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STUDENTS REVIEWS:
Hi Nili:
I hope you are recovered from your busy summer! Erika
had a wonderful time and told us what a great experience
it was, how kind all of you were to her, what great
teaching she received and what wonderful friendships she
formed...Thank you so much!
Thank you again for making it possible for Erika to
attend SIBA...I am sure we will be in touch in the years
to come.
All the best, Beth Pirl (USA) (SIBA 2009)
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Thank you so much for everything! you are an amazing
lady and I don't see how you are able to do everything
that you do! it is really a talent to handle so many
kids !!! I am glad that I came to SIBA this year and
hopefully I will come again in the near future....
Thank You ! Shannon (SIBA 2009)
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Thank you for the workshop! I learned a lot and really
enjoyed my time here! best wishes, Laura from Finland
(SIBA 2009)
Good morning Nili, I wanted to tell you that I was taken
the auditon for the school of Rudra Béjart this weekend
and I am taken for the coming two years. I wanted to say
it to you because for me SIBA was very important in my
life and made a lot to me worked during a me entirety. I
embrace you very extremely , I miss you !
Marylou Van Godtsenhoven (SIBA 2007)
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hello nili darling!! unfortunatly i cannot make siba
this year but i recommend it to every dancer it is a
MUST DO, it is truelly an amazing experiance, it is
tough work but you will learn so much and it is amazing
how much everybody dancing improves and how much you
learn!! do it do it dooooooooooo it! miss you nili, hope
you are well and not working too hard ;) xxx Sarah
McGinley, Ireland (SIBA 2006, 2007, 2008)
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...According to Maria the 2008 SIBA workshop was the
best of all 3 SIBA workshops she has attended from any
aspect and she feels that the teachers were excellent
and helped her to improve her performance and feel more
confident in dancing.... Elena Koupari
Thank you so much to everyone who attended the SIBA
workshop 2008. I had the time of my life. It was an
unforgettable experience and I've learnt so much.
Hugs and kisses from Australia
From "BalletTalk Forum"
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have subscribed to titled "SIBA MPT Dance in Austria".
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Sorry for the delay! I don't have much free time these
days!
The program was four weeks. Not all dancers were there
all of that time. Some came at the beginning and left
early, some came the 2nd or 3rd week. I don't think
there was ever 50 students in a technique class, maybe
pointe class or Bolero rehearsals.
The studios where we had classes were huge! We had
plenty of room, and we got individual attention. The
teachers did a great job with getting to know us and I
believe we all got individual corrections.
It was kind of a mixed bill performance. There were
pieces from Sleeping Beauty, Terantella, Sugar Plum
variation, La Sylphide and some modern pieces and some
students did a variation that they brought with them.
The shows all ended with Bolero, which is an awesome
piece! The show was double cast (for 4 performances) so
there was plenty of opportunity to perform.
The days were filled with technique, pointe, mens class,
modern, etc. The evenings were mainly used for
rehearsal, until the last week (dress rehearsals,
traveling to the venue, etc.). I was in 3 pieces one
cast and 1 the other cast. I enjoyed the down time every
other day! There is plenty to do in the evenings. The
mall is close by for dinner, we could take the bus (in
groups of 3 or more) to town or we could watch the
rehearsals!! (Big studios... plenty of room which was
wonderful, it seemed like there was always someone
watching, parents, friends, other teachers as well as
students).
It was a truly wonderful experience!!!
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Hay Nili!!! miss ya, and the whole siba gang tanks once
again for setting up such an amazing workshop, but Neil
says it best! he stole everything i had to say ha miss u
guys
luv Sarah
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This is a good program. In fact it was my favorite
program ever! The dancing was really challenging and the
schedule was grueling which i think helped improve my
dancing. Attending this summer program also opened up
the world of dance in Europe for me. The teachers were
incredible too. some of my favorites were Celia,
Cynthia, Yehuda, Alex, David and Cristina Uta and
others. It was so fun to meet dancers from other
countries too because even though i just met them and
sometimes couldn't understand what they were saying we
all ended up kind of like family because we all shared
the love of dance. thanks for a great program Nili!
Rosalia (USA)
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Hello Ms. Nili and Peter, I hope you are doing great. I
had a great summer at SIBA and my Mom did also. We hope
to see you when you come to California, Nili. Thank you
for everything. I am sharing my wonderful experience
with my family, friends and dance teachers. I will
always remember this wonderful experience and hope to
return next summer. I have really improved in my dance
technique since I participated in the summer intensive
program. I enjoyed meeting all of the wonderful and
talented students and the amazing teachers. Again, thank
you very much for making this summer a special and
memorable one. Sincerely, Ariel (USA)
Hi Nili!!!! I had such a wonderful time this summer!!!!
It was such a fabulous experience!!! Thank you so much
putting together such a great program!!!
Merritt (USA)
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i haven't got much time as i'm using my college's
computers and they're supposed to be used for
'educational purposes' but just wanted to say... 'I LOVE
YOU NILI!!!!'
thanks once again for a wonderful year, i've been to
austria twice now and i'm already saving up for a third
year.
the whole atmosphere in SIBA was amazing and everyone
was extremely friendly and i've left with many amazing
memories... fingers crossed plenty of old faces are
there again next year
to ariel, jamie, heather, lily from California!,
Ferritt!!! (i got your postcard just trying to find the
time to write back), mayloch, aya, yaeli my darling!,
tsori, my 2 irish roses from the turd floor, ma petite
souris gwen, and any of my other hunies i missed out in
my rush to type this i love you all so much and hope i
get to see you again
eric, tuomas, lucas (the coolest roommate in the world)
and simeon (the other coolest roommate in the world, and
the best dancer in all of shamrock!! its all in the hips
;) i wish you all the best!
for all the staff in particular nili (we love you!!!),
for taking such good care of us all and making the
workshop so fantastic
to the physio who put in the time and effort to come in
every saturday and twice during the performances... you
were amazing and my shin splints are completely cured...
the fact that i'm still dancing is owed to you!
to simon a fellow northern git and the best pianist in
europe if not the world. you kept me entertained for all
those times i found myself to injured to work (and i
think i somehow learnt a little musicality by sitting
with you... its improved noticeably since getting back
to manchester, i can even tap dance in time with the
music now!!!) please come back again, it won't be the
same without you and i owe you an expensive chinese or a
tin of pineapples!!!
i may have missed people off here because i'm in such a
rush but i love you all the same and wish you all the
best in life because you all deserve it and can't wait
to see people again next year!!!
all my love, Neil :D (UK)
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I would recommend this program to any serious young
dancer. The experience of working with various
professionals and taking part in the gala performances
made it very exciting with a lot of hard work. The whole
program from accommodation, lessons, meeting special
guest Cynthia Gregory were just amazing. Special BIG
thanks to Nili for taking such good care of me as it was
my first time traveling away from home and staying by
myself for the workshop - thanks to Christina for all
her help too - I honestly wish I could have stayed
another month. I am hoping to come back next year, so
see you soon. Best wishes, MARIELLA (Cyprus)
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Nili!!
I really just want to tell you how much i enjoyed the
summer workshop. I learned so much and a great time in
the process. Your dedication and love made the program
so warm and comfortable. i am so happy that i was
finally able to convince my parents to send me. it would
have been a terrible loss. i love and miss everyone so
much! thanks again, and if you are in California anytime
to visit your son please let me know. i would love to
have you for dinner. my family is dying to meet you and
i miss you so much. love,
Lily (usa)
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thank you very much for an unforgettable summer, full of
hard work, learning and a lot of fun! it has been a
great experience for me, to see and to really taste what
it is like to be a professional dancer, how hard it is
and how much effort one need to invest in order to
become a dancer.
I love you and miss you very much!
I still don't know anything!
thank you again!
May Tepper. (Israel)
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to my lovely Nili:)
i just got the SIBA certificate and this was such a nice
surprise:) as well as the photos of the workshop! I want
to thank you so much for your work! as always perfect
management!! i also miss the performance in the end it
would have been nice to stay! But next summer! :) All
the best Kiss Katharina
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Hello!! I miss SIBA. I wanted to thank you for hosting a
wonderful program this year. I had such a great time,
and really hope that I can return next summer. The
program was was such a broadening and amazing
experience, and of course much of it depending on your
leadership. I hope that everything is going well in
Austria, and let me know when you are in the Southern
California area! I would love to join up for lunch. Have
a great rest of the summer season, and I will talk to
you later.
Sincerely,
Ann (California)
(...from BalletTalk)
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Hello I am DebLei's daughter! Sorry for the late
response, it's difficult getting on with the beginning
of a new year. I am here to answer your question about
the teaching quality and whether or not I thought it was
revolutionary... I thought it was all that they said!
The teachers were amazing, they cared and encouraged
throughout the program. There were amazing dancers
there, but not all of the dancers were great. They still
continued to encourage them to go when they showed
interest in a desire for improvement. All of the
teachers were very high energy teachers and pushed you!
It was an amazing experience for me!!! I want to go back
very badly, it was truly the greatest. There were many
Americans but it was mostly a European crowd. Great
variety, also made it just as wonderful as could be! :)
If you have anymore questions feel free to ask! Thanks,
Heather Calhoun (USA)
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Good morning Nili, we arrived safely in Cyprus. I would
really like to thank you for your hospitality and Athina
had a great time and she really loved the lessons and
the teachers!! She learned a lot from your workshop,
please inform us if you are going to have one next year
and where. I didn't get the chance to thank you in
person with all the action of the last days so i am
taking the opportunity now. I also like to thank
Christina for helping us and staying up so late with the
suitcases give her my love.
Thank you again Regards and love
Michelle (Cyprus)
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hey Nili! hope your beginning to relax after the mad 4
weeks and more that you've had! I'm just emailing to say
sorry i never got to SIBA on the Monday! things were bit
mad with everyone over! and the most important thing I
wanted to say was a huge thank you to you and everyone
at SIBA for the fantastic summer intensive you gave us !
I loved every minute of it and will highly recommend it
to everyone! I really though it was great, nothing could
have been done better! well done and thank you
sooooooooo much!
keep in touch
Rebecca Flynn (your Irish girly)
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Hi Nili
Hope you are well and have recovered from your extremely
busy four weeks. It was so lovely to meet you and we
would have liked the chance to talk to you more. But
never mind, we could see you were busy and we also
wanted to spend time exploring Austria and it's
beautiful scenery. Just a pity about the weather!
I don't know whether Neil has already e mailed you, but
I forgot to order a copy of the Gala Performance DVD
before we came home. I wonder whether you would mind
doing this on our behalf and letting me know the cost to
send on to you. The performance was amazing - I've never
seen such professionalism in a group of such young
people. We particularly enjoyed Tarantella and Bolero,
they all worked so well together. I'm relieved that
everyone has noticed an improvement in Neil's dancing -
it seems that full time training is doing him some good.
Hope to hear from you soon Nili,
Love Heather and David (UK)
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Sehr geehrter Herr Breuer,
in der angeh?ngten Datei finden Sie meine Besprechung
Ihrer tollen Vorstellung in Unterhaching in der Beilage
der S?ddeutschen Zeitung f?r den gesamten Landkreis
M?nchen. Schon als Sch?lerin und Studentin habe ich Sie
in den 70er Jahren neben Heinz Bosl und Constanze Vernon
im M?nchner Nationaltheater bewundert. Da hat es mich
ganz besonders gefreut, Sie nach all den Jahren einmal
in natura wieder zu sehen. Ich w?nsche Ihnen weiterhin
viel Erfolg!
Freundliche Gr??e
Dr. R G (Munich, Germany)
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