07 761 593 542 marie-claire.mathias@hotmail.fr

Marie-Claire Mathias

DANCER

Dance for me is a big adventure where I can experience

things that it doesn’t happen upon in day-to-day life.

I can enter into a real, imaginative world.

2012 - 2015

CENTRE JAMES CARLES - TOULOUSE -

DSEC, Superior Diploma of Choreographic Studieswww.jamescarles.com

CONTEMPORARY

BALLET

JAZZ

SALSA, BACHATA

AFROCUBAN, RUMBA

AFRICAN DANCE

HIP-HOP

28 / 08 / 1989 27 years old

DIPLOMA

MAIN TECHNICAL DANCE

EACH YEAR – CROSS BODY & CUBAN SALSA FESTIVALS

Nancy, Metz, St-Raphaël, Monaco, Marseille, Montpellier, Belfort, Brighton, London, Belgium, Luxembourg, Budapest

COMPANY Y COMPANY – BARCELONA

Jazz, Contemporary, Musical Theater class & Performance

2010 - 2011

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE BALLET – CONTEMPORARY – JAZZ – SOCIAL & POPULAR DANCES

7 nights of performance each year, 14 (x2) created and repertory solo exam, restitution workshops

Summer 2011

ACADEMIE INTERNATIONALE DE LA DANSE – PARIS

Graham, Ballet, Jazz, Singing, Acting

2011 - 2012

2014 - 2015

Summer

2012

July 2014

August 2014

July 2015

OTHER TRAINING MAIN TRAINING IN JAMES CARLES CENTER

STUDIO HARMONIC – PARIS

Ballet with Wayne Byars, Modern class with Bastien Nozeran

DARC FESTIVAL – CHATEAUROUX

Ballet, Modern, Contemporary & African classes with Christopher Huggins from Alvin Ailey, Angelo Monaco, Louis-Pierre Yonsian… with performance at the end

PROFESSIONAL INTENSIVE – WITH PHOENIX DANCE THEATER IN LEEDS

> Advanced Contemporary Dance technique classes > Phoenix dance theater’s extensive repertoire > Creative sessions investigating choreographic devises > A studio sharing

CUBA DANZA – CUBA

Cuba Modern Dance technique with Luis Roblejo (first dancer of Danza Contemporeana de Cuba), Cuban Folklore, Popular Dances (mambo, chacha, son), Cuban Bar technique, Creation work

BALLET & GRAHAM – WITH DARIUS GRANDISON

From Bejart

AFRO CUBAN CONGRESS – BOURNEMOUTH

SOLO REPERTOIRE

IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHAT ELEVATED by W. Forsythe THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS by Pearl Primus

EMPREINTE MASSAI by Georges Momboye HARMONICA BREAKDOWN by Jane Dudley

MASTER CLASS & WORKSHOP

Gaga class & Batsheva repertoire, Alvin Ailey technique and repertoire, Irène Tassembédo (from Burkina Faso), Germaine

Acogny technique (from Senegal), Elsa Woliaston (pioner of african contemporary dance), techni’k with Léna Blou (create

from Gwo-Ka), Peter Mika from Cobos Mika Company

CREATION WORK WITH CHOREGRAPHERS

PETITES HISTOIRES by Corinne Lanselle PRINTEMPS by Samuel Mathieu

PSAUME ETUDE N°2 by James Carles INSOUMISE by Coraline Lamaison

REPERTOIRE

DECADANCE some extracts by Ohad Naharin (Batsheva Company)

SINFIONETTA by J. Kilyan REVELATIONS by Alvin Ailey

LE VOYAGE by Christopher Wheeldon

SOCIAL & POPULAR DANCE SALSA – AFRICAN DANCE – DANCEHALL – HIP HOP – COUPE DECALE

TECHNICAL CLASSES BALLET – CONTEMPORARY - JAZZ

August 2015

AKRAM KHAN WORKSHOP – TOULOUSE

technique & repertoire with TJ. Lowe

2015 - 2016

BALLET, HORTON, AFROCUBAN, CUBAN CONTEMPORARY, CAPOEIRA – LONDON

MY OWN PROJECTS AS A DANCER & A CHOREGRAPHER

2015

‘UN FROID TROPICAL’ – LATINO CONTEMPORARY CREATION

Solo ‘YEMAYA Y OBATALA’ – LATINO CREATION

2 Dancers

2010

‘LA RENCONTRE’ – AFRO, BREAK, SALSA CREATION

4 Dancers ‘LAS JEMELAS LOCAS’ – BATCHATA, SALSA, REAGGEATON CREATION

8 Dancers

2009

‘LA COLEGIALA’ – SALSA & HIP-HOP CREATION

4 Dancers

MY DANCE WORK

‘WHO AM I’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1mUc8Dh0l4

A resume video about who I am as a dancer

‘UN FROID TROPICAL’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfPl-ZSGJlY

I have created this solo inspired from my trip to Cuba, the Afro Cuban culture and my everyday life at this moment.

2016

‘ELEMENTS’– CONTEMPORARY CREATION

2 Dancers ‘CHRYSALIDE’ – SILK AERIAL ACT CREATION

Solo ‘MASCARADE’ – CONTEMPORARY BREAKING CREATION

2 Dancers

2017

ACRO-YOGA

PIANO

GOSPEL

IMPROVISATION THEATER

OTHER HOBBIES

My dancing concept

I look for my own movement, an instinctual movement,

to get closer to an animal and forget about the mind.

OTHER SKILLS

SALSA TEACHER

Choreographing for my students

Summer 2013

2008 - 2017

2013 - 2017

BACHATA TEACHER

ACTIVITY ORGANIZER & WORKSHOP LEADER

Pilates, Fitness, Dance classes, Sport, Game, Party, Performances, DJ

2013 - 2015

TREASURER YAKAFOKA – STUDENT SOCIETY OF JAMES CARLES CENTER

Organising flash mobs, open stages, workshops, parties

Some Times

ANIMATE EVENTS FOR CHARITY

Society, Partnership, Camping