Education

1973-79 classical ballet education in Düsseldorf
1980 Opleiding Moderne Dans, Amsterdam
1981-84 Berlin:
contact improvisation and postmodern dance at the Tanzfabrik Berlin
Schlaffhorst-Andersen Voice Technique, Singing with Dorothe Giercke
acting studies with Grotowski in Poland and with Walter Lott from the Actors Studio NYC
projects with Sarah Shelton- Man in Freiburg
Rome: Commedia dell'Arte, Pantomime, Streettheater with Ferrucio Soleri and Roy Bosier
1984-86 NYC:
modern dance and postmodern dance at the Merce Cunningham School, with Trisha Brown and her Company, Viola Faber and at the Limon Studio
Choreography with Robert Ellis Dunn and Trisha Brown
contact improvisation and releasework at Movement Research and Naropa Institute with the inventors of these dance forms
Alan Wayne techinque with Tamar Rogoff
BMC with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Jazzsinging with Jeanne Lee and voicing through the body with Lisa Sokolov
since 1986 Europe: classes in BMC, Feldenkrais and Alexander Technique
1995 choreogaphy workshop with Trisha Brown
1996-2003 diplome physiotherapist
2002 certified Pilates Polestar rehabilitation trainer
body mind centering with Friederike Tröscher a.o.
2006/07 Intensive studies at the Trisha Brown Company School
2011/12 Rosas Repertoire and David Hernandez dance technique at PARTS summerschool

Teaching

1981-84 „Dance and Voice“ in Berlin
1986-96 „Dance and Voice“ and „Dancing with Gravity“ in Europe
1987-89 Instructor for dance and performance at the freiraum theaterschule, Bremen
since 2007 Trisha Brown Technique and Repertory
own professional training and workshops
since 2009 Dancing with Objects
since 2012 Dancing with Balance Reactions
since 2013 Emotional Training for Dancers

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