 2 (Choreography to Music) Choreography 3 (Choreography for Groups) Senior & Graduate Dance Production Graduate Dance Research Project Pas de Deux Dance Teaching Practicum The Arts in Performance (piloted the new Core Curriculum course) Honors Courses First-Year Seminar (Core Curriculum) First-Year Experience for College Majors (Interdisciplinary) 2015 & 2016 Michigan Ballet Academy, Grand Rapids, MI (Guest Master Teacher) Course taught: Advanced Ballet Technique 2014-present Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Blue Lake, MI (Dance Faculty) Courses taught: Ballet Technique, Pointe Technique, Repertory (new choreography) 2003 Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Guest Master Teacher & Guest Choreographer) Courses taught: Advanced Ballet Technique & coaching Newtown High School for the Performing Arts, Sydney, Australia (Guest Master Teacher & Guest Choreographer) Courses taught: Advanced Ballet Technique & coaching 1994-present National High School Dance Festivals, Miami, FL, Philadelphia, PA, & Long Beach, CA (Master Teacher: Ballet Technique & Men’s Technique) 1993-1995 South Texas Dance Theatre, McAllen, TX (Guest Teacher: Advanced Ballet Technique) 1989-1991 Indianapolis Ballet Theatre (Guest Teacher: Professional Ballet Technique) 1989-2010 Jordan College Academy of Dance (Guest Teacher: Advanced Ballet Technique, Character Dance) 1982-1988 Des Moines Ballet Company & School (Artistic Director) Courses taught: Professional Ballet Technique Advanced Ballet Technique for Scholarship Students Modern Technique Workshop (Graham-based) Character Dance (Slavic) Dance History Ballet Terminology 1983 Guest Teacher, Joffrey Ballet Summer Residency, Iowa City, IA Courses taught: Ballet Technique, Stretch & Alignment 1979-1982 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Dance (Assistant Professor and Ballet Master) Courses taught: Ballet Technique for Majors (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced) Character Dance (Slavic) Dance Composition I & II Pas de Deux Repertory Introduction to the Art of Dance (Core Curriculum course) 1978-1979 Repertory Dance Company of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (Ballet Master) Courses taught: Professional Ballet Technique 1978 Ballet Del Monte Sol, Santa Fe, NM (Ballet Master/Resident Choreographer) Courses taught: Professional Ballet Technique 1977-1979 Southern Methodist University, Dance Division (Graduate Teaching Assistant) Courses taught: Intermediate Ballet Technique for Non-Majors Advanced Ballet Technique for Majors 1976 Varna International Ballet Competition, Varna, Bulgaria Coach for the Swiss team (Jean-Charles Gil & Margaret Pélissier) B. Education Academic Education 1977-1979 Southern Methodist University, Graduate School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. Major: Dance. 1979: Master of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude. Courses studied: Graduate Dance History; Research Methodology; Teaching Methodology; Aesthetics & Criticism; Dance Production Project (Performance Thesis); Ballet Technique; Modern Technique (Graham); Modern Choreography; Independent Study in Management. Course Professors: Nikita Talin, Robert Scevers, Tanju Tuzer, Toni Beck, Robert Beard, Marcia Schramm, Betty Ferguson 1973-1974 Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. Major: Dance. 1974: Bachelor of Fine Arts Courses studied: Ballet Technique; Modern Technique (Graham); Dance History; Repertory; Choreography; Dance Pedagogy; Cinematography; Music For Dance; Independent Study in Electronic Music. Course Professors: Nikita Talin, Karen Petersen-Kriete, Toni Beck, Robert Beard, Marcia Schramm, Betty Ferguson, Jerry Hunt 1966-1968 University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Faculté Des Lettres. Major: History and Art History; Minor: German Literature 1964-1966 Gymnasium of Lausanne, Switzerland. Major: Classical Humanities (Latin & Greek) 1966: Baccalauréat ès Lettres 1958-1966 Collège de Villamont, Lausanne, Switzerland. Major: Classical Humanities. 1964: Certificat d'Etudes Secondaires Professional Education 1968-1971 Ecole de Danse Simone Suter, Lausanne, Switzerland. Professional syllabus through Fifth Grade (Bolshoï System). Courses studied: Ballet Technique (French School, Vaganova School, Bournonville School); Floor Barre; Pas de Deux; Character Dance; Jazz; Anatomy & Kinesiology; Music Analysis; Repertoire; Choreography; Benesh Dance Notation; Indian Classical Dance (Bharata-Natyam); Mime. Course Professors: Simone Suter, Turhan Betin, Stefan Ionescu, Jens Brenaa, Juliette Kando, Marian Balchin 1965-1968 Acting courses with Prof. Edmond Pidoux and Pierre Boulanger, Lausanne Member of touring theatre group Les Gais Vagabonds. Tours to France in summers. 1962-1968 Conservatory of Music in Lausanne Piano, percussion. Private instruction in music theory, guitar, baroque flute, organ. Workshops 1980-1987 Summer workshops in New York City Ballet & modern technique classes with Larry Rhodes, Marjorie Mussman, Finis Jhung, David Howard, Robert Denvers, and José Limon Dance Company. 1981 Intensive Summer Workshop in Movement Analysis Laban Institute for Movement Studies (L.I.M.S.), New York. Language Proficiency Languages spoken fluently French; English; German Reading knowledge Dutch; Italian; Spanish; Latin; Classical Greek C. Performances Professional Performing Career 1989-2003 Butler Ballet, Indianapolis, IN (Artistic Director, Guest Principal) 1982-1988 Des Moines Ballet, Des Moines, IA (Artistic Director, Guest Principal) Tours throughout Iowa and to Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota 1978 Ballet Del Monte Sol, Santa Fe, NM (Ballet Master & Principal Dancer) Artistic Director: Louise Licklider Tours throughout New Mexico. 1977-1978 Dallas Ballet, Dallas, TX (Guest Artist) Artistic Director: George Skibine; Ballet Mistress: Marjorie Tallchief 1975-1977 Scapino Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Demi-Soloist) Artistic Director: Armando Navarro; Ballet Mistress: Marianne Sarstädt Tours throughout Holland and to Italy, Finland, France, and Germany. 1974-1975 Ballet Royal De Wallonie, Charleroi, Belgium (Demi-Soloist) Artistic Director: Hanna Voos; Ballet Masters: George Lefèvre, Menia Martinez Tours throughout Belgium and to France and Spain. 1972, 73, 74 Bayreuther Festspiele, Germany (Soloist) Artistic Director: Wolfgang Wagner; Choreographer: John Neumeier 1972-1973 Ballett des Staatstheater Braunschweig, Germany (Demi-Soloist) Ballet Master: Manfred Taubert 1971-1972 Ballett der Städtischen Bühnen Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany (Demi-Soloist) Ballet Master: Willy Christ Regional tours in Southern Germany. 1969-1971 Ballet de la Jeunesse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland. (Soloist) Artistic Director: Turhan Betin; Ballet Mistress: Simone Suter Works Performed (selected) The Nutcracker (Michelle Jarvis & others/Tchaikovsky). Butler Ballet. Principal. Coppélia (Stephan Laurent/Delibes). Des Moines Ballet. Principal. Les Sylphides (Fokine, arr. Starbuck/Chopin). Ballet Del Monte Sol. Principal. Passacaglia & Fugue (Doris Humphrey/Bach). U.W. Dance Theatre. Principal. Turntable (James Starbuck/James Brown). Ballet Del Monte Sol. Principal. The Nutcracker (George Skibine/Tchaikovsky). Dallas Ballet. Soloist. Romeo & Juliet (George Skibine/Massenet). Dallas Ballet/Dallas Opera. Soloist. Assortimento (Hans Van Manen/Debussy). Scapino Ballet. Pulcinella (Fernand Daudey/Stravinsky). Scapino Ballet. Soloist. Coppélia (Armando Navarro/Delibes). Scapino Ballet. Soloist. 24 Bloote Voete (Charles Czarny/Brown). Scapino Ballet. Demi-Soloist. The Nutcracker (Armando Navarro/Tchaikovsky). Scapino Ballet. Demi-Soloist. Halve Symphonie (Armando Navarro/Tchaikovsky). Scapino Ballet. Peer Gynt Suite (Eric Hampton/Grieg). Scapino Ballet. Demi-Soloist. Zachte Vloer Show (Eric Hampton/Bartok). Scapino Ballet. Venusberg Bacchanale (John Neumeier/Wagner). Bayreuther Festspiele. Soloist. Prince Igor (Fokine, arr. Beriozov/Borodin). Ballet Royal de Wallonie. Soloist. Oedipus Rex (Jorge Lefèvre/Maderna). Ballet Royal de Wallonie. Soloist. Giselle (Perrot & Coralli/Adam). Ballet Royal de Wallonie. Demi-Soloist. Petrushka (Fokine, arr. Beriozov/Stravinsky). Ballet Royal de Wallonie. Le Coq d'Or (Fokine, arr. Skibine/Rimsky-Korsakov). Ballet Royal de Wallonie. Swan Lake (Petipa & Ivanov/Tchaikovsky). Ballet Royal de Wallonie. Ecce Homo (Joseph Lazzini/Berghmans). Ballet Royal de Wallonie. Soloist. The Nutcracker (Tony Hulbert/Tchaikovsky). Ballet Royal de Wallonie. Demi-Soloist. Venusberg Bacchanale (Nikita Talin/Wagner). Southern Methodist University. Principal. The Nutcracker (Nikita Talin/Tchaikovsky). Southern Methodist University. Principal. Ego (Stephan Laurent/Schaeffer) Southern Methodist University. Principal. Cinderella (Manfred Taubert/Prokofiev). Braunschweig Ballet. Soloist. Coppélia (Willy Christ/Delibes). Freiburg Ballet. Soloist. Symphony in C (Willy Christ/Bizet). Freiburg Ballet. Soloist. Der Zigeunerbaron (Willy Christ/Strauss). Freiburg Ballet. Demi-Soloist. La Garde Civile (Simone Suter/Collage). Ballet de la Jeunesse Romande.
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