Real Talk with STIJN CELIS, Artistic Director of the Saarlandisches Staatstheater Ballett.

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Stijn Celis is currently at Ballett Theater Basel restaging his Swan Lake. Armando BRASWELL grabbed him after his rehearsal to have a moment of Real Talk…

How do you warm up?

I would say I always try to go with a mindset that will produce a positive outcome for whatever I must achieve that day. I usually make sure my body is one, relaxed… Maybe I’ll do few stretching exercises and then I am good to go. I breathe in and out very deeply and try to make this performance, rehearsal or class into a unique experience…I am aware of that. I see to it, that I make this in to something I have never experienced before. I also regard these moments as an opportunity to improve or change.