Testimonies

In order to show the diversity of career paths undertaken by Danse Transition grant recipients, we invited Bastien Genoux from Detours Films to create their video portraits. These short films show the difficulties but also the achievements of dancers during the process of their professional transition.

For their second careers, dancers choose a wide range of study and retraining programs: Actuarial science, Chinese medicine, Business adminstration, Gyrotonic method insctructor, Public Health, Pilates instructor, Cultural management. 

Check out the 16 video portraits of Kylie Walter, Jasmine Morand, Sun Hye Hur, Caroline Lam, Alessandra Mattana, Simona Tartaglione, Bruno Roy, Violaine Roth, Karine Grasset, Gabriela Gomez Abaitua, Ismael Oiartzabal, Fernanda Barbosa, Pierre-Yves Diacon, Luciana Reolon, Valentine Paley and Angelo Dello Iacono.

Subtitles in English.

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Kylie Walters

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Master en Science de la Santé publique.
Directrice du Théâtre Sévelin 36.

Jasmine Morand

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
MAS en pédagogie de la danse.
Chorégraphe de la Cie Prototype Status et directrice artistique du Dansomètre

Angelo Dello Iacono

Danser,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Massage therapist

Ismael Oiartzabal

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Body therapist (Rolfing – Structural Integration).

Gabriela Abaitua

Gabriela Abaitua

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Head of cultural projects. 

Karine Grasset 

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Usine à Gaz direction,
CORODIS ex-Secretary general. 

Violaine Roth 

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
medical assistant.

Simona Tartaglione 

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Gyrotonic instructor.

Caroline Lam

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Pilates instructor.

Alessandra Mattana

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Coordinator Bachelor Contemporary Dance.

Sun Hye Hur

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Chinese medicine and massage.

Bruno Roy

Dancer,
Danse Transition grant recipient,
Master in Actuarial Sciences.

Luciana Reolon

Dancer, 
Danse Transition grant recipient, Monalisalu fashion designer.

Valentine Paley

Dancer and choreographer, Danse Transition grant recipient, yoga Iyengar instructor.

NB: filmed over the Covid-19 lockdown (online teaching only).