TEACHING EXPERIENCE

(Teaching Abilities: Ballet; Modern-Ballet; Modern; Floorbarre; Yoga/Stretch; Musical Choreography)

2006-present: Stage School (Hamburg), Contemporary Dance School of Hamburg, Hamburg School of Entertainment, Musci Tanz und Ballettstudio, Studio 033, Die Roten Schuehe
2003-04 New England Ballet Company, New York Branch, Ithaca, NY
1995-2005 Performing Center Austria, Vienna

Faculty/Guest Teaching, 1989-2004 (including choreography for contemporary pieces and/or direct review shows for these schools):
Performing Arts Studio, Vienna
Vienna Musical School, Vienna
Studio Move-on, Vienna
Russische Ballettschule, Vienna
Ithaca Ballet, Ithaca, NY

CHOREOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE

Choreography for professional Musicals, Plays, and school shows
Shows/pieces choreographed:
2006-Present day (Hamburg, Germany): numerous pieces for the Hamburg School of Entertainment and Stage School (both musical and modern)
2007 Sisterhood, performed at the Eigenarten Festival in Hamburg, Germany
2005 The Underworld, PCA Youth Company, Vienna
2004 Forever Friends, PCA Youth Company, Vienna
Awards: Austrian Open Competition, 1st Place
2004 Gladiatorinnnen, PCA Youth Company, Vienna
Awards: Austrian Open Competition, 2nd Place
2003 Shadowland, PCA Youth Company, Vienna
Awards: Austrian Open Competition, 1st Place
European Open Competition, 1st Place
2003 The Nutcracker (Assistant Choreographer), PCA Youth Company, Vienna
2002 Leading Ladies, Raimund Theater, Vienna
2002 Leading Men, Raimund Theater, Vienna
2001 Steve Barton Memorial Gala, Raimund Theater, Vienna
2001 Rhythm of Life, Metropol Theater, Vienna
1999 Little Red Riding Hood, Theater der Jugend, Vienna
1998 Alice im Wunderland, Theater der Jugend, Vienna
1997 Night of Musicals and Broadway Musical Night, Austrian Tour
1997 Architect’s Sketch, Toronto Fringe Festival, Toronto, Canada

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

Shows directed (also choreographed):
2005 I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Ensemble Theater, Vienna
2004 Circle of Life, Theater Center Forum, Vienna
2002 Fame, Theater des Augenblicks, Vienna
2000-01 You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Metropol Theater and Theater Center Forum, Vienna
2001 Sweet Charity, Theater des Augenblicks, Vienna
2000 Cabaret, Augistinum Theater and Theater Center Forum, Vienna
2000 Into the Woods, Theater Center Forum, Vienna
1999 Hair, Musisches Zentrum, Vienna
1998 The Golden Apple, Theater Akzent, Vienna (Director and Writer)
1997 Night of Musicals and Broadway Musical Night, Austrian Tour (Assistant Director)

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

1997 Night of Musicals and Broadway Musical Night, Austrian Tour
1994-95 Soloist, Tanztheater Regenbogen, Koblenz, Germany
Danced the part of the Rose in The Little Prince
1990-93 Ensemble/Dancer in Andrew-Lloyd Weber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Vienna
1986-89 Principal Dancer, Des Moines Ballet, Des Moines, IA
Roles included Dewdrop Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker; title role of Alice in Alice in Wonderland; balcony scene pas de deux in Romeo and Juliet
1982-86 Soloist, Princeton Ballet, Princeton, NJ
1984 Soloist, Scottish-American Ballet, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Performed the role of the Polka Girl in Frederick Ashton’s Façade
1981 Dancer, Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX
1979-80 Dancer, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee, WI
Performances included The Nutcracker; Coppelia; Florestan

TRAINING

Trained with Marjorie Mussman, Ernest Pagnano, and Diana Cartier in New York, NY
Trained with Brian Loftus and Belinda Wright in London, England
Early training with the Ithaca Ballet under the direction of Alice Reid, Ithaca, NY

Shows Directed/Choreographed