USING A BENDER

From the early age of five there was nothing else for me but dancing. If someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I immediately answered: "Something with ballet." So it was quite natural that I started taking ballet lessons with Elly Grimm at the age of nine.

After my school education came the intensive training to become a ballet teacher. So I learned classical ballet according to the Russian method from A. Vaganova. I also learned from Galina Basowa/Kiev, Barbara Zapfdorn/Nuremberg, Anastasia Herényiová/Bratislava and Alain Howard/London. I did my pedagogical training with Ursula Borrman/Cologne.

In the years that followed, I continued to study

- Modern, Limon -Technique at Lea Darwin/Chicago

- Jazz with Gus Giordano/Chicago

- Spanish dance with José da Udaeta (several weeks of training in Spain)

- Tap dance with Gerti Hartmann/Stuttgart and Roger M. Louis/Basel

- Historical dance with Prof. Dr. Karl Heinz Taubert

In 1980, my long-cherished dream of owning my own ballet studio came true and the "Ballet Studio Lilo" opened its doors for young and old ballet rats...

I offer children's ballet from the age of four with a subsequent transition to classical ballet and classical ballet for adults and returnees.

Courses in jazz, tap dance and Spanish dance are added to the program as required.

Since spring 2010 I have been offering relaxation training for children and young people.

VANESSA GRUIDL

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