Jazz Dance Academy Montreux - Junior Jazz Ballet de Montreux

Founded by Kayoko Watanabe in 2023, Junior Jazz Ballet Montreux (JJBM) is a pre-professional training in the form of a junior jazz ballet company, associated with the JDA junior 2 course programme of Jazz Dance Academy Montreux. JJBM exploits jazz, classical and contemporary dance techniques beyond the usual procedures within a teaching structure.

We are very pleased to present the first performance of the new pieces of the Junior Jazz Ballet Montreux (JJBM) on the occasion of the second show of the academy, at the Salle des Remparts, with Mina Schürer, professional dancer and guest, on Sunday 18 June 2023.

At the age of 9, Mina discovered rhythmic gymnastics (GRS) and joined the CRP Bern/Neuchâtel, where she participated in various GRS championships, such as the Cantonal Championships in Bern and the Swiss Championships, where she won gold medals. She joined the Swiss national junior team in GRS in 2007. In 2008, she started her dance training at the Barbara Bernard Ballet School in Grenchen/Solothurn. She participated in the Solothurn competition in 2010 and 2011, finishing 7th and 4th.

In 2012 she danced at the Basel Dance Academy (BDA) where she performed a solo, "Insekt" by Dietmar Seyffert, as well as "Last Dance" by Sergio Bustinduy. In 2013, she was engaged as a dancer by the Theater Basel for the production of Elmar Goerden's opera "Manon". In 2015, she danced at the Igokat Academy, where she performed various leading roles. In 2017, she passed the audition of the School l'Atelier Rudra Béjart in Lausanne under the direction of Michel Gascard where she continued her training for 2 years. In the creation "DIXIT" of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, she dances Maurice Béjart's "Sacre du Printemps". Since 2019, she is a soloist with the Igokat Company.

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Rue de l'église catholique 14
1820 Montreux

9 mn walk from the Montreux SBB railway station
20 mn from Lausanne SBB station

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KAYOKO WATANABE JAZZ DANCE ACADEMY MONTREUX
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1820 MONTREUX

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