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The latterly past year Monaco was the scene for the grand biennial Dance Forum. The event took place between 14 and eighteen December 2004 and was held generally at Grimaldi Forum. The 4 days unfolded on numerous levels :
Performances
Multimedia Forum
Dance on Screen
The ADvANCE Project
First Job Audition
Exhibitions - monographic and thematic ones, Karl Lagerfeld's photo exhibition,
Rendez-vous - great opportunities open for the general public to meet famous choreographers from all areas of the world.Most notable performances included Orfeo ed Euridice, by Emio Greco/PC and Opera North / Netherlands, UK and Fairy, by Jyrki Karttunen and co / Finland, Henry Oguike Dance Company from the United Kingdom and Compania Maria Pages, a Spanish company that blends flamenco with latest jazz standards.

The ceremony of the 2004 Nijinsky Awards was held on December 18 at the Forum Grimaldi in Monte Carlo. The most coveted prizes were awarded to Nicolas Le Riche of the Ballet de l'Opera nationwide de Paris and the Romanian performer Alina Cojocaru of the London Royal Ballet in the female and male dancer categories.

The multimedia forum constituted an innovative way to lead dance beyond boundaries of gravity and breathtaking space constraints, bonding new ties with other humanities - music, film, visible arts.The multimedia projects brought together choreographers, stage designers, musicians, graphic artists for example. 3 forms were accepted : software, live choregraphic pieces employing numeric devices and choreographic installations.

There were 142 applicants from 29 nations. The SACD prize got awarded to the half finished project'Donât ask the Blond' activated by Cosmin Manolescu in collaboration with Kira Riikonen and Roberto Casarotto. The project reunites the collective work of choreographers and other artists from Finland, Italy and Romania and should be developed in 2005. The final show will be accompanied by visible and sonorous creations. Ten folks from the crowd will be invited to play a role in the performance each time. The premiere will be in Finland, in July 2005.

The section Dance on Screen was intended to offer to audiovisual producers and dance firms an opportunity to meet partners such as directors of holidays, theatre programmers, TV broadcasters, general and specialized media reporters with the view of future project development, promotion and promoting.

the outcome of the ADVANCE Project were presented at a meeting during Monaco Dance Forum. This project was instituted three years ago by the world Organization for the Transition of pro Dancers ( IOTPD ) aiming to improve the challenges met by the professional dancers when transitioning to a post-dance career.

On December fourteen and fifteen, a hundred pre-professional dancers selected from all over the world had the chance to get their first full time contract on the 1st Job Audition. The audition consisted of one classical ballet class and a latest workshop with an invited choreographer. The first Job Audition ended with the Bursary Awards ceremony which happened on December 16 at'Espace Karrement' ( Grimaldi Forum ) in the company of H.R.H. Princess Caroline of Hanover.

Princess Caroline, who is president of the Monte Carlo Ballet, founded by Princess Grace, has worked hard to fulfil her mother's dream about making dance an essential part of Monaco's cultural life. The most significant moments of the Forum, finishing with the Nijinsky Awards night at the Salle des Princes of the Grimaldi Forum, were marked by her presence.
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