Jean Marc Cordero

Ballet for Dancers

Training for Dancers

Bio

Jean Marc is a dancer and a choreographer based in Kiel, Germany. He is currently working under the director and chief choreographer of Ballet Kiel Yaroslav Ivanenko. Before moving to Europe in 2017, he was a Principal Dancer of Ballet Philippines. He essayed lead roles in Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Peter Pan and Albrecht in Giselle which he was awarded as ‘Best Lead Male Performer in a Classical Ballet Performance’ by the Philippine Stage Awards 2013. He also has worked with local and international choreographers doing contemporary and modern pieces. He has also been awarded in his performance in Crisostomo Ibarra as ‘Best Male Performer in FullLength Modern Ballet Performance’ by the Phil StageAwards. Jean Marc premiered his latest choreography ‘Der Wahrsager’ (The Fortune Teller) at the main stage of Theater Kiel in April 2021. The same piece was also invited to the 32nd Edition of the Florence Dance Festival in Florence, Italy. He has created short pieces ‘Mutation’, ‘F.E.A.R.’, ‘Escape’, ‘Aiaia’ and ‘Babayi’ for Ballet Kiel’s Junge Choreographen *Innen since 2018. His work ‘Farbe’ is part of Ballet Kiel show “Solitaire”. Aside from dancing and choreographing, Jean Marc has the passion for teaching. Upon his graduation from his Bachelor of Performing Arts Major in dance at the De La Salle College of St. Benilde in Manila, he taught Boys technique, Children’s Creative Movements and Advanced Ballet and Modern Classes at the Ballet Philippines Dance School. He also taught subjects ‘Dance Criticism’ and ‘Dance Forms’ in the Dance program of De La Salle College of St. Benilde. He continues to collaborate and create with the students of Academy Kiel in Germany and he also teaches Company Ballet Classes with Ballet Kiel.

Class Description

Classical Ballet approached in the 21st Century Dance world. Jean Marc focuses on the anatomy of the body especially hip alignment in relation to the shoulders, knees feet, arms and head. The use of the right muscles to lengthen and also the use of opposition and balance. He always demands clean footwork, coordination, attention to details and of course musicality. His main objective is to create an awareness to find a natural approach that would work for a certain body to do an efficient and intelligent way of dancing that would be enjoyable to watch and meaningful to do. Ballet needs to evolve but it shouldn’t lose the foundation that has been there for centuries.