About the workshop
In Ballet 101, instructors from Singapore Ballet, who are also the company’s professional dancers, will teach the basic steps of classical ballet. Students will learn the basic positions of ballet, simple barre exercises, and fundamental movements like pliés, tendus and dégagés. Our instructors will focus on coordination and proper alignment while helping you to discover the beauty and grace of dance.
About Shan Del Vecchio
Half Thai and half Italian, Shan was born in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He started dancing at the age of 11, learning ballet at Chiang Mai Ballet Academy on a yearly scholarship from 2005 to 2013.
He trained under Kim Matthews and under the director of the school Preeyapun Sridhavat. Shan received the RAD Solo Seal Award in November 2012. He performed numerous lead roles with the Chiang Mai Ballet Performing Group including the Annual Charity Musical Dance Play (2008) where he danced the role of Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty (2010), The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland (2011), Conrad in Le Corsaire and Aladdin in Aladdin (2012), Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid (2013). Additionally, Shan has won the first prize multiple times at the Asia Pacific Dance Competitions.
He joined Singapore Dance Theatre as apprentice in January 2014, was promoted to Artist in January 2016 and was later promoted to Demi-Soloist in January 2022. His repertoire highlights include Variations From A Distance (2021), The Light Behind Us (2021), Mandolin Dance in Romeo and Juliet (2020), Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Coppélia and Giselle. He has also danced in Opus 25, Midnight Waltzes, Serenade, Theme and Variations, Bliss, Peter & Blue series, Sticks and Stone, Shadow’s Edge, Age of Innocence, Symphony in Three Movements, Piano Concerto No.2 Opus 102, Unexpected B, Double Contrasts, Linea Adora, SYNC, 13th Heaven, Unknown Territory, Evening Voices, Quiver and Ibsen’s House.
Shan was promoted to Soloist in January 2024.
About Jessica Garside
Born in Perth, Western Australia, Jessica started ballet at the age of six at Terri Charlesworth Ballet Centre. In 2011, she was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), where she had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Nils Christe, Kim McCarthy and Xiaoxiong Zhang, and perform in a range of repertoire including Serenade by George Balanchine and Jardi Tancat by Nacho Duato.
After graduating from WAAPA, she moved to Germany in 2015 to complete her Masters at the Akademie des Tanzes in Mannheim. During that year, she danced with Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe, where she performed in The Taming of the Shrew, Youri Vámos ’ The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty, and Terence Kohler’s Das Kleine Schwarze/ The Riot of Spring. Jessica has also performed professionally with West Australian Ballet in Serenade (2012) and Giselle (2014).
Jessica joined Singapore Ballet as an apprentice in March 2017, and was promoted to Artist in January 2018. Her classical repertoire highlights include soloist roles such as Carbosse in Sleeping Beauty, the Stepmother in Cinderella, and Big Swans in Swan Lake. She has also danced in a range of neoclassical and contemporary ballets, including Serenade, Blue Snow, Jabula and Opus 25, as well as Organ Concerto, SYNC, ZIN! and Purcell Pieces by Nils Christe. Jessica has enjoyed performing many of the ballets by Choo-San Goh, including Fives, In the Glow of the Night, Birds of Paradise and Double Contrasts, and being a part of new creations, such as Evening Voices, Quiver and Without You by Tim Rushton, After Happy Ever by Alice Topp, Rite of Spring by Kinsun Chan, and Reflections by Paul Knobloch.
About Singapore Ballet
Singapore Ballet is Singapore’s premiere professional dance company. The company stages six seasons a year, featuring two full-length classical ballets, an outdoor dance performance, a children’s ballet production and two contemporary seasons. Singapore Ballet’s repertoire comprises classical works, neo-classical masterpieces and contemporary pieces, many of which were created just for the company. Singapore Ballet runs many outreach programmes such as the popular One @ the Ballet and Adult Dance Classes for various levels from beginners to advanced students.
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