DanceWorks - Jean Pascal

Jean-Pascal was born in France and studied Ballet in Aix en Provence with Lise Delaplace.

In 1985, he joined the ballet of L’Opera d’Avignon where he danced in many musicals and operas. From 1986 to 1995 he was a member of Ballets de Monte-Carlo. His repertoire included Balanchine, Kylian, Fokine and Massine. During this time he started to work as a Ballet Master for workshops and had the opportunity to dance in many parts of the world. In 1995, he moved to Berlin and joined the Deutsche Opera Ballet. His repertoire enriched with ballets from Petit, Bejart, Barra and Hynd.

In 1999, he retired as a dancer and became a Ballet Teacher and Ballet Master at the English National Ballet School where he stayed until July 2005. He worked and rehearsed ballets from Hampson, Kylian, Bart and Mukhamedov. Since 2005 he has taught for Rambert Dance Company, National Ballet of Prague, CEDE, The West London School of Ballet, Stella Mann College and BodyWorks Dance Studios Company and Prejlocaj Ballet.

Jean-Pascal teaches at Danceworks as well as at The Place. He has also been a guest teacher for Billy Elliot and Strictly Come Dancing. Since 2007 he has organised an intensive Summer Ballet Course for adults at Danceworks.

Since July 2008 he has been qualified as a Pilates Instructor following Alan Herdman’s training course.

Jean Pascal is available for private coaching or group coaching in either ballet or pilates jeanpascal.cabardos@yahoo.co.uk