WINTER DANCE WORKSHOPS
Join us this winter for special dance workshops at the Braswell Arts Center. Offering many new styles for all levels and all ages.
February 28th , 2022 - March 4th, 2022
March 7th, 2022 - March 11th, 2022
FREE for BAC-Unlimited Abo Members
Non-BAC Members:
CHF 30 per class
CLASS SCHEDULE
CONTEMPORARY DANCE WITH BRIAN MCNEAL
To book your class, please visit the SCHEDULE page and select the class you would like to join to pay directly via credit card.
For BAC Members, please make your class reservations as usual.
If you prefer to pay via bank transfer, please send an email to admin@braswellartscenter.com with the date and time of the class you would like to join.
Please send your payments to the following account:
Braswell Arts Center
IBAN: CH230023323320149401W
BIC: UBSWCHZH80A
Please note your place is not reserved until your payment has been received.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us anytime!
GUEST TEACHERS
BRIAN MCNEAL
Brian McNeal was born and raised in NYC. There he trained as under the guidance of his mentors John Michael Goring and Eleo Pomare. He was a scholarship student at The Ailey School (NY), The Joffrey Ballet School (NY) and Springboard Danse (Montreal). In 2005 he received his BFA degree from The Juilliard School and joined Balletttheater München. In 2007, he then joined Kevin O’Day Ballett Nationaltheater Mannheim as a soloist. In 2011, he received the Arnold-Peterson Prize for his role as Romeo in O’Day’s “Romeo und Julia”. As a choreographer, Brian has choreographed for the Kevin O’Day Ballett and for the “Choreografische Werkstatt” at the Nationaltheater. He has presented work at the Felina-Areal Theater in Mannheim for various festivals. He is currently working as a freelance dancer, choreographer, and teacher and is a Crossfit Athlete.
ARMANDO BRASWELL
Armando Braswell is a professional dancer and teacher from New York City. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance from The Juilliard School in 2006, Armando danced with Ballett Theater Munich, Gauthier Dance Stuttgart and just recently completed his final season as a soloist with Ballett Theater Basel. Aside from his dancing career, Armando has established himself as a guest teacher in high demand, teaching amateurs and professionals worldwide including at the Prix De Lausanne and the Juilliard School. Armando has also choreographed for many dance and opera stages as well as television. In addition to his artistic activities, Armando is also active in the journalistic and social media fields. His popular arts blog, "Interview En L'air", has become widely known in the international dance scene and earned him a place at "Dance For You Magazine” as a permanent correspondent and his media company “Creative Promotional Media” has earned him opportunities to work with clients such as Fondation Beyeler, Basellandschaftliche Kantonal Bank and Theater Basel in Switzerland. In 2015, Armando began to build an arts community in Basel where dancers of all levels and all body types could train in a supportive and professional environment. This idea has since expanded and in 2017, he and his wife Lisa founded the “Braswell Arts Center” – a space for innovation and collaboration in all art forms located in Basel, Switzerland – and in 2019, they officially founded the “Braswell Arts Association,” a non-profit arts organization dedicated to support emerging and established artists. Through arts education and exchange, Armando hopes to encourage collaboration and the creation of new works of art and to promote networking and entrepreneurship within the local and international arts community.