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Jiri Sebastian Voborsky – Ballet Magnificat! – Conditioning ClassA great tool for dancers or for those just looking to get fit. In this DVD Jiri Sebastian Voborsky of Ballet Magnificat! guides you through popular and effective conditioning exercises  for getting in shape. Whether you’re a dancer or just need to get fit, these exercises will get you slim and trim in no time.Quote:A native of the Czech Republic, Jiri graduated (performing as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and as Prience Siegfried in Swan Lake – Act II) with honors from the Liberec State Ballet School where he studied under Professors Gabajova and Rucky. During his academy years, Jiri danced with the ballet company of the F. X. Šalda State Theatre in the Czech Republic and Eternia Dance Theatre in Sweden and received a contract from the Opera Ballet of the Moravian National Theatre in Brno in the Czech Republic for the 1993 – 1994 season. Jiri came to the United States in July of 1993 and began touring with Ballet Magnificat! in January 1994. During his twelve years of touring with the company, Jiri danced as a first soloist in many roles, in over forty states, Hawaii, Europe, Asia and Central America. Besides dancing, Jiri was the lighting designer and served as one of the technical directors for Ballet Magnificat!. It was in his early twenties when Jiri started to do small choreographies for the company (portions of Unveiled Hope, Burlap To Cashmere…) and from there grew a passion for an artistic expression to His Savior in the ballets that were to come. In January 2001, he choreographed his first full-length ballet, Deliver Us. In the fall of the same year he created two pieces for Belhaven College Dance Department, and in 2003 choreographed a modern ballet work for Ad Deum Dance Company, based in Houston, TX. Jiri has been a guest instructor at ArtReach Dance Intensive and has conducted ballet technique master classes throughout the United States, Singapore, Costa Rica, The Netherlands, as well as Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. Jiri married company soloist Cassandra in April 2000. During Ballet Magnificat’s 2003 Singapore Tour, together they modeled for German Braun Buffel Company in its worldwide advertisement promotion. In 2003, he choreographed his second full-length ballet, Journey of the Prodigal Son, in 2005 finished his third major work, Ruth. In 2004 Jiri published a “Conditioning with Jiri Voborsky” DVD aimed at a professional dancer. This DVD was republished again in 2007. In 2006, Jiri choreographed a full-length ballet based on the life of Corrie ten Boom – Hiding Place and was invited to conduct a Master class for the ballet company of the F. X. Šalda State Theatre. In 2007 Jiri was invited to set a piece on the Ballet Prague Junior – a company of the Dance Center Conservatory in Prague, called No More Tears, premiered at the Estates Theatre (Stavovské divadlo) in Prague. During the 2007 Ballet Magnificat European Tour, Jiri was invited to conduct a series of Master Classes for the ballet company of the State Opera House (Státní Opera) in Prague. In the following year (2008) Jiri finished his latest story ballet The Scarlet Cord inspired by the story of Rahab but placed into the communist era of the Soviet Union, as well as his newest ballet Before His Throne set on the Ballet Magnificat! Omega Company. That summer, Jiri was a guest faculty and choreographer at the International Dance Workshop held in Prague. In 2009 Jiri choreographed a chamber ballet Will You Or Won’t You set on the Pre Professional level of the Ballet Magnificat!’s SDI (Summer Dance Intensive) and a three movement piece titled Allegorica which was premiered at the National Theatre in Prague in September of that year. Samples of Jiri’s choreographies were featured at the USA International Ballet Competition Gala performances in Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2006, Jiri was invited to join the faculty of the Dance Department of Belhaven College as an adjunct professor and in the same year started to teach on semi regular bases at the Dance Center Conservatory in Prague, the Czech Republic. Jiri is honored to serve the Lord with his wife Cassandra at Ballet Magnificat! where he holds the posts of the Artistic Director of the Omega Company and of the Resident Choreographer for Ballet Magnificat!