{"id":4249,"date":"2020-06-04T20:20:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dancetheatreofharlem.org\/?page_id=4249"},"modified":"2020-06-04T20:20:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:20:06","slug":"carolinerocherbiography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dancetheatreofharlem.org\/carolinerocherbiography\/","title":{"rendered":"DTH On Demand: LIVE Open Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ballet Barre<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Special Guest Instructor<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Caroline Rocher<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancetheatreofharlem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CarolineRocherBarnesHeadshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"313\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Caroline Rocher Barnes trained at the Conservatoire de Montpellier in France with Madame Clapar\u00e8de and later graduated from the Rudra B\u00e9jart Art School in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1998, she moved to America to study at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York. In 1999, Mrs. Rocher Barnes joined the Dance Theatre of Harlem under the mentorship of Arthur Mitchell, was promoted to the rank of soloist in 2000 and then Principal Dancer the following year. Her professional career extends internationally as she danced with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich, Germany, the Lyon Opera Ballet in France, and Alonzo King\u2019s Lines Ballet in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>In 2001, Mrs. Rocher Barnes was named &#8220;25 to watch&#8221; in Dance Magazine. She also collaborated with international ballet star Vladimir Malakhov at the Career Transition For Dancers Gala in New York and was invited to perform at \u201cLe Gala des Etoiles du 21\u00e8me si\u00e8cle\u201d in Paris in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Rocher Barnes has performed works by acclaimed choreographers such as Marius Petipa, John Cranko, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Hans Van Manen, John Neumeier, Maurice B\u00e9jart, Maguy Marin, Jacopo Godani, Robert Dekkers, Dwight Rhoden, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Arthur Mitchell, Michael Smuin, Glen Tetley and Alonzo King.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside her dance career, Mrs. Rocher Barnes has been a great advocate for passing on her craft to the next generation of dancers. For the past 15 years, she has been teaching worldwide and in 2015, she traveled to Cape Town as part of The LEAP-SOUTH AFRICA Project. There, she taught young dancers at the CAPA Art School, and in the public schools located in the townships of Khayelitsha, and Guguletu. She currently teaches at The School of The Washington Ballet and at The Citydance Conservatory. She is also Adjunct faculty at George Mason University and at Prince George\u2019s Community College, and she\u2019s part of the Lines Summer Program Faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Rocher Barnes graduated Summa Cum Laude from Saint Mary\u2019s College of California and holds a BA in Performing Arts.<\/p>\n<p>She also is certified in the GYROTONIC\u00ae &amp; GYROKINESIS\u00ae expansion system as well as in the PROGRESSING BALLET TECHNIQUE\u00ae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballet Barre Special Guest Instructor Caroline Rocher Caroline Rocher Barnes trained at the Conservatoire de Montpellier in France with Madame Clapar\u00e8de and later graduated from the Rudra B\u00e9jart Art School in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1998, she moved to America to study at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York. 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