after school WORKSHOPS
AUGUST 8-SEPTEMBER 1
Conditioning & Cross Training
AUGUST 15 & 19
with april wexelman
Ages 9-12
ages 13-18+
SCHEDULE
AGES 9-12
Tuesday, August 15
6:30 - 8:30pm: Conditioning & Cross Training
Saturday, August 19
11:00am - 12:30pm: Conditioning & Cross Training
Tuition $200
AGES 13-18+
Tuesday, August 15
4:15 - 6:15pm: Conditioning & Cross Training
Saturday, August 19
12:30 - 2:30pm: Conditioning & Cross Training
Tuition $200
CLASSICAL WORKSHOP
August 15 - 19
with TIIT HELIMETS
Ages 9-12
ages 13-18+
SCHEDULE
AGES 9-12
Tuesday-Friday
4:00-5:15pm: Ballet Technique
5:15-6:15pm: Variations
Saturday
12:30pm- 2:00pm Ballet Technique
2:00pm - 3:30pm Variations
AGES 13-18+
Tuesday-Friday
6:15-7:45pm: Ballet Technique
7:45-8:45pm: Variations
Saturday
10:00-11:30am Ballet Technique
11:30am-12:30pm Variations
TUITION
Classical Workshop $500
CLASSICAL WORKSHOP
with ARAM MANUKYAN
ONE DAY>AUGUST 20
WEEK 1>AUGUST 22-AUGUST 26
WEEK 2>AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 1
Ages 9-12
ages 13-18+
SCHEDULE
AGES 9-12
One Day
August 20 (Sunday)
10:00-11:30am: Ballet Technique
11:30am-12:30pm: Variations
Week 1 August 22-26
August 22-25 (Tuesday-Friday)
4:00-5:15pm: Ballet Technique
5:15-6:15pm: Variations
August 26 (Saturday)
10:00-11:30am: Ballet Technique
11:30am-12:30pm: Variations
Week 2: August 28 - September 1
August 28- September 1 (Monday-Friday)
4:00-5:15pm: Ballet Technique
5:15-6:15pm: Variations
AGES 13-18+
One Day
August 20 (Sunday)
12:45-2:15pm: Ballet Technique
2:15-3:15pm: Variations
Week 1: August 22-26
August 22-25 (Tuesday-Friday)
6:15-7:45pm: Ballet Technique
7:45-8:45pm: Variations
August 26 (Saturday)
12:45-2:15pm: Ballet Technique
2:15-3:15pm: Variations
Week 2: August 28 - September 1
August 28-September 1 (Monday-Friday)
6:15-7:45pm: Ballet Technique
7:45-8:45pm: Variations
TUITION
One Day: August 20
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Ages 13-18+ ($100) - REGISTER
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Week 1: August 22-26
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Week 2: August 28-September 1
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Tiit Helimets
Director, Male Dancer Program
Instructor, Classical
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Saint Mary's College
Master's Degree, Academy of Art University
Tallinn Ballet School
Aram Manukyan
Guest Instructor
EDUCATION
Armenian Choreography Academy
Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS), Full Scholarship
Aram Manukyan began his ballet training at Armenian Choreography Academy where he studied the Vaganova method under Rafael Avnikian and Maxim Martirosian. He finished his training with a full scholarship at the Russian University of Theatre Arts.
Mr. Manukyan returned to Armenia and danced with Armenian National Ballet before taking a soloist position with Ukrainian State Opera Ballet Theatre. Mr. Manukyan would later dance principal and soloist roles with companies in Annapolis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Sarasota.
Mr. Manukyan then became Artistic Director of the BGLV/Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. From there, Murray Kilgour invited him to Alberta as a ballet and character dance teacher. It was at Alberta Ballet School where he took up the Cecchetti method under Nancy Kilgour and pas de deux with Murray Kilgour.
With the launch of the Alberta Ballet II, a pre-professional program for youth dancers, in July 2014, Mr. Manukyan was appointed the program's Director. A jury member for many International Ballet Competitions, Mr. Manukyan is now Artistic Coordinator and Director of the Alberta Ballet Trainee Program at Alberta Ballet School.
Tiit Helimets
As a Principal Dancer with San Francisco Ballet, Tiit Helimets has danced major roles in Tomasson’s Giselle (Albrecht), Nutcracker (Grand Pas de Deux Prince), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desiré), and Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried and Von Rothbart); Tomasson / Possokhov’s Don Quixote (Basilio); Cranko’s Onegin (Gremin); Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid (Prince, Poet); Scarlett’s Frankenstein (Alphonse Frankenstein); and Wheeldon’s Cinderella (Prince Gillaume). He created principal roles in Caniparoli’s Doublestop, Ibsen’s House, and Tears; King’s The Collective Agreement; Liang’s The Infinite Ocean; Possokhov’s Swimmer (Humbert); and Wheeldon’s Ghosts.
His repertory also includes Ashton’s Symphonic Variations; Balanchine’s Agon, Apollo, Allegro Brillante, Diamonds, Divertimento No. 15, The Four Temperaments, Scotch Symphony, Serenade, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, and Symphony in C; Bintley’s The Dance House; Bubeníček’s Gentle Memories; Forsythe’s in the middle, somewhat elevated; Liang’s Symphonic Dances; Lifar’s Suite en Blanc; MacMillan’s Winter Dreams; van Manen’s Variations for Two Couples; McGregor’s Borderlands, Chroma, and Eden/Eden; Millepied’s The Chairman Dances—Quartet for Two; Nureyev’s Raymonda—Act III; Possokhov’s Firebird and Magrittomania; Ratmansky’s Russian Seasons, Seven Sonatas, and Shostakovich Trilogy; Robbins’ Glass Pieces and In the Night; Tomasson’s 7 for Eight, The Fifth Season, On a Theme of Paganini, Prism, and Trio; and Wheeldon’s Continuum.
Before joining San Francisco Ballet, Tiit was a Principal Dancer with Birmingham Royal
Ballet and the Estonian National Ballet. Tiit made history in Estonia by being the youngest male dancer ever to perform the role of Siegfried in Swan Lake.
In 2011 Tiit formed a touring company Helimets and Co, in 2012 he created a
dance/music installation at the de Young Museum, and in 2013 he produced Estonian National Ballet’s San Francisco tour. He received an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Performance for his 2015 performances of Giselle and the Award for Outstanding Performance in Estonia for guest appearances in The Sleeping Beauty and Romeo and Juliet.