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The Hills are still alive: dance at a Swiss arts festivals is not all cheese and chocolate.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUL-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Two weeks with a distinguished choreographer or teacher in a small village in the Swiss Alps in mid--July-is there more? Yes, there's free housing in a charming chateau, crystal clean air, great concerts, and family-run bakeries that are renowned for their delicious pastries. It's all possible at the prestigious Verbier Festival and Academy, one of Europe's premier summer music festivals that's been holding dance workshops since 1997.

That's when the festival's founder, Martin Engstroem, asked Noemi Lapzeson to organize the dance program. Once a principal with the Martha Graham Dance Company and the London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and founder of Vertical Danse in Geneva, Lapzeson knew dance would add immeasurably to the ambiance here. Workshops are given equal emphasis with the famous concerts by world-renowned performers, and the goal has always been to create an environment where artists can perform,...

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