INTERNATIONAL DANCE CLASSES

The highlight of the DANCE ALPS FESTIVAL is its international program with highly qualified star dancers, choreographers, and instructors from all over the world. 18 Classes in 5 days for beginners, advanced, and professional dancers alike. In 3 different locations in St. Johann different dance styles of all kinds can be found, beginning with Yoga and Pilates, and reaching from Ballet to Jazz, Musical and many more. The international program is being framed by its Opening Party on the evening before the start of the classes and the Final Presentation, a staple part of the DANCE ALPS FESTIVAL, demonstrating the highlights of the previous days.

5 – 9 AUGUST 2025 
5 DAYS / 3 ROOMS


8.30 am – 9.30 am: PILATES (open class)

Ein systematisches Ganzkörpertraining zur Kräftigung der Rumpfmuskulatur wie Beckenboden, Bauch- und Rückenmuskeln. Beim Dance Alps Festival ist diese schonende Art von Muskelaufbau bei Tänzern und Nicht-Tänzern sehr gefragt. Pilates gibt jedem die Möglichkeit, seine Körpermitte und Tiefenmuskulatur zu stärken und somit für eine gesunde und gute Haltung zu sorgen.

Instructor: Luches Huddleston

Price: 115 €

9.45 am – 11.00 am: MODERN JAZZ (advanced)

Influenced by several other dance styles such as contemporary, hip hop and ballet, this class focuses on placement, coordination, strengthening and flexibility as well as musicality, trying to enable the students to translate their personal experiences and feelings into dance.

Instructor: Uri Eugenio

Price: 165 €

11.15 am – 12.30 pm: MODERN JAZZ (advanced)

Influenced by several other dance styles such as contemporary, hip hop and ballet, this class focuses on placement, coordination, strengthening and flexibility as well as musicality, trying to enable the students to translate their personal experiences and feelings into dance.

Instructor:  Uri Eugenio

Price: 165 €

1.45 pm - 3.00 pm: AFRO (open class)

With their very own Afro style Atif, Eyes, Roller, Romeo and Ayoub combine elements of traditional African dances and modern styles such as Hip-Hop, Breakdance, Amapiano and African New Sytle to unite cultures and bring joyful energy to the DANCE ALPS FESTIVAL.

Instructor: Atif, Eyes, Roller, Romeo and Ayoub

Price: 165 €

3.15 pm - 4.30 pm: AFRO-CONTEMPORARY JAZZ (open class)

Karen’s dance workshop will bring a contemporary dance feeling along with Caribbean, African American traditional dance moves, and expressive music together in one space which is all about how you can experience different dance journeys from one dance ethnicity with Passion, Technique and Soul. Teaching in different forms of the modern, Afro contemporary and Jazz with a twist of rhythms.

Instructor:  Karen D. Savage

Price: 165 €

4.45 pm - 6.00 pm: LYRICAL JAZZ (advanced)

Lyrical Jazz captivates through the emotional depth of its movements which enable it to offer an additional approach to the rhythmical and technical realization of one’s very own way of expression. An awe-inspiring experience for beginners and advanced dancers alike at the Dance Alps Festival.

Instructor:  Dheeraj Asarfi

Price: 165 €

6.15 pm – 7.30 pm: FUNKY JAZZ (open class)

Funky Jazz impresses with its precise movements and a combination of different dance styles, resulting in exciting and captivating choreographies that don’t just make our dancers sweat. At the Dance Alps Festival, we offer classes for beginners and professionals with loads of funky power.

Instructor:  Dheeraj Asarfi

Price: 165 €

7.45 pm – 8.15 pm: COOL-DOWN (open class) – 4 days

After a long day full of dance classes at the DANCE ALPS FESTIVAL, our Cool Down offers the perfect opportunity to relax and stretch your muscles, joints, and tendons. Targeted loosening exercises, mobility training, and muscle massage using a tennis ball help release tension and improve flexibility. This way, the body is relaxed and optimally prepared for the challenges of the next day.

Instructor:  Franziska Rall

Price: 50 €

9.45 am – 11.00 am: BALLET (intermediate)

The oldest form of artistic dance also serves as the foundation for most styles of dance in the contemporary scene. The Dance Alps Festival offers classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced/professional dancers, teaching the basics as well as more demanding combinations.

Instructor: Luches Huddleston

Price: 165 €

11.15 am - 12.30 pm: BALLET (advanced)

The oldest form of artistic dance also serves as the foundation for most styles of dance in the contemporary scene. The DANCE ALPS FESTIVAL offers classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced/professional dancers, teaching the basics as well as more demanding combinations.

Instructor: Vladislav Koltsov

Price: 165 €

13.45 – 15.00 Uhr: MODERN BALLET FLOW (open class)

A class incorporating ballet techniques for Modern and Contemporary dancers as well as for Classical Ballet dancers who want to find some new inspiration. Karen’s main focus hereby lies on turns and jumps, accompanied by elements of barre technique.

Instructor: Karen D. Savage

Price: 165 €

3.15 pm - 4.30 pm: MODERN (intermediate)

A blend of LABAN and the Alignment & Release technique which allows the dancer to immerse themselves into the movement; letting go and rising again, releasing from and rediscovering the foundational placement, thus refining their body awareness and perception of technique in a new way.

Instructor: Giovanni de Buono

Price: 165 €

4.45 pm - 6.00 pm: FLOW CONTEMPORARY (intermediate)

Using dynamic stretching and core training methods, Tomohiro creates expressive and impactful movements by connecting weight shifting and off-balance swinging motions in order to connect movements smoothly and surrender to the flow of the dance.

Instructor:  Tomohiro Iizuka

Price: 165 €

6.15 pm - 7.30 pm: MODERN JAZZ (intermediate)

A blend of LABAN and the Alignment & Release technique which allows the dancer to immerse themselves into the movement; letting go and rising again, releasing from and rediscovering the foundational placement, thus refining their body awareness and perception of technique in a new way.

Instructor: Giovanni de Buono

Price: 165 €

8.30 am – 9.30 am: YOGA (open class)

Training for body and soul at the Dance Alps Festival. A highlight not just for fans of Yoga but also the perfect warm-up for all dancers. A perfect start into the day.

Instructor: Jennifer Mann

Price: 115 €

9.45 am – 11.00 am: WEISSMANN CONTEMPORARY (open class)

With its roots lying in modern dance – while being highly influenced by Yoga – this technique uses a holistic approach to achieve a structured, highly physical, musical and dynamic fusion of styles. Movements that are traditionally considered “technical” become more organic, more full of breath, life and volume.

Instructor:  Jennifer Mann

Price: 165 €

11.15 am – 12.30 pm: NEW WAY VOGUE (open class)

(16+ years) Having its roots in the LGBTQ+ community of Harlem, NYC, Vogue – also commonly known as Ballroom – is often seen as more of a language than a style of dance. Promoting confidence, freedom and self-affirmation, New Way Vogue is defined by graceful arms shapes, posing on the music and smooth transitions.

Instructor: Shiva Mugler

Price: 165 €

1.45 pm – 3.00 pm: FREESTYLE JAZZ (open class)

After a thorough warm-up, this class explores a wide range of styles, from powerful and emotionally charged movements to gentle and delicate expressions. Likewise, the class also makes use of a variety of musical genres, from slow to up-tempo. By engaging with different styles and elements a freer and more versatile expressive ability can be developed.

Instructor:  Ayuu Jin

Price: 165 €

3.15 pm - 4.30 pm: MUSICAL (advanced)

Broadway feeling at the DANCE ALPS FESTIVAL. With exciting music and expressive movements Musical Dance fascinates all lovers of dance. Choreographies telling a story, that’s the magic of musicals. Lively classes for beginners as well as advanced dancers.

Instructor:  Melanie Day

Price: 165 €

4.45 pm - 6.00 pm: HORTON (open class)

A Modern Dance-technique created by Lester Horton. Marked by a fundamental anatomical understanding of the body its connections, this technique aims to strengthen and stretch the body, with the torso at its core element. Characterized by detailed isolation and an exchange of a seeming standstill and rapid, percussively driven rhythms, Horton Dance technique is a MUST for all dancers.

Instructor: Luches Huddleston

Price: 165 €

6.15 pm - 7.30 pm: MUSICAL (intermediate)

Broadway feeling at the DANCE ALPS FESTIVAL. With exciting music and expressive movements Musical Dance fascinates all lovers of dance. Choreographies telling a story, that’s the magic of musicals. Lively classes for beginners as well as advanced dancers.

Instructor:  Melanie Day

Price: 165 €

  • ROOM A: Kaisersaal, Bahnhofstraße 3, 6380 St. Johann in Tirol
  • ROOM B: Tiroler Ballettschule, Hauptplatz 3, 6380 St. Johann in Tirol
  • ROOM C: Postsaal, Hotel Post, Speckbacherstraße 1, 6380 St. Johann in Tirol