Timur  RATLAS
Tel : 0032 486 021 957

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2013 - Ballet Teacher
Antalya (Turkey)
  • Teaching Ballet Dancing at the Antalya Akdeniz University Conservatory
2011 - 2012  - Dance Teacher
Brussels   
  • Classical and modern dance classes for professionals coaching them to improve techniques for better performances
  • Organizing performance training workshops for professionals teaching them all parts of the choreography
2007 - 2011
Misket - Ankara Çagdas Bale Toplulugu (Turkey)

2005 - 2007
Arkadas Theatre - Köln (Germany)

  • The "Ratlas Productions"  project was initiated - this concerns the active launching of young artists such as dancers and singers in their careers and, generally speaking, the fostereing of youg talent.

2001-2005 Dance Teacher
Ankara University section Danse (Turkey)

  • Academy of Music of Quaregnon (Belgium)
  • Dance Center Osmose, Namur (Belgium)
  • Dance School asbl, Liège (Belgium)
  • Opera and Conservatory of Ankara (Turkey)
  • Classical and modern dance classes for children and adults
1998-2000 Dance teacher
Opera and Conservatory of Ankara - Hacettepe (Turkey)
  • Classical and modern dance classes for professionals coaching them to improve techniques for better performances
  • Organizing performance training workshops for professionals teaching them all parts of the choreography
1996-1998 Dance teacher
Opera and Conservatory of Ankara - Hacettepe (Turkey)
Center of dance Osmose, Namur, (Belgium)
  • Resident choreographer
  • Classical and modern dance courses for children and youth between 6 and 19 years old
  • Creating and directing spectacles and special events
1985-1996 Artistic director and choreographer
Ratlas Company asbl, Brussels (Belgium)
  •  Rehearsal and teaching
  •  Creating, directing the ballets for the company
  •  Organizing national and international  productions and other cultural activities
  •  Selecting and teaching the artists
  •  Management of the staff
  •  Dealing with all sponsoring issues
  •  In charge of public relations
  •  Co-operation with Necati Sahin at the Arkadas Theatre in Köln
1984-1985 Dance teacher
Music Academy of Mouscron (Belgium)
  • Preparing the choreographies for the final jury designated for the graduation of the last year students
  • La Leçon des Petits Rats (Brussels)
  • Classical and modern dance courses for children and youths between 6 and 19 years old


1985-1995 Artistic director
Cultural Art Center of Brisbane (Australia) in collaboration with the French Alliance.

  • Creating, directing and organizing events such as concerts and ballets, 
  • launching campaigns for artists
  • Choreogaphies : Zontanes Khors, Doll Chairs, 17 Juillet 86, Compromis, Le Train, Djadoloche, Pare Pare, Nouveau Monde, Indarna
  • Client and customer contacts, public relations
  • Accountancy and management related to this activity
1972-1984 First ballet dancer
  • Béjart (Le Sacre du Printemps, Offrande chorégraphique, Roméo et Juliette, 
  • Nijinski, L’Oiseau de Feu, 9ème symphonie, Tombeau, Golestan, Pétrarque), 
  • Brigitte Culberg Ballet (Ecole des Femmes, Révolte, Eurydique, Miss Juli, 
  • Trio + invited choreograph Fleming Flint), Zürich Opera House (Casse 
  • Noisettes, La fille mal gardée, Jardin de Lilas, Sylvia, Coppelia by Hans 
  • Meister, Carmina Burana, De L’amour, Moon Dag, Sun Kat and Mata Hari 
  • producted by Jür Burth, La Table Verte by Kurt Joos, Les 4 Tempéraments, 
  • Agon, Sérénade, Allegro Brillante, Symphonie in C and Western Symphony, 
  • choreography by Balanchine, Bat-Dor (Israel : Masque of Separation by Bob 
  • Cohen, Streams by Alvin Alley, Death After Eme by John Buttler, Separation 
  • by Domy Reiffe, Salomone by Domy Reiffe, La fille de Salomon by Moshe 
  • Ferr), Deutsch Opera Berlin (La Table Verte by Kurt Jooss, Giselle (with 
  • Goudonov, producted by Rudolf Noureyev), Lar Loubovich (USA) 
  • Wirligaogs, Grand Ballet Canadien (Les 4 tempéraments by G. Balanchine), 
  • Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen (Symphonie n°3, Le Mandarin Merveilleux, 
  • Satrio producted by André Leclaire, Opus 1 by John Cranko, Drink Lied by 
  • Jeanne Brabants, Serait-ce la mort (by Béjart), (Montréal), Aneon (Greece) 
  • assistant and dancer Daniel Lommel , Nederlands Dans Theater (Stuhl Game) 
  • Tanz Forum Köln (Das Fenster,  Orpheus, Ich tanze mit dir by Jochen Ulrich, 
  • Couples’ by Hans van Manen )


Acting in theatre representations, but also in two german films (Onegin by 
Brigitte Cullberg (Sweden), De Swiz Macher, Rolf Lysi (Germany)
Assistance in the creation of the theatre representations, mainly involved with 
the research of dance and music

EDUCATION 

1966-1972 Student at the Conservatoire Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels and in the Béjart's
School of Mudra ,David Howard, Rosella Hiytower

LANGUAGES AND OTHER SKILLS

French mother tongue
English fluent
Turkish  fluent
German very good
Italian  good

Microsoft Office, good general knowledge

OTHER INFORMATION

Belgian nationality, born in Adana (Turkey)
International Driving licence