Curriculum Vitae

Lamine Gueye was born in Dakar (Senegal), where he absorbed his cultural inheritance of West-African dances and rhythms. He was discovered by Pape O.Thiam, who as a prominent African drummer, worked along with many international dance teachers. Thiam recognized Lamine’s talent and recommended him to study dance on a professional level. Thus Lamine left for Europe as a teenager.

Studying in Europe

Lamine Gueye worked with teachers of great names and masters in dance. He studied various styles and dance techniques in order to gain a solid foundation in dance (ballet, contemporary, jazz, modern dance, African dance).

Despite all the meetings with prominent dancers and teachers, Lamine Gueye claims that dance was given to him as a gift from God, who is His Lord and His Master.

Special thanks mostly to Fred Aenis (recognized ballet teacher, Basel, CH), Phillip Dahlmann (Nijinsky prize, Laussanne, CH), Carlos Orta (Limón technique, New York, Caracas), Ahmed Tdjani Cissé (director of Grands Ballets d’Afrique Noire, Paris, France).

Special thanks also to Beth Rigaud (international teacher of Modern Ethnic, Brasil) and Laura Glenn (Limón technique, New York).

Thanks to Noelle Willkemann (Barre a terre, Geneva, CH), André Glegowski (ballet, international dance teacher, Paris, France), Yves Cassati (former principal dancer of the Opera de Paris and a teacher in Centre des Marais in Paris, France), Piotr Nardelli (Béjart Brussels, Belgium), Alvin McDuffie (former principal dancer of Alvin Ailey NY, USA), Millard Hurley (international dance teacher) and Lynn Simonson (DanceSpace, New York, USA).

Thanks also to Jorma Uotinen and Larrio Ekson (both of them ex-partners of C. Carlson) and many others.

Due to all this experience L. Gueye started to work on various dance projects both as a dancer and a choreographer.

System La Vitamine

Lamine Gueye developed his own educational system of modern dance, which focuses on placement, movement awareness, and the quality and the design of movement, without forgetting his cultural inheritance and African values.