curriculum vitae
Training
1967 – 1968 San Francisco Ballet Academy (San Francisco, California)
1967 – 1968 Oakland Ballet Academy (Oakland, California)
1967 – 1968 Modern Dance Center Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
1968 – 1969 Joffrey Ballet School – American Ballet Center (New York City, New York)
1968 – 1969 Luigi’s Jazz Center (New York City, New York)
1970 – 1971 Académie Internationale de la Danse (Paris, France)
Engagements
New York
1968 – 1969 Dance Theater Workshop | Choreographers: Debby Jowett, John Wilson, Jeff Duncan, Art Baumann, Rudy Pérez
1968 Holiday in Israel | Choreographer: Avner Vered
1969 Broadway Show „Indians“ | Choreographer: Julie Arenal
1969 New York State Theater at Lincoln Center | Dancer in „Prince Igor“ | Choreographer: Ron Sequoia
Paris, France
1969 – 1970 Casino de Paris „Zizi, je t’aime“ with Zizi Jeanmaire | Choreographer: Roland Petit
1970 – 1971 Alcazar de Paris with Jean-Marie Rivière and Marc Doelnitz
1970 – 1972 Numerous TV and stage shows with Mireille Mathieu, Sylvie Vartan, Régine, Les Charlots, Patti Pravo etc.
1972 Compagnie Anne Béranger | Choreographer: Caroline Carlson
1972 Compagnie Yvonne Mestre as choreographic assistant and soloist
Freeport, Grand Bahama
1971 casino show „Bow Belles“ (Les Silhouettes)
Duesseldorf, Germany
1972 – 1973 German Opera on the Rhine as corps de ballet
Krefeld, Germany
1973 – 1976 as soloist, trainer, choreographic assistant
Mannheim, Germany
1976 – 1978 as soloist, trainer, choreographic assistant
Ulm, Germany
1978 – 1979 as ballet director, choreographer, principal dancer
Mainz, Germany
1979 – 1981 as ballet director, choreographer, principal dancer
Saarbruecken, Germany
1981 – 1983 as ballet director, choreographer, principal dancer
Guest performances and choreographies
Trier, Germany
December 1976 – May 1977 guest choreographer and soloist „Carmen“ | Director: M. Mützel
Mainz, Germany
May – June 1979 guest choreographer and soloist „No, No, Nanette“ | Director: F. Fischer
Kaiserslautern, Germany
January – May 1980 guest soloist „Sweet Charity“ | Choreographer: Jessica Iwanson | Director: H. Adler
Freiburg, Germany
March – April 1981 guest choreographer „La Vida Breve“ and „The Spanish Hour“ | Director: M. Markun
Hamburg, Germany
October 1991 tap dance solo show with Abbi Hübner’s „Low Down Wizards“ at the Intercontinental Hotel
Choreographies
Krefeld, Germany
May 1976 „Bachiades“ | Young Choreographers‘ Matinee (JS Bach)
Mannheim, Germany
May 1978 „Games“ | Young Choreographers‘ Matinee (JS Bach)
Ulm, Germany
November 1978 | Ballet Evening I:
„On the train“ (G. Gershwin)
„Take Off“ (F. Poulenc)
May 1979 | Ballett Evening II:
„Abindarráez y Jarifa“ (Cassado, Granados)
„Don Quixote“ (M. de Falla, I. Albéñiz)
„Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías“ (J. Padrós)
Mainz, Germany
January 1980 Ballet Evening I At The University:
„On the train“ (G. Gershwin)
„Hoedown“ (Corelli, Vivaldi)
„Salome“ (G. Holst)
September 1980 „A Midsummer Night’s Dream“ (Felix Mendelssohn)
May 1981 Ballett II At The University:
„Sebastian“ (G. Menotti)
„Tom ’n‘ Huck“ (S. Joplin)
Saarbruecken, Germany
May 1982 Series of 6 Ballet Matinees: excerpts and examples of ballet, modern dance, jazz dance, tap dance, show and revue dance etc.
April 1982 „Joan von Zarissa“ (W. Egk)
1981 – 1983 Operettas: „The Gypsy Baron“, „Circus Princess“, „The Bird Seller“, „Hungarian Wedding“ | Musical: „Man of La Mancha“ | Review: „Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Deutschland eingestellt“
January 1983 „The Nutcracker“ (Tchaikovsky)
June 1983 Saarland Radio, Television Production „It’s Country Time“ with Freddy Quinn
Hamburg, Germany
Oktober – December 1984 Operettenhaus „Große Freiheit Nr. 7“ and „Pinocchio“ Bielefeld, Germany
September – October 1985 City Theater „Kiss Me Kate“ Luebeck, Germany
1986 June, August & September Municipal Theater „Bye, Bye, Show Biz“ Lueneburg, Germany
October – November 1987 City Theater „Brigadoon“
February – March 1988 City Theatre „Blume von Hawaii“
September 1988 City Theatre „West Side Story“
March – April 1990 City Theatre „Gigi“
Hamburg, Germany
October 1988 – January 1989 Munich Dramatic Theater „Quasimodo“ (tour)
October 1990 choreographer for movie commercial „Schoeller / Moevenpick“
December 1990 choreographer for movie commercial „Gutfried sausage“
August 1991 choreographer for movie commercial „Karamalz“
Lodz, Poland
December 1990 Teatr Wielki, tap dance choreographer for Wieczor Gershwina Berlin, Germany
October – November 1989 „Quasimodo“ (2nd tour)
2010 Video Production „Jive at Five“ with Sanne Gruner, Bjorn Kollin and Borwin Kohnert
Cottbus, Germany
September 2007 Ballet Evening „Welcome, Mr. Gershwin“
Teaching jobs
Hamburg, Germany
September 1983 – March 1984 Studio Hamburg – tap, jazz and ballet instructor at the „First International Musical Workshop“
Hagen, Germany
April – June 1984 Musical Theater – head of the dance department of the „Musical Days“
Lodz, Poland
1990 Teatr Wielki – tap dance instructor and choreographer for the ballet ensemble
Berlin, Germany
1992 – 2001 University of the Arts – tap dance instructor
Leipzig, Germany
2002 – 2010 University of Music and Theater Mendelssohn Bartholdy – tap dance instructor
Dresden, Germany
2001 – 2010 Palucca School – tap dance instructor
Workshops
Tap, jazz, and musical theater dance in Mainz, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Dortmund, Kiel, Hameln, Minden, Leipzig, Riesa, Straußberg, Strasbourg (France), Rome (Italy), Taranto (Italy), Naples (Italy), Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain), Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
Other
President of the „German Tap Association“
1984 – 1994 Owner of the ballet studio „The Red Shoes“ (Hamburg, Germany)
1994 – 2011 Co-owner of the Ballett Centrum Kurfürstendammkarree (Berlin, Germany)
Adjudicator (tap dance | show dance | jazz and modern dance)
Leverkusen, Mannheim, Weinheim, Osnabrueck, Guetersloh, Hameln, Lingen, Dresden, Riesa,
Berlin, Wilhelmshaven, Portoroz (Slovenia), Zagreb (Croatia), Novi Sad (Serbia), Winterthur
(Switzerland), Lausanne (Switzerland), Aarau (Switzerland), Prague (Czech Republic)
Musical choreographies
Hof, Germany
1991 „Chicago“
1993 „Oklahoma“
1995 „West Side Story“
1996 „Moby Dick“ – German premiere
Coburg, Germany
1997 State Theater „Chicago“
Esslingen, Germany
1998 Wuerttemberg State Theater „HAIR“
Berlin, Germany
1999 Renaissance Theater „Over the Rainbow“
Schleswig, Germany
1999 Schleswig-Holstein State Theatre „HAIR“
Magdeburg, Germany
2001 Magdeburg Theater „Crystal Palace“
2003 Magdeburg Theater „Little Shop of Horrors“