Department of Modern Languages - annual program

FRENCH & BALLET in SWITZERLAND          Brochure in Japanese

Combine French and Ballet

The programme is organized as follows:

• Starting dates : August 3rd or August 10th 2009
• Number of students per class in the language section: 8-14 maximum/class
• Age limit: from 15 years and over
• Classes and levels/ Schedule: Students have to take a proficiency test and professors will admit them into appropriate classes. Students will be enrolled for 25 periods a week of French courses, Monday through Friday from 8:20 am to 12:00 pm.
• Ballet: 10 classes per week will be organized in the afternoons. Each class lasts 1h30 and includes classic dance, contemporary/Modern.
• Levels: professional, advanced, intermediate, elementary
• Certificates: At the end of their study period, students receive both certificates from Lemania College and from the ballet school
• Duration: 2 weeks.

Accommodations:

Boarding school: located on the campus itself at about 5 minutes walking distance from the railway station.

Guest family: located at about 20-30 minutes away by bus from the school and railway station. Breakfast and dinner included.

School locations:

Both schools are accessible very easily from the railway stations, only 5-10 minutes walking distance.

French course

Lemania College – Lausanne

Classes are opened on the first day on the basis of a placement test, which enables students to be grouped according to their level of ability.

At the end of their study period, students are tested to demonstrate what level has been attained.

The programme includes all modern aspects of the study of a living language: grammar, verbs, spelling, writing, vocabulary, literature, study of texts, reading, phonetics and conversation.

The Ballet school

The Ballet school « Ecole de Danse de la Côte » is directed by Mrs Cecilia Mones-Ruiz, who trained as a professional dancer in the famous Rudra Company run by Maurice Béjart. She then worked in several countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Germany as a dancer and choreographer.

She came back to Switzerland to work with Maurice Béjart and in 2002; she became his assistant and ballet mistress for several productions. With this wealth of experience, Mrs Mones-Ruiz decided to open her own school, the "Ecole de Danse de la Côte".

Cecilia Mones-Ruiz		with Maurice Béjart

The programme is designed for talented young dancers and amateurs.

The Ecole de Danse de la Côte aims for social, educational and cultural development. One of our objectives is the thorough training of young people who are passionate about dance and who wish to make it their life – as dancers, teachers, or choreographers.

The school offers an intensive and comprehensive training with a wide range of courses, concentrating above all on classical dance, pointes, the art of the pas de deux, and modern or contemporary dance.

The dance courses are developed in the traditional style, i.e. bar/floor. Classes develop progressively, with due regard to the age and capacities of each student.
Each student is asked to perform the exercises to the best of their ability. Their results take students’ qualities and limits, personal responses and individuality into account.

While maintaining the standards of the discipline, the professor will be sure to listen, and will follow each student individually, with the goal of aiding their development in everyday life, just as much as in the beautiful art that is Dance.