BACK to BACH, choreography John Clifford, with Noja-Nebyla STAGE Education, Vienna, March 2021

Noja-Nebyla Stage Education lab is a pool of creativity and emerging ideas. The team is constantly working in the ballet mentoring research field. Developing programs for improving the gap between dance education and professional dance life is here the main goal.
Twelve dancers from eight countries came in September 2020 to Vienna to join a new original education lab for ballet training and artistic development. In this original education lab, young people learn mental skills for ballet dancers, and how to use them in creating their own strategies of learning. They open up towards a deep systematic understanding of the movement within their space, time, and energy. In other words, they perceive the art of ballet as a Pursuit of Excellence, as ballet has always been.
Complementary to them, they learn the advantage of the individual training programs. The awareness and the acknowledgment of the connection between brain and body and soul are supportive tools. For maintaining health, power, injury prevention, and rapid regeneration, recognizing the importance of these connections is vital. Knowing them, dancers can apply them in their daily life, on and off stage.
Studying John Clifford´s exquisite choreography “Back to Bach” has been definitely a great challenge. Above all, dealing with the neoclassical off-centered movements. The fast and jazzy choreography, making complicated steps look easy and spontaneous, was big work to do.
STAGE EDUCATION Vienna had the rare privilege of dancing for the season 2020-2021 one of John Clifford´s ballets! We would like to thank John Clifford for his generosity in sharing his work and his valuable time with us!
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