WINTER TEADE 2020

1- Saturday November 21

10:00am -11:15 am

(Eastern Canada Time)

Teacher: Osiel Gouneo

2- Saturday November 28

10:00am -11:15 am

(Eastern Canada Time)

Teacher: Laura Fiorucci

3- Saturday December 5

10:00am -11:15 am

(Eastern Canada Time)

Teacher: Mercedes Bernardez

Sunday December 6

9:30am -10:45 am

(Eastern Canada Time)

Teacher: Johanna Bergfelt

Afro Cuban Class:

Sunday November 22

10:00am -11:15 am

(Eastern Canada Time)

Teacher: Yuhala Muy

Cuban Salsa :

Sunday December 6

12:45 pm-2:00pm

(Eastern Canada Time)

Teacher: Jose Angel Carret

11:30am-12:45 pm

(Eastern Time Canada)

Teacher : Nicola Pantin

Sunday December 12

11:00 am-12:15 pm

Teacher: Courtney Odelein

10:00am-11:15am

( Eastern Time Canada)

Teacher: Marlene Carbonell

Saturday December 12

10:00am -11:15 am

( Eastern Time Canada)

Teacher: Lidice Nuñez

11:00am -12:15 pm

( Eastern Time Canada)

Teacher: Lata Pada

11:30am-12:45pm

( Eastern Time Canada)

Teacher: Aurora Lubiz

Saturday December 5

10:00am -11:15 am

(Eastern Canada Time)

Teacher:Julio Zurita

Saturday December 12

10:00am -11:15 am

( Eastern Time Canada)

Teacher: Mafa Makhubalo

9:30 am-10:45 am

Teacher: Senyo Akakpo

Sunday November 22

10:00am -11:15 am

( Eastern Canada Time)

Teacher: Patrick Parson

(Caribbean Contemporary)

12:45 pm-2:00pm

Teacher: Maritel Centurion

Senyo was the first hip hop artist to participate as a guest artist in TEADE VIII 2019.

Senyo participated as a guest artist at VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020

Argentinean born Mercedes Bernardez- Carret has had an international career as a Principal Dancer and Ballet Mistress in several ballet companies in Argentina, Chile and Venezuela. Ms. Bernardez served as Artistic Director at Quinte Ballet School (1997 to 2003) and Ballet Mistress at Alberta Ballet (2003-06). As a sought after guest teacher, Ms. Bernardez has taught at many pre-professional ballet schools including the Richmond Academy of Dance and Dance Umbrella (Vancouver, BC) Alberta School of Ballet , Ballet Creole Canada. She is also a permanent guest teacher at the acclaimed University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston Salem, USA). Ms. Bernardez teaches company class for The National Ballet of Canada and Ballet Jörgen Canada. Faculty of National Ballet of Canada In Studio. Ms. Bernardez acts as Artistic Advisor for Les Pettit Ballets in Ottawa and is the Associate Director of Danza Corpus Canada. Ms Bernardez is also permanent guest teacher and coordinator for the International Dance Intensive TEADE , that takes place since 2011 in Matanzas , Cuba ; and co-directed the first Virtual Version of TEADE in its ninth version last July 2020

Johanna Bergfelt, a native of Sweden, graduated from The Royal Swedish Ballet School in 1989. She has an extensive performance background beginning with Östgötabaletten, where she worked for six years, and later joined Norrdans, and the Barents Dance Ensemble. Since coming to Canada in 2000, Johanna has worked with The Chimera Project, Kaeja d’Dance, Kathleen Rea, Santee Smith, Darcey Callison, Louis Laberge-Côté, Kate Alton, Holly Small, William Yong, Pro Arte Danza, Mairéad Filgate, Yvonne Ng, and the Toronto Dance Theatre, where she was a company dancer for six years. Johanna has been nominated four times for a Dora Mavor Moore Award. As a teacher Johanna teaches regularly at In Studio, GMD, Toronto Dance Theatre, and the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, where she since 2019 is an Artistic Associate.

Johanna participated as a guest artist at VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020

Graduated from the National Dance School of Havana, Cuba, in modern and folk dance.

She has been a dancer for the Contemporary Dance Company of Cuba, from 1993 to 94.

Founder of the dance company Narciso Medina where she worked as a principal dancer, teacher and choreographer for more than 12 years.

Principal dancer of the dance company and the show Santiago Alfonso 2006 to 2009.

She has worked as an actress with the premiere company E directed by Jesús Manchon, as the main cast of the play Jazz club Poland with presentations at the Cáceres Spain classical Theatre festival.

Currently she works as a dancer, choreographer and teacher of ballet, contemporary and modern jazz.

Marlene is a member of UNEAC, National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba.

Marlene participated as a guest artist at VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020

Argentinean born Maritel Centurion has extensive experience and training in classical ballet and Baile Español. This knowledge gives her a unique vision to teach.

Apart from her accreditations as a dance teacher from Canada’s National Ballet School Teachers Training Program, she has trained with renowned flamenco artists in Spain and abroad. Maritel pursued her passion in Baile Español and flamenco studying and training with renowned flamenco artists in Spain and in Argentina.

In 2019 she produced and co created an acclaimed flamenco show at the PTE Colin Jackson (Winnipeg), then she was invited to present her work with guitarist Philippe Meunier at the Dance Manitoba annual Showcase week end that took place at the Museum of Human Rights. She also served as a guest flamenco dance teacher for the Cecchetti Manitoba Day again last January 2020.

She has experience teaching all styles of Spanish dance to Professional Division ballet students in Canada.

Maritel participated as a guest artist at VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020

Laura Fiorucci is a Venezuelan ballet teacher and choreographer, director of assembly at the Vicente Nebrada Foundation; and Artistic Director of the Official Ballet of the Province of Córdoba, Baires Sur Ballet and Ballet Immigrant of Buenos Aires, all in Argentina, where she has been based since 2017.

In 1980 he began his formal ballet studies at the Escuela de Ballet Arte with teachers Lidija Franklin and Julio Lamas. In 1983 she joined the Teresa Carreño Ballet under the artistic direction of Enrique Martínez and then Vicente Nebrada. She began her career in the company as a dancer, then went on to become a repertoire assistant to the artistic director and finally hold the position of artistic director.

In December 2014, the National Experimental University of the Arts (Unearte) of Venezuela granted her the title of Honorary Master.

Laura participated as a guest artist at VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020

Born in Cuba, Osiel Gouneo is considered one of the greatest dancers of his generation, a celebrity of the international dance scene; publicly recognized for his jumping power and outstanding technique.

He began his ballet training at the Cuban National Ballet School in Havana in 2005. In 2008 he joined the Cuban National Ballet, where he was made Principal Dancer in 2011. In 2013, Osiel joined the Norwegian National Ballet, and with the beginning of the 2016/17 season, he went to form part of The Bayerisches Staatsballett as a Principal Dancer. He has performed in many of the most important stages and Opera Houses around the world. Scenes such as The Coliseum in London, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Lincoln Center in New York, Paris Opera, National Theatre Japan in Tokyo among others. Besides his performances with The Bayerisches Staatsballett, Osiel also has guested as Principal Dancer with the English National Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and numerous dance festivals and galas. His recognitions and awards form an exhaustive list such as:

Gold medal Cuban Grand Prix. Gold medal Beijing International Ballet Competition. Silver medal Varna International Ballet Competition. Best Newcomer on the international dance scene in the annual Positano Awards - among others.

Osiel was a guest artist for VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020 ' international dance conference .

Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer, of Argentine Tango,

Trained as a ballet dancer, jazz and modern dance, as well as in flamenco and Latin popular rhythms. For several years she has been a member of the Ballet de Santiago Ayala El Chucaro and Norma Viola, a renowned company and ballet dedicated to the folk dances of Argentina. .For more than 30 years, she has been exclusively dedicated to Argentine Tango

She has traveled the world integrating casts and companies led by musicians such as Mariano Mores, Leopoldo Federico and El Cafe de Los Maestros, sharing these shows with different dance partners. Her style is a combination of academic dance training with a deep neighbourhood root, popular transmitted by who were her teachers in the ballrooms- Milongas- porteñas.Antonio Todaro, La Negra Margarita, Juan Carlos Copes, Maria Nieves among others

For two years she has had his own school with the Argentine dancer Jonathan Spitel with whom she directs the Centro de Arte -Tango- Estudio Lubiz- Spitel;in Buenos Aires, where regular group classes, private classes are given, choreography is prepared for shows and competitions.Today she also shares shows, tours and classes with different dancers and She is the Director of the Choreographic Workshop called Tramando Tango, which has as its philosophy and objective: that dance is for everyone, and for all ages, so this group is made up of more than 40 people between 30 and 70 years old, being the representation of life itself, that there are no limits and that there is room for all who want to dance.

Aurora was a guest artist for VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020 .

Mafa was a guest artist for VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020 .

Born and raised in Cuba, Ingrid is a graduate of the Cuban National School of Art (BFA)and continued her dance training in Canada as a scholarship recipient for the School of

Ballet Creole and Decidedly Jazz Professional Training Program.

Her professional career includes companies such as Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba (2002 - 2005 company member), Ballet Creole (Toronto 2005 - 2009 company member) and Three Left Feet Movement Creations (Calgary 2011 – To date). Ingrid also had the pleasure to perform as a guest artist with Nafro Dance (Winnipeg 2007), the South African Musical Umoja in its 2008 Canadian Tour Production, Newton Moraes Dance Theatre (Toronto 2008), COBA (Toronto 2009) and Bach Tots Performing Arts(Calgary 2018 - To date) among other companies and independent choreographers.Contemporary, Modern, Afro Cuban, Caribbean, Ballet, Jazz and West African dance styles make of Ingrid a versatile dancer with over fifteen years of professional experience as instructor, choreographer and performer.Ingrid is a guest artist for TEADE since 2019.

Yuhala Muy Garcia was born in Havana, Cuba. She started training as an athlete with National School of Rhythmic Gymnastics in Cuba. In 1997, later on she graduated from the National School of Arts in Havana and earned her BFA in Modern Contemporary and Afro-Cuban Dance. Ms.Garcia had performed many choreographies by internationally Cuban acclaimed choreographers; notable mentions included: Santiago Alfonzo - Director of Tropicana de Cuba , Alberto Mendez - Choreographer of the National Ballet of Cuba, Domingo Pau - Lead Dancer and Choreographer at Folkloric National of Cuba, Sergio Larrinaga-Lead Dancer at Folkloric National of Cuba and Choreographer in Italy, Manolo Micler Artistic Director of Conjunto Folklorico National of Cuba were she spend 4 years.

Ms. Garcia earned a 2 years scholarship for the Pre- Professional Training Program at Ballet Creole School of Performing Arts in 2005, during that time she became a company apprentice, and was invited to join the company in 2007 ever since she has worked with many acclaimed teachers and choreographers not only from Canada but from around the world including; Patrick Parson -Artistic Director and choreographer of Ballet Creole, Gabby Kamino- Associate choreographer at Ballet Creole and Specialized instructor, Milton Myers- Choreographer and instructor at Philadanco and Dance Program Director at Jacobs Pillow, Jose Angel Carret- Artistic Director of Danza Corpus, Debbie Wilson- Artistic Director and choreographer of OMO dance, Danny Grossman- Canadian Icon in the world of dance,M’Bemba Bangoura- Artistic Director of Wula Drum. Ms.Garcia also joined the Ballet Creole Professional Training Program and Community School Faculty as a teacher ,choreographer. She has also taking the roles of demonstrator for workshops abroad, administrator and assistant director. She has also worked with various Dance Companies including Newton Moraes Dance Theatre, Akwaba Cultural Exchange. Ms.Garcia has also been invited for the second time to the Fire Festival in Santiago de Cube where she will have the opportunity to work with Danza del Caribe and KoKoye Dance companies. She recently created her own Company “Desde D Heart”, where she is inspired to not only enrich dance forms in Canada but also to educate new generations within the Arts. Yuhala was a guest artist for TEADE CUBA 2019.

Yuhala was a guest artist for VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020 .

Lidice Nuñez was born in Havana City, Cuba. Graduated from the National School of Art and the Superior Institute of Art in Cuba with Honors. She became part of the Contemporary Dance Company of Cuba in 1989 as First Dancer and principal choreographer. She was guest choreographer at the Mexico City Ballet Company, where they were nominated for the Premios Lunas del Auditorio Nacional in 2017. Lidice is the artistic director of the Alas Dance Company in Houston, Texas, USA. She is a member of the International Council of Dance CID UNESCO; She studied choreography in Paris under the auspices of the Brownstone Foundation, and has Ulpam Emshej Diploma Certification by the Hebrew University. She has acted as a dancer in many countries and her choreographies have been presented in different stages of the world. It has obtained the high distinction granted by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba: Distinction for National Culture, also the first prize of choreography and interpretation granted by the Art Critic and is inscribed in the Book of Honor of the Gran Teatro de la Habana awarded by the Prima Ballerina Absolute Alicia Alonso.

Lidice was a guest artist for VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020 .

Nicola is a native of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She has been dancing, choreographing, touring and teaching professionally since 1990. Selected companies, festivals, schools and choreographers: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse YPT, TNB, Corpus, COC, Hamilton Opera, Humber River Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Rough, Ffida, Summerworks, Springworks, Sheridan College, George Brown Dance, Rhubarb Festival, Bill T. Jones, Michael Lichtefeld, Robert Desrosiers, Renaud Doucet, Jenn Goodwin, Roger Sinha, Gabby Kamino, Laurie Raymond, Siona Jackson, Neesa Kenemy and Mitch Kirsch. Selected film : Mise en Scene (Chelsea McMullin) Bare Knuckle Duet, The Table Dance (3degrees) The Blues Brothers 2000. Selected Awards: 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Choreography, Gold in Les Jeux De la Francophonie (Corpus) Upcoming: A Tender Thing (Alternative Theatre Works/ Stratford, Ontario) and Springworks Dance Festival in Stratford, Ontario. Nicola is co artistic director of 3degrees with husband Adam Nashman and is currently on faculty at George Brown Dance in Toronto.

Nicola is a guest artist for TEADE since 2019 .

Dancer, choreographer, percussionist and artistic director – draws inspiration from the vibrant multicultural community of Trinidad, where he was born. His work in all these areas, like his life, is about fusion.

From a young age, Parson sang in choirs, played with steel orchestras, and danced and drummed with community folk groups. He also studied ballet and modern dance at the Caribbean School of Dance and the Dance Academy of Trinidad and Tobago. From 1981 to 1988, he toured internationally as a dancer with the Astor Johnson Repertory Dance Theatre of Trinidad and Tobago.

In Canada, Parson trained primarily at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. Then, in 1990, he founded Ballet Creole, a multicultural company rooted in the arts of the Caribbean and Africa. The Toronto-based group comprises a professional ensemble of dancers and musicians, as well as a school, providing a forum for choreographers, dancers and musicians to practice and teach.

Parson is musical director of the Creole Musical Ensemble, an integral part of the performing company, and also Ballet Creole's principal choreographer. His high-energy choreographic style ranges from African ritual to abstract modern, all driven by the rhythm of the drums. In Orisha Voices (2003), Parson draws on ritual dance forms to create an effective theatrical presentation.

Parson is a certified teacher of the dance technique developed by African-American dancer and anthropologist Katherine Dunham. He holds a Master of Arts in Dance Ethnology from York University, where he has taught since 1996. Patrick been a guest artist for TEADE since 2011.

Lata Pada is the Founder and Artistic Director of SAMPRADAYA Dance Creations, an award-winning company at the forefront of Indian dance in Canada. She also heads the SAMPRADAYA Dance Academy, Canada’s premiere bharatanatyam training organization.

Lata has trained under India’s eminent gurus Kalaimamani Kalyanasundaram and the late Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan, and has had an extensive, international career as a bharatanatyam soloist with performances in India, Asia, Europe, South America, Canada and USA.

She holds an MFA in Dance from York University (1996) and is an Adjunct Professor on the Graduate Program of Dance at York University.

Lata is also a recipient of the Order of Canada (2009) and has the distinction of being the first South Asian artist to receive this prestigious national honour. Lata has also received the Pravasi Bharatiya Saman (2010) by the President of India for her outstanding contribution to the Indian arts in Canada. Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Lata has been inducted into the inaugural Legend’s Row of Mississauga. In 2012, Lata was awarded the Chalmers Foundation Senior Fellowship from the Ontario Arts Council. In 2019, Lata was awarded the Mississauga Arts Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Her choreographic vision is compelled by her desire to redefine bharatanatyam in the ‘here and now’ as it navigates new and uncharted territory resulting in a stunning range of solos, ensemble works and multi-disciplinary productions.

Lata says of her work - “I bring a contemporary worldview to my art and practice. This approach transcends boundaries of language, ethnicity and culture. I see myself as a contemporary artist whose art takes inspiration from the world I live in. As an artist, I am a composite of many cultural influences and imprints and my vision for the company is therefore derived from re-contextualizing bharatanatyam as an art form for today. I believe that dance expresses a nation's stories, dreams and collective narratives and is a tool to investigate identity, society and citizenship.”

Lata was a guest artist for VIRTUAL IX TEADE 2020.

Miss Odelein is a certified instructor with ADAPT, Acrodance Teacher Association, an ADTA Mentor teacher, Acrobatic Arts, Professional Adjudicators Allicance, Army of Sass and developer of Heels 101. With well over 10 years experience teaching and over 12 year as a professional dancer, her range of knowledge is very broad from ballet and contemporary, to jazz and tap, to acrobatics and hip hop .