Guests

Anatole Karpuhin

Anatole Karpuhin is an international ballet teacher and ballet master. He studied ballet in Kiev, started career as first soloist with Opera de Lviv (Lviv National Opera) in 1968.

Then 1974, he was first soloist in Le Théâtre de l'Opéra et du Ballet (Dnepropetrovsk) , 1980 with the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova.

Enitire of his career as ballet dancer, His position was first soloist and principal role. He is one of treasure artist who knows most of all classic repertoire by heart.

1988, He received a diploma of teacher/choreography/Ballet Master from the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow,(Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС). It is now world class university in Moscow.

He was engaged with Baltic State Opera Gdansk, where he made various full length ballet such as Giselle, Don Quixote, La Bajadere, The Nutscracker and more. Since January 1997, he was engaged with Royal Ballet school of Antwerp (Belgium) and he educated numerous Belgian students to become world level professional dancer and international students as well.

He is a guest teacher/ballet master in John Cranko Ballet School, Ballet du Capitole,Toulouse and National and opera ballet schools in Poland. 


Jim De Block

Jim De Block is a Belgian dancer, choreographer, teacher and photographer based in Sweden. He has worked as a soloist dancer in Ballet Flanders, Ballet de l’Opera de Lyon, Tanz Luzerner Theater, Pina Bausch Tanztheater and Göteborg Opera Danskompani where over the years he has worked with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Sharon Eyal, Alan Lucien Øyen and many others. Jim is currently working as a freelancer in Sweden, creating new works with acclaimed Swedish dance makers such as Cristina Caprioli and Örjan Andersson as well as upcoming talents. He is a guest lecturer at Chalmers University and is guest teacher at numerous Swedish dance organisation and companies where he teaches ballet, contemporary and improvisation techniques.


Sylvia Printemps

Sylvia Printemps, turned to teaching following her meeting with Maurice Béjart in 1975. It was at this time that she joined the MUDRA in Brussels, under the direction of Maurice Béjart and joined the Ballet du XXème siècle for 15 years.

Throughout her career of more than 40 years, notably with the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and with troupes in Belgium and France, she combines academic and modern technique, musical training and artistic direction by traversing different styles inspired by Martha Graham, and the Vaganova methods, musical comedy and Argentine tango.

Passionate about the transmission of her art, she is sensitive to the development of young talents, she invests in the preparation of young dancers for the auditions of recognized schools and competitions (Prix des Hivernales, International Competition of the Prix Arabesque, Coda Competition, auditions of the Princess Grace Academy and finally the Paris Opera). 


Markéta Pospíšilová 

Markéta Pospíšilová, who danced in LES BALLETS DE MONTE CARLO, Monaco in 2015-2020

Artictic director: Jean Christophe MAILLOT.

She performed in Lac, Cendrillion, Romeo and Juliette

Chóre, Altro Canto, La Belle, Le Songe, Core Meu

Aleatorio, La Megére, Casse-noisette compagnie

Coppél-i.A. and more.

2006 - 2015 member of ballet company, National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, Ostrava, CZ

From 2010 as a soloist.

She worked with Jiří Kylián,Mats Ek,Nacho Duato,

Johan Inger,Goyo Montero,Jeroen Verbruggen,Vladimir Varnava,Natalia Horecná and more.

2013 nominated for the Thalia award for the role of Odette and Odile in Swan Lake.

She is now a ballet teacher in mainly Czech major companies such as

Moravian Theatre Olomouc, CZ

National Theatre Brno NdB, CZ

South Bohemian Theatre, CZ

Ballett Am Rhein, Dusseldorf, Germany

Ballet National du Rhin, Mulhouse, France and guest dancer for DEKKADANCERS and more