I am honored to be speaking with the director of Mr. GAGA at the Kult kino ion Basel!. After a sneak peak of his latest film about Ohad Naharin and his GAGA technique, I will moderate a public interview. What do YOU want to know?

GREAT NEWS: I have been appointed GALLERY DIRECTOR of Guild Greene Gallery!!! So cool! Here is the blurb from Facebook: Armando Braswell is from Brooklyn, NYC. He earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts…

I am back! I will be teaching Modern Jazz at the Dance Alps Festival in Austria. Last year we had a blast! This year I will bring new combos and lots of energy!

Are you ready?

More information: http://dance-alps.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanceAlpFestival/

I am so honored to be teaching at THE PLAYGROUND NYC!!!I I have always admired this series, and now I get to be a part of it! Come and play 🙂 July 26th 12pm – 2pm @ Gibney Dance: 280 Broadway Limited space available. 1 day only!

I’m Back 🙂 I will be teaching again at this years Migros Kultur Prozent Scholarship audition. I was so impressed with the scholarship candidates last year! It is really a pleasure to come again and work with the new crop of Switzerland’s young and talented dancers. Check out some cool photos form LAST YEAR below from: Miriam Elias FOTOGRAFIE

This year I will present my new duet UNDONE, at the 5th Dance&Music gala in Stuttgart! Thank you to Beate for always supporting my work! DON’T MISS IT! UNDONE by Armando Braswell

I am sooooo proud to announce that Ballett Dienstag is officially a registered business in Basel!!! ALSO: We have expanded Ballett Dienstag to include NEW STUDIOS for the Tuesday classes and exciting guest teachers for all the classes.

I will be performing at the CLINAM SUMMIT, The Conference and Exhibition European & Global Summit for Cutting-Edge Medicine, on Monday, June 27 in Basel.
Ballet 101

Sooooooo happy to announce that I will be dancing with Carta Blanca Dance in Basel in June and July!!! I am very honored to be a part of Jorge Garcia Pérez’s latest creation, “Swipe,Swipe”… DON’T MISS IT!

Check out my interview in Dance For You Magazine speaking about my fascination with writing about dance, and my self started online arts journal called “Interview En L’air”.

Interview has added 30 new contributors! That means new fresh content for all creative minds alike. Please check out the about page, to find out more about the new team! http://www.interviewenlair.com/about/

Check us out performing at the NOMAD hotel opening in Basel. It was a great evening. A beautiful space. Thank you to Andrea for bringing me along.

Ballet Basel went to South Korea and it was AMAZING!!! Here are all of the pictures from my adventures: From the perspective of my selfie stick… Thank you everyone for a great experience 🙂 PLEASE Help me tag everyone!!!! Posted by Armando Braswell on Sunday, October 25, 2015

Basel’s popular adult ballet class is back! NOW OFFERING TWO CLASSES! The next session of Ballett Dienstag with Armando Braswell begins January 5th 2016. REGISTRATION IS OPEN. Introducing a NEW beginner class. (Recommended for the absolute beginner.)

Check me out in the new WWF advertisement for Klima Allianz Switzerland! it is really well done! I appear after about a minute in our beautiful dance studio. I think it is no surprise what I love…..Thank you Simon for another great opportunity!

I am happy to announce that this year I am the new movement coach for the OperAvenir – The Opera studio at Theater Basel. I hope to help these young singers gain a greater awareness of their body and also improve strength, balance and flexibility. It is amazing to work with these talented singers, they are eager to learn… fresh energy.

Solotänzer an der Metropolitan Opera New York, Staatstheater München, Gründungsmitglied von Gauthier Dance,
derzeit Solist beim Basler Ballett, dem jedoch auch ein hervorragender Ruf als feinsinniger Dozent vorauseilt. Sein
Warm Up besteht aus einem Mix aus Graham und Limon-Technik und geht über in raumübergreifende energie-
geladene Kombinationen.

My piece In Passage will be presented at the Hatch House 2015 gala in England. Already SOLD OUT both nights!!!! Maybe they will add a third? Carlos Acosta will be the performer of honor! You think he will watch my piece ?? 🙂 Danced by the two lovely dancers Lydia Caruso and Anthony Ramiandrisoa from Ballett Basel. They worked so hard and they look amazing!

This year I was invited to teach the modern dance training for the Migros Kulturprozent Tanz competition at the Zurich Operahaus. There was a lot of good students this year… it will be a hard decision. Check out the cool photos from Miriam Elias.

MY TED TALK IS HERE!!! It is not easy for me to post this… but I think it is important. A big thank you to Philip Kannicht and Bruno Raco for there amazing original composition. Thank you to Jonathan Alsberry for working my solo and coaching me. We worked quite well together and he gave the solo life. Thank you Lisa Braswell for helping me remember my life and for your passionate work on my text. Thank you to Jennifer Chough and the whole TEDxBasel team for the opportunity. Thank you to Theater Basel for your support. PLEASE SHARE THIS VIDEO 🙂

“Amazing, exciting, wonderful, moving – these were some of the words used by the audience to describe Friday night’s Julliard-Nord Anglia Performing Arts programme event. We look forward to many more wonderful events in the future as the programme develops.” – La Cote International School Facebook Page.

HUEMAN, combines dance, music, film and technology to create a new interactive video-installation. “Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.” -Pablo Picasso

Come and see my latest creation for the Basel Mission at a beautiful open air stage in Munsterplatz!!! From 8 to 14 June 2015 Mission celebrates 21 birthday of its Basel Mission with guests and contributions from four continents. The highlight of the anniversary week is a major international festival on Sunday, June 14 at the Münsterplatz in Basel. A varied program with music, market stalls, culinary delights and a child-friendly program to make the festival an experience for the whole family.

My new piece “Excuse” premiered at the Swiss Pavilion in Milan World Expo! What a great opportunity! They rocked it!!!! 🙂 In EXCUSÉ, the choreographer Armando Braswell draws his inspiration from his Swiss environment and transforms it into dancing motion. Featuring eight students from the professional class of the Ballettschule Theater Basel. Swiss pavilion stage from 22-23.May.2015

In a surprising twist, I am so excited to announce that I will participating in TED X Basel 2015! My topic “See more for yourself” is very close to my heart… I feel so honored to be a part of such a great event. Don’t miss it! This years talks will be held at the Basel natural history museum on May 9th 2015. For more information please check out: www.tedxbasel.com

INTERVIEWENLAIR.COM is finally published with major improvements including: EASY Navigation – Now you can go straight to the interviews you want to see with sections such as dancers, photography, music, choreographers and many more.

My Column Real Talk with Armando Braswell is LIVE!!! I am sooo happy. Get your issue of DANCE FOR YOU magazine and tell me what you think!

Great news! Soon I start work on a new choreography for Ballettschule Theater Basel. It is a commissioned work & will be premiered in Milan, Italy at the World Expo in the Swiss Pavilion on May 22nd & 23rd. I cant wait to get started!

Armando Braswell dances his third season at the Theater Basel – and is excited about the new home. His kids will love the Zolli. And the Autumn Fair, the many treats – or ride on the carousel. The proximity of the Rhine. And the playgrounds in the park.

“Special attention is given to the exceptional dancer Armando Braswell. A tremendous jumper, athletic and expressive, he pulls out all the stops of his art again.” Read the full review. Come see Ballett Basel in “Die Liebe kann tanzen” a new evening length by amazing German choreographer, Stephan Thoss. It was an absolute pleasure to work with Stephan Thoss. He is a true artist. His passion is incredible. He pushed us to new heights. The company looks beautiful.

A new interview series in collaboration with Dance For You magazine. When someone is being interviewed, they always put their best face forward. “Real Talk” is designed to help young dancers and professionals by providing them with the whole truth about the problems faced by artists…on stage and off. Check it out starting in January in Dance For You Magazine!!!

Are there any questions you would like to see?

Currently, I am a soloist with the Ballet Basel in Switzerland and creator of Interview En L’air, a new online artists interview series. On a typical work day, I wake up at around 7:30 a.m. My two young sons make sure of that. The mornings can be stressful when the kids are on their way to school, but let’s just say I’ve grown to love the chaos…

Dance Talks is the NEW program at the Basel Ballett. If you are in Basel, Come and see us dance!

For more info click here: Dance Talks
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If you see a poster, take a picture, post it with this hashtag.

After a great run in Stuttgart, I am very happy to announce that we will be showing our Installation (actually a kinetic sculpture) HEART in Basel! If you are in town, don’t miss it!

“Pas- varotti” in open air!!! August 23rd 2014 @ The Kulturrevier Harz e.V. — Tanner Schulstr. 2 — 38875 Oberharz am Brocken at the Benneckenstein Wald Buhne

Armando Braswell, Joachim Riederer, Philip Kannicht and Dr. Permi Jhooti present their interactive Video and Sound Installation “HEART” in Stuttgart. July 26. + 27 at 8pm (Free entry) @ Outer Rim Stuttgart e.V. // Bebelstraße 70 // 70193 Stuttgart.

I am happy to announce that I will be presenting a new duet called “Pas-varotti” at the Noverre Society Evening. Amazing set + good music + great dancers! Get your tickets as fast as you can!

I am performing in Berlin! A runway show: Designer Ulrich Schulte found his love for fashion early in his life and spent his pre-study time in London to gain experiences in tailoring. Later, he studied fashion design at the FH Hannover. Since 2008, Ulrich Schulte works as Head Designer for RIANI and describes his work there as his big love.

One year ago today I published my first Interview. I am humbled by this whole experience. I am so happy and proud of we have made… And I am just getting started!

I am teaching In Stuttgart! Luca tanz workshops–Location: Probebühne des Theaterhauses Stuttgart Löwentorstr. 66-70 Gebäude 6a+6, Löwentorbogen, 70376 Stuttgart.

Divertissement is my new piece for the DanceLab 6 program at Theater Basel. It is a quirky Pas de duex about distraction with a great music! Premiere June 6th!

UPDATE – May 13, 2014: I will be dancing ALL performances of Blaubarts Geheimnis at Theater Basel. see post for more details.

Armando is teaching at the Tanz Frankfurt Spring workshop series. 24 -25th of May 2014. Modern Jazz.

My new piece, “Housed”, premiered at the Dance and Music Gala 4 in Theaterhaus Stuttgart. It was a success! Check out the photos and critics!

A photo gallery of photos from the premiere of our knetic sculpture in at the Kunst im Klub Festival 2013 in Stuttgart. Heart. An interactive video and sound installation by Armando Braswell, Joachim Riederer, Philip Kannicht and Dr. Permi Jhooti.

I was fortunate enough to have many people in my life who helped me keep moving forward. They believed in me. This series is dedicated to all my “angels” who have helped me through those years. They have helped to shape the man I am today. I am not rich or famous, but I am living my dream and I am happy.

Richard Wherlock and I taught two days of workshops in Zug. I had a great time teaching these kids to move! They were a great, focused group. Good work guys!!!

It has been over a year since I have been back in Stuttgart. The time has come! Don’t miss the premiere of my new piece entitled “Housed” at the Dance & Music 4 Gala. A charity event for the benefit of the Olgäle Foundation for sick children.(Olgäle Stiftung für das kranke Kind e.V.) It will be nice to dance on that stage again!

Eliane Müller is season two’s winner of the popular television show “Die grössten Schweizer Talente” Which is the Swiss version of the British casting show, “Britain’s Got Talent”.

I was lucky enough to choreograph and dance in the video!