Gilbert Coutrin

„It is important to me that a dancer discovers the joy of dancing and uses his technical and physical abilities in order to express himself to his surrounding and his audience.“

Gilbert Coutrin was born on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. He carried out his dance education in Paris as master student of Jazz legend Matt Mattox and with a.o. René Deshauteur, Jaqueline Fynneart, Walter Scherer, Miguel Lopez. In Paris he worked as dancer in several theatres and companies and later became artistic director of Blaise dance company. In the mid 80s he started his career as teacher and choreographer, first in Austria as freelance teacher and choreographer for TV-Shows und companies. At that time he also founded his own company Extrem's in Ljubljana/Slovenia which was successfully touring in Jugoslavia. In 1989 he arrived in Germany, followed by some teaching invitations from Hamburg und Frankfurt. Since 1990 Coutrin has been living and working in Berlin as freelance choreographer and teacher for Modern-Jazz and Jazz Dance. Having taught at numerous professional schools of dance, over the years he has formed generations of young dancers and teachers. Gilbert has been an internationally demanded workshop teacher as well; especially in Russia and Hungary he has hereby contributed a great deal to the local development of Modern-Jazz Dance. In 2005 he founded again a company of his own in Berlin, the Jazz-Art Dance Company, with which he created „Hommage à Chopin“ (WP: 2006, Berlin) and „En passant“ (WP: 2006, Eger/Ungarn).

• seit 2007 Institut für Musical und Musiktheater, Berlin
• seit 2007 Tanzschule Sabrina M., Berlin
• seit 1999 Tanzstudio B, Berlin
• seit 1999 Tanzstudio Vivace, Berlin
• 2002-04 Contemporary Dance School, Hamburg
• 1997-02 Tanzfabrik, Berlin
• 1993-94, 2001-04 Die Etage, Berufsfachschule, Berlin
• 1999 Palucca – Hochschule für Tanz, Dresden
• 1993-98 Ballettschule im Ullsteinhaus, Berlin
• 1991-95, 1998 Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Leipzig
• 1990-97 Ballettzentrum, Berlin
• 1989-90 Musicalschule, Frankfurt

• 2008/09 Euphoria Sommer-Intensiv-Workshop, Csíkszereda (RO)
• 2008/09 Tanzsommer, Eger (HU)
• 1985-07 International Dance and Movement Center Budapest (HU)
• 1992-03 Europäisches Tanzseminar Berlin -Gründung und Leitung-
• 1996-01 Internationales Tanzprojekt Kazan(RU)
• 1996 Internationale Tanzwerkstatt, Bielefeld
• 1995 Die Werkstatt, Düsseldorf
• 1986-90 Internationale Tanzwerkstatt, Bonn
• 1985-89 Internationale Tanzwochen, Ljubljana (SL)
• 1984-89 Wiener Tanztage, Wien (A)

1975-1984 Tänzerlaufbahn, Paris:

• Tanzausbildung bei Matt Mattox, René Deshauteur, Jaqueline Fynneart, Walter Scherer, Miguel Lopez
• Tänzer in verschiedenen Pariser Theatern und Kompanien: Paradis Latin, Alcazar de Paris, Black Gold, West Indies Show
• 1982-1984 Künstlerischer Leiter der Tanzkompanie Blaise

Bis 1975 Tanzausbildung Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe:

• Centre des Arts et de la Culture
• Tanzkompanie Les Ballets Caribanas, Leitung: Francisque Hilaire

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