Choreographers, External Teachers and Pianist

Choreographers

Cost to Joburg Ballet - All costs will generally include flights, accommodation, S&T, rights for streaming and royalty fees per performance over and above the original total fee to the choreographer = anywhere from R50 000 to R120 000 per choreographer.

The benefits of utilising Chorographers:

Exposing our dancers to either current international practices, or perform different genres of dance that they would not have been able to under normal circumstances.
Allowing Choreographers the opportunity to get to produce works on professional ballet dancers
Increasing Joburg Ballet’s visibility or “Footprint” and opening the possibilities to other choreographers wanting to work with Joburg Ballet

External Teachers

Cost to Joburg Ballet: R400 per lesson 2 x per week = R3 200 per month OR R38 400 per annum

The benefits of utilising non-Joburg Ballet, qualified teachers:

Dance teachers and their studios who feel they have a personal relationship with their resident professional Company not only support Joburg Ballet better but also encourage the continuation of the ballet training in their pupils as a valid Profession in South Africa.
Allowing for a multitude of methodologies and dance education to become accessible to the dancer, assisting them should they choose to become qualified teachers or choreographers themselves.
Diversifying the steps that they do in classes and improving and strengthening upon these by regular practice.

Pianist

Cost to Joburg Ballet: 1 x accompanied class per week = R500 per class OR R2000 per month OR R20 100 per annum

The benefits of using live accompaniment:

Inspires and encourages better musicality in our dancers.
Professional development in the Dancer, as well as the Pianist.
The gift of music gets to be enjoyed live, which is priceless!

For more information

+27 11 877 6898
futhi@joburgballet.com

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