Bharat Natyam

 

With Rajshree Suresh

It is a difficult and complex dance, in which each movement of the body (abhinaya) and each hand gesture (mudra) holds symbolic meaning. What appears to be so fluid, graceful and easy demands lengthy training and daily practice.

Gypsy Dances from Turkey and Rajasthan

 

With Maya Quiminal

Iranian Setâr

 

The setâr is an iranian instrument. The name "setâr" means 3 strings.

Peruvian Dance Classes

 

With Gladys Ybargüen

With cultural transmission and conservation in mind, Gladys Ybargüen began teaching these costumed dances aimed specifically at children within the framework of the Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie. With a clear didactic approach and fun classes, kids will discover the great diversity of the traditional dance repertoire.

Hispanic American Guitar

 

With Paco Chambi

Paco Chambi teaches guitar classes based on the Latin American music tradition (classical and popular), but also teaches other repertoires according to the interests and requests of the students.

Japanese percussion: Taiko

 

With Remi Clemente

The drums are made of cow skin and heavy, hard carved wood. They’re played with thick sticks and the impact is impressive. Training on the drums follows, as closely as possible, in the style of my Japanese teacher, Tamada-san: warm-up, strike exercises and then pieces.

Cavaquinho and Brazilian Guitar

 

With Otávio Menezes

This class will approach Brazilian music through the study of harmony, rhythm and diverse forms of accompaniment. The goal is to develop instrumental technique through practice in order to deepen knowledge of the different genres such as the choro, Samba and the Bossa Nova.

Bulgarian Dances

 

Vanya Gigileva

Phone : 077 505 16 80
Email: vanya.g@gmail.com

Tyrolean Yodelling

 

With Heïdi Fracheboud

Yodelling is present in many regions around the world and is expressed through a diversity of tones and rhythms. The roots of this technique are interwoven with nature (mountains and forest), as well as with the core of the human being.

Flamenco Dance for Children

 

With Michelle Gagnaux

Classes offer insight into flamenco through rhythm and movement. They are based on warm-ups, feet techniques and arm movements, as well as rhythmic exercises using palmas and other percussion mediums. Linked steps are also taught at a level adapted to the children

Azerbaïdjan dances

 

With Mariya Azad Khan-Khoskaya

These dances belong to several distinct categories: work dances, ritual dances, military dances and women's traditional dances. Attention is drawn to the upper part of the body: the head, the movements of the arms and hands, as well as the dancer's facial expression.

Irish Music – group lessons

 

With Leonard Gremaud

Irish music boasts an enormous repertoire, so the accent will be placed on learning and interpreting the jigs, reels, hornpipes and polkas that are most often played and enjoyed today in jam sessions.

Traditional Dances of Hungary and Transylvania

 

With Pannonia

Hungary has a rich inventory of traditional music that is respected well beyond its own borders. The dances are varied and are taught to a large public of all ages during workshops or live music dance evenings (tanchaz), which is another Hungarian tradition.

Flamenco Dance for Children and Adolescents

 

With Maud Brulhart

Maud has been teaching flamenco dance to children from the age of 6 through to 12 for several years now and caters to different levels of ability.

Mridangam classes: South Indian percussion

 

With Venkatasubramanian Pasupathy and Sivasuthan Sivarajiyer

The mridangam is a classical double drum from South India. Used to accompany songs, instruments and dance, it is made form a single piece of hollow wood, though it may have originally been made of clay.

Greek Dance

 

With Pantelis Vervatidis

Pantelis taught for several years at the l’Association Hellénique de Genève, at the Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie and the Communauté Hellénique de Genève. He continues to give classes at C.H.E.F in Geneva.

Cuban Songs

 

With Reinaldo Delgado

Students will learn pieces, coordination with percussion, voice projection techniques and the exploration of harmonies. The end goal is to be able to play an instrument and sing at the same time.

Circle Dances and Folk Dances

 

With Regula Büchler

Folk dances include mazurka, waltz, polka, Breton circles, branles, bourrées, rondeau and mixers. The circle dances incorporate the traditions of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Israel as well as more contemporary choreographies.  These dances allow for an even greater knowledge of steps and more varied movements.

Persian Dance

 

With Sepideh Nayemi

The aims of this course include discovering and developing natural grace, learning to express yourself freely in movement and enjoying dancing to the subtle rhythms and melodies of traditional Persian music.

Flamenca Guitar

 

by Etienne Mayerat

Classes aim to pass on flamenco’s different forms, particularly those of the guitar.  This includes studying the rhythmic and harmonic aspects of the principal styles (palos), as well as their cultural context.  Flamenco guitar technique offers many possibilities on the guitar, whether in a group or solo. 

Flamenco Dance

 

With Ana La China

Flamenco is a very structured art form that involves footwork, arm movements and synchronisation.

Tombak - Iranian percussion - 5/6 May

 

With Kaveh Mahmudiyan

The tombak is an iranian drum, also known as zarb. It is played by hands

Violins of Europe (Ireland, France and Cajun)

 

With Léonard Gremaud

Irish music boasts an enormous repertoire, so the accent will be placed on learning and interpreting the jigs, reels, hornpipes and polkas that are most often played and enjoyed today in jam sessions.

East African Dance

 

With Alidou Yanogo

Classes are divided into three parts; warm up, technique and dance routines.  Classes are given in collaboration with one or several musicians and percussionists.

The Tammorra and Tamburello - South Italy

 

With Salvatore Meccio and Massimo Laguardia

Like almost all percussion instruments, the tammorra and tamburello are social instruments. Whether in private or group lessons, the aim is to teach students to play these drums in a group situation, in keeping with the way that they are played in Southern Italy.

Afro-Cuban Dance

 

With Reinaldo “Flecha” Delgado

The dances of Cuban Rumba are rich in variety:  Columbia is considered to be a very ancient type of rumba, which developed from the rhythms of Abakua rituals,  Xambu is a rumba with a slow tempo, Guaguanco is a dance of courtship and a game of seduction.

Japanese Flute – Shakuhachi

 

With Dieter Zuisho Nanz

Used for meditation, the Shakuhachi flute’s sweet sounds were meant to express the force of breathing and its melodies explored almost infinite timbres and sounds. For a player needs only a sole tone, which he can change and ornament in a thousand ways.

African Dances

 

With Aminata Traoré “Bata”

Lessons start with rhythmical warm ups, followed by the actual class. Lessons finish with stretching to the voice of Bata and the djembefola playing of Madou and Zac.

Afro-Cuban percussion

 

With Reinaldo “Flecha” Delgado

This course relates to the various rhythms and songs of the culture Cuban Negro primarily those dedicated to the worship of the “Orishas”

Argentine Tango

 

With Mariela Casabonne Bach

Come and discover the grand tradition of Argentine Tango, the sensual couple dance that combines grace, strength and elegance.

Capoeira Angola

 

With Mestre Braga

Capoeira is a game of movements that retell this part of Brazilian history through physical expression and song, which is accompanied by the famous musical arc known as the berimbau.

Samba – Rio Carnival Percussions

 

With Cédric Veillard

Surdo  - Caixa Agôgô - Chocalho - Ganzá - Cuíca - Tambourine- Pandeiro - Rebolo - Tantan - Repique de anel - Repique de mão -  Cavaquinho – Brazilian banjo -  Reco-reco -  Drums

Afro-Brazilian Samba batucada percussion

 

With Mateu Batista Santos

- A rhythm based music training, adapted to the individual
- Having percussion instruments at hand
- Artistic and musical creations
- Public performances

Bharat Natyam

 

With Rajshree Suresh

Bharat Natyam is the most ancient style of traditional dance in India. It is a difficult and complex dance, in which each movement of the body (abhinaya) and each hand gesture (mudra) holds symbolic meaning. What appears to be so fluid, graceful and easy demands lengthy training and daily practice.

Kathak (North Indian Classical Dance)

 

With Astrid

Kathak classes begin with learning and practicing foot rhythms (tatkar), as well as the vocabulary of synchronised body movements, then diverse choreographies, rhythmic sequences,  as well as invocations to the gods (Vandana).

Oriental Dance

 

With Viviana

Viviana sees Oriental dance as a unifying force in its traditional form, because it touches upon one’s deepest being. The dance remains both sacred and feminine for her. She recognises the therapeutic powers of dance and it is with this in mind that she transmits her knowledge.

Balinese Dance

 

With Sinah Ni Nyoman Tordjman

By teaching the basic techniques and movements of these graceful dances, Sinah Tordjman opens up an incredibly rich cultural and artistic universe for discovery. She is a renowned artist who is passionate about the transmission of this unique patrimony.

Hindustani Music : Santur, sitar or tablas

 

With Paul Grant

Paul Grant is a musician and teacher who has spent more than 35 years dedicated to the study of Eastern music.  He is known for his mastery of the santoor in a variety of classical repertoires, including Indian, Persian, Afghan and Kashmiri. In addition to being proficient on the tabla and sitar, he has restored and made several instruments in his existential quest for perfect sound!

Balkan Choral Music

 

With Nabila Schwab

The Angels of Monbrillant’s repertoire reflects the group’s encounters, desires, changing environments and other day-to-day disruptions.  The choir is open to all those wanting to explore their voices and mix with a group, regardless of experience – though the choir does have minimum requirements for singing with others.

Traditional Arab Dance

 

With Nadia Makhlouf

During classes, you will be introduced to different forms of dance: classical, popular, sacred etc, as well as to different traditional rhythms and music. Classes are regularly accompanied by musicians.

Galician bagpipes

 

With José Constenla

José Constenla inherited the skills Galicia’s folk tradition requires from his ancestors, as well as a deep feeling for the people’s music, just like his grand-father and his god-father. 

Anatolia's popular music

 

by Ozan Cagdas

Oud – The Arab Lute

 

With Redouane Haribe

Without doubt, the oud is the string instrument par excellence of traditional Arab music, both sacred and popular.  It is also present in the diverse musical genres of Turkey, Greece, Caucasia and Central Asia.

Eastern percussion instruments: Derbouka, Bendir, Riqq, Daf

 

With Yasser Abdella.

These lessons are ideal for developing a musical ear and a sense of rhythm. They also focus on the main Arab instruments: Derbouka, Duff, Bendir and Riqq.

Eastern music : Oud, singing and improvisation

 

With Yousra Dhabhi

Aimed at any level, these classes help develop listening and technique by focusing on the main styles of Eastern instrumental music.

Traditional Violins of Central Europe (Tzigane and Yiddish)

 

With Dorin Gall

Romanian and Hungarian Tzigane tradition and Yiddish Music. Music theory, instrumental technique, right hand, phrasal structures, rhythmic section, vocabulary, bow technique, left hand and personal creativity.

Japanese percussion: Taiko

 

With Rémi Clemente

The drums are made of cow skin and heavy, hard carved wood. They’re played with thick sticks and the impact is impressive.

Andean Flutes and Wind Instruments

 

With Raul Chacon

Sicu in Aymaran, antara in Quechua and zampona in Spanish are all words for the Pan flute, an ancient instrument from the Andes region.

Iranian Daf

 

With Amir Moayedoddin

While the Daf is a large, framed drum, used to accompany Iran’s Kurdish music, it is also widely played across the Middle East and in Central Asia.

Kora Classes

 

With Sankoum Cissokho

The traditional kora belongs to the African harp family off Mandinka origin. Its resonance box consists of cow skin stretched over a half gourd. 21 strings made of animal innards are attached to a long stick that stretches the length of this gourd.