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.

Flamenco Dance

 

With Ana La China

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

Hurdy Gurdy (wheel fiddle)

 

With René Zosso

René Zosso approached the hurdy gurdy with fresh energy : it was not only the traditional repertoire  that interested him, but also the instrument in combination with ancient music (oral tradition, Middle Ages, Baroque music) and all its possibilities.

Workshop for children : Dance, music and singing from Iran - from 15 to 19 July 2019

 

With Sepideh Nayemi and Hossein Rad

Workshop : Dhrupad - 8 & 9 September 2019

 

With Ashish Sankrityayan

This workshop aims to introduce and familiarise participants with the vocal practice of dhrupad and its methods, which are based on practices derived from yoga and find their source in the Vedic tradition of reciting mantras.

Dhrupad - Saturday 23 January

 

With Namrata Dentan

Dhrupad is the oldest surviving classical musical tradition in North India. The accuracy of the voice of sound frequencies and micro-tones are the essence of Dhrupad.

Dances from Peru

 

With Gladys Ybaragüen

Peruvian dance is the result of several  vibrant cultural encounters; Incan, Spanish and African traditions have all combined and this melange has ripened over the centuries.

Guitar for Argentine tango and folk music

 

With Pedro Ratto

Differents courses with the aim to learn on guitar tango and the different rhythms of Argentine music.

Kalarypayatt - 8th September 2019

 

With Heidi Rasmussen

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.

Bharat Natyam - Children

 

With Sujatha Venkatesh

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.

L'art de la transe

 

With Claudia Heinle

The art of trance is based on experimentation and training in time-honoured physical techniques, which allow our beings to attain, through specific movements and the appropriate breathing, the experience of a new vibration.

Shômyô - 14 & 15 Septembrer, 2019

 

With Junko Ueda

To continue the study of  Shomyo, Junko  propose 3-4 times a year a worksho,  for the medium students and an introduction for begginners.

Bharat Natyam

 

With Sujatha Venkatesh

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.

Popular persian music, vocal and percussion

 

With Hossein Rad

The main objective of theses courses is to make you discover the pleasure of singing, creating and developing your own style, accompanying yourself with a percussion.

Kathak - Classical dance from North India

 

With Priscilla Gauri

Kathak is one of the 7 classical dance styles of India. This class will provide an introduction to children from 5 to 12 years old.

Singing the world - Méthode Martina A. Catella

 

With Clotilde Rullaud

Borrowing from the Inuit, Asian, and Tzigane traditions, this workshop highlights group performance and polyphonies. Each participant can develop their own ‘body-instrument’, indispensable to the expression of all sung or spoken sounds.

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. Bal and concert June 27th

Hungarian dances - Children from 8 years

 

With Pannonia

The group has dancers of all levels, a rich array of cultural backgrounds and differents ages. Pannonia is active in the cultural life of the Geneva area and regularly performs at festivals, shows or parties and organizes “táncház” or “dance-houses” : dance evenings with demonstrations and teaching.

Djembé

 

With Jean-Marie Senn

These classes are aimed at all levels of experience and involve the oral transmission of traditional rhythms, listening, strike techniques, solos, and leading a group.

Polyphonics songs from Sardegna

 

With Marina Pittau - 21 & 22 September

This workshop is focused on learning a so-called “natural” technique. It involves using the chest voice or speaking voice through the development of breathing, voice techniques (timbre, resonance, strength etc) and improvisation. 

Oriental Dances - Children from 7 years

 

With Vivian'Adaya

For girls, starting from 7 years

Soufi dance

 

WIth Rana Gorgani

This course, based on the Sufi tradition of whirling dance, is accessible to all. The class starts with a listening meditation that offers better understanding of Samâ, which means spiritual listening.

Polyphonies from France

 

With Marine Pelletreau

These repertoire comprising polyphonic songs with a focus on traditional French songs,  were born out of an oral culture and are part of the cultural patrimony. Their multifaceted nature and musical and historical richness make for diverse material to explore: Breton, Basque, Normand, Corsican etc.

Afro-fusion dances

 

With Dominque Rey

This introductory dance class aims to explore the different possibilities of a body in movement by linking it to natural elements such as water, fire, earth – the elements form the common thread. Saturday's workshop's flyer

Greek Singing

 

With Anna Koti

These classes are aimed at those who wish to develop their vocal ability and discover the performance of Greek song and its diverse styles: traditional, rebetiko, popluar and contemporary.

Salsa and Columbian dances

 

With Milena Cardona

The aim of this class is to learn to free up your body to the sounds of tropical music

Greek Dance

 

With Pantelis Vervatidis

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

Introducton to Gnawa music

 

With Khalil Bensid

Gnawa music originated in the Maghreb from the cultural practices that Black African slaves brought with them. It is called Gnawa in Morocco, Diwan in Algeria, and Stambali in Tunisia and Libya.

Pizzica Pizzica, Tammurriate, Calabrese, Siciliane - South Italian

 

With Katia Romano

This monthly workshop will teach you the many differents percussions and dances from South Italy.

Flamenco singing

 

With Yolanda Almodovar

This flamenco singing class covers the basic techniques through to the more complicated ones.

Flamenco Dance for Children and Adolescents

 

With Maud Brulhart

Maud has been teaching flamenco dance to children from the age of 4 through to 12 for several years now and caters to different levels of ability.

Bollywood dances / Kalbelya Dance from Rajasthan

 

With Maya Quiminal

This 2 classes focuses on two dances: One is dedicated to the gypsy dances :  Kalbelya of Rajasthan and the other to Bollywood dances.

Musiques et rythmes latino–américains

 

With Sergio Valdeos

An introduction to Latin American rhythms through a didactic and hands-on repertoire, which is adapted for the voice and for instruments.

Iranian classical Daf

 

With Shahab Eghbali

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.

Flamenco Dance for Children and Adolescents

 

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

Bulgarian Folk Dances

 

With Dimitar Bogdanov

The specific rhythms including asymmetrical measures (5/8, 7/8. 9/8, etc.) and the variety of melodies and dances appeal to the diverse audience.

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.  Summer workshops

Classical Arabic singing

 

With Aïcha Redouane

Aïcha Redouane’s songs express the spiritual development of a path of love and light.

Gypsy dances

 

With Pat la Gadji

 This is an intense dance with a pronounced feminine character, which calls on participants to dare to stomp their feet, to frown, to shake the shoulders, twirl their skirts, sway their hips and express what pleases us.

Arabic percussions

 

With Habib Yammine

This monthly workshop focuses on arabic vocals and will be accompanied on percussion by Habib Yammine.

Caucasian dances

 

With Mariya 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.

Duduk

 

With Levon Chatikyan

This wind instrument of Armenian origin consists of a cylindrical body and a double reed. There are 8 finger holes on the duduk’s front and two thumbholes on its back. A piece of reed acts as sound and air regulator. The duduk is a simple instrument but one that produces a unique sound.

Sacred danses from Turkey

 

With Sevil Kara

The aim of this class is to lead each person into an interior world of dance, guided by the popular rhythms that principally originated in the music of Turkey and Kurdistan, to a place that will enable participants to find a movement that connects them with the soul.

Tyrolean Yodelling

 

With Héloïse 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.

Kathak (Banaras Gharana)

 

With Priscilla Gauri

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 hindu gods (Bandana).

Balkan Choral

 

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.

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.

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.

Japanese percussion: Taiko

 

With Sandra Miura

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

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.

Oriental Dance

 

With Vivian'Adaya

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.

Afro-brazilian dance

 

With Luanda Mori

These classes are for those who wish to experiment with a particular approach to dance inspired by Afro-Brazilian culture, in all its symbolic richness and dynamism.

Circle Dance

 

With Regula Büchler

Created to any style of music and from different traditions, Circle Dance invites us to celebrate life in all its richness. To dance, you don’t need any prior knowledge or a partner. There is no age limit. Workshop on 30th March : flyer

Chinese Zither – Guzheng

 

With Xu Qin

The guzheng is a traditional Chinese plucked-string instrument from the zither family - the oldest traces of which date back to the third century B.C. Gǔ means ancient and zhēng means zither.

Daff - Tahtib

 

With Caroline Chevat

The daff is a frame drum that has been used in numerous rituals since the beginning of time – so much so that it is part of a universal language.

Kalarippayatt

 

With Heidi Rasmussen

Kalarippayatt is, according to legend, the ancestor of martial arts. It is anchored in Kathakali training and is practiced in theatre schools throughout Southern India.

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.

Iranian Setâr

 

with Cyrus Shahidi

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

Flamenco's workshops

 

With Manu Castan or Daniel Renzi

2 teachers for different approaches to developing flamenco practice.

Balafon

 

With Aboubacar Konaté

The balafon is a wooden xylophone, which has origins in the Mandinka Empire (West Africa). It is played by striking sticks against slats of wood – the gourds beneath these serve as the resonator

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.

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.

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.

Carnatic vocals

 

With Lakshmy Natarajan

Carnatic music is considered one of the most ancient music systems in the world. It is a learned music that is full of emotion and involves a lot of improvisation.

Iranian luths : Tar and setar

 

With Sogol Mirzaei

This class offers training in traditional Persian music through introductory or advanced practice of two of its principal instruments: the târ and setâr lutes.

Anatolia's popular music

 

by Ozan Cagdas

The traditions of the ashik, the Anatolian bards whose names mean 'in love', go back to the Middle Ages. Today, this tradition is maintained by professional musicians, poets and performers who accompany their songs with various long-necked lutes: saz, divan, cura, selpe

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 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”

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.

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!

Hindustani vocal

 

With Bijayshree Samal

Indian Classical Music is so rich that every human emotion, every restrained feeling in man and nature can be musically expressed and experienced. Bijayashreee will teach devotionnals chants, as bajans, kirtans, etc. will teach

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.