{"id":4872,"date":"2015-11-02T16:46:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T09:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/?p=4872"},"modified":"2022-09-22T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T03:15:43","slug":"dance-workshop-with-mylena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/dance-workshop-with-mylena\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Workshop with Mylena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dance\u00a0Workshop with Mylena Leclercq<\/h2>\n

The primary missions of Phare Circus are to provide well-paying jobs in the arts and to fund Phare Ponleu Selpak non-profit school. Continual skills training are part of our commitment to social responsibility achieved through sustainable tourism.<\/p>\n

The artists from Chills, Influence and Eclipse are taking part in a three-week dance\u00a0workshop with Belgian dancer\/model Mylena Leclercq<\/a>. She is working with them to incorporate different movements into each show, improve their individual performances and introduce some new techniques to their repertoire.<\/p>\n

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Part of the daily warm ups.<\/p><\/div>\n

Each night, Mylena watches the show and takes extensive notes. She creates exercises and stretches for the next day based on her observations and also shares her notes with the artists each day. \u201cI see the artists experimenting with the new exercises and techniques on stage each night and it makes a big difference in their performance. I see them growing a lot,\u201d she says. \u201cI incorporate hip hop, contemporary dance and jazz into the warms ups and the artists are learning them quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a performer and choreographer, Mylena has worked with circuses and dance companies around the world, including Cirque du Soleil<\/a> and Franco Dragone<\/a>. And she’s worked with Phare before. \u00a0In 2014 she spent six months helping the artists from \u2018Eclipse\u2019 develop mini-acts to perform at private events, incorporate different types of movement into their performances and become more aware of their bodies. She also co-created the show \u2018Proniap\u2019 (Panic). She is familiar with many of the artist and it’s obvious they are also very comfortable with her. They have no trouble following her intricate warm-ups each morning.<\/p>\n\n\t\t