..a brief resumé of my background

EDUCATION
 

• SPIRALDYNAMIK® PROFESSIONAL - Zürich, Switzerland  2003-Present
• MASTERS OF ADVANCED STUDIES in Dance Education - Zürcher Hochschule der Künste - Zürich, Switzerland  2004-2006
• DANCE THERAPY - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tanztherapie - Tübingen, Germany  1989-1992
• DEUTSCH FÜR FREMDSPRACHIGE - Höhere Handelschule Dr. Raeber - Zürich, Switzerland  19901991
• SIGN LANGUAGE - Gehörlosenzentrum - Zürich, Switzerland  1987-1988
• HIGH SCHOOL - American School of London - London, England  1970-1972
• PRIMARY SCHOOL - Westport, Connecticut USA  1960-1969

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
 

• MUDRA - Director, Maurice Béjart - Brussels, Belgium  1972-1974
• THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL - London, England  1970-1972
• THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET - New York, New York USA  1967-1970
• JOANNE DE BERG SCHOOL OF BALLET - Westport, Connecticut USA  1962-1970

EXPERIENCE AS....

...DANCER:

• PRINCIPLE DANCER - ZÜRCHER BALLETT - Director, Uwe Scholz - Zürich, Switzerland 1986-1987
• PRINCIPLE DANCER - BALLET DU XXEME SIÈCLE - Director, Maurice Béjart - Brussels, Belgium  1974-1986

 ...GUEST DANCER:

• LOOPING - Director, Jochen Heckmann - Creation: "A Break in the Glass of the Sky" - Zürich, Switzerland  1997
• BALLET DE TORINO - Creation: "Les Attentives" , choreography Robert North - Torino, Italy  1988
• BASLER BALLETT - Creation: "La Belle Vie", choreography Heinz Spoerli - Basel, Switzerland  1987
• HAMBURG BALLETT - Director John Neumeier - "Joseph's Legend", "Mahler's 1st and 10th", "Happy Birthday, Igor"  1980-1986

...TEACHER
 

• BALLETTSCHULE SHONACH MIRK - Horgen, Switzerland  1996-Present
• THE BATES DANCE FESTIVAL - Lewiston, Maine USA - Ballet and Spiraldynamik® 2000-Present
• BERNER BALLETT - Bern, Switzerland - Director, Cathy Marston  2009-Present
• TANZHAUS WASSERWERK - Zürich, Switzerland - Ballet for contemporary dancers 1997-2012
• HEILIGBERG INSTITUTE FOR MOVEMENT THERAPY - Winterthur, Switzerland - Ballet 2000-2002
• TANZHOF AKADEMIE - Winterthur, Switzerland - Ballet for professional contemporary formation 1997-2000
• ZÜRICH TANZTHEATER SCHULE - Zürich, Switzerland - Ballet for professional conteporary formation  1994-1997

...GUEST TEACHER
 

• THE NETHERLANDS DANCE THEATER - Den Hague, Holland - Artistic Director, James Vincent  2012
• VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND COMPANIES  1994-Present

Le Conservatoire Cantonale de Musique ,  Sion, Switzerland  -  Festival de Danza , Madrid, Spain  -  Augsburger Ballett, Augsburg, Germany  -  Le Ballet du Grand Théater de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  -  Le Ballet du Nord,  Lille, France

• BALLET SEMINARS FOR LE PRIX DE LAUSANNE - Japan  2000-2004

...CHOREOGRAPHER
 

• BASLER BALLETT - Director, Heinz Spoerli - Basel, Switzerland - "ABOUT WAITING" 1988
• STADTTHEATER LUZERN - Director, Ricardo Duse - Luzern, Switzerland - "WILHELM TELL"  1989
• ZÜRICH TANZTHEATER - Director, Gordon Coster - Zürich, Switzerland - "CLAIRE-ET-NET"  1987
• ZÜRCHER BALLETT - Director, Uwe Scholz - "THE LARGE PRINT GIVETH AND THE SMALL PRINT TAKETH AWAY"  1986

...BALLET MASTER
 

• BALLET DE L'OPÉRA DE PARIS- Director, Brigitte Lefèvre - Paris, France -"LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS" , choreography Maurice Béjart   2010
• BÉJART BALLET LAUSANNE - Director, Gil Roman - Lausanne, Switzerland - "LE MATEAU SANS MAITRE" , choreography Maurice Béjart   2010
• BÉJART BALLET LAUSANNE - Director, Gil Roman - Lausanne, Switzerland - "LE CONCOURS", choreography Maurice Béjart  2009
• ALVIN AILEY DANCE THEATER - Director, Judith Jamison - "L'OISEAU DU FEU", choreography Maurice Béjart  2008
• L'ÉCOLE DU BALLET DE L'OPÉRA DE PARIS - Director, Elisabeth Platel - "DON GIOVANNI", choreography Maurice Béjart  2006
• BALLET NATIONAL DE L'OPÉRA DU RHIN - Diretor, Bertrand D'At - "LE MARTEAU SANS MAITRE", choreography Maurice Béjart   2004
• BÉJART BALLET LAUSANNE - Director, Maurice Béjart - "CONCERTO EN RÉ", choreography Maurice Béjart   2002

• Official mentor for the Royal Academy of Dance teacher's formation 2011 - Present
• Member of the City of Zürich Dance commission,1994-2006