{"id":694,"date":"2014-02-28T22:09:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T22:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2014-02-28T22:17:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T22:17:31","slug":"dance-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/?page_id=694","title":{"rendered":"Dance: Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nMy dance career started over 30 years ago. It hasn\u2019t always been a direct path, but
\nnevertheless, exciting and diverse. From Standard & Latin Dances I quite rapidly moved up
\nto my \u201cbig love\u201c \u2013 Swing Dancing! Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll, Boogie Woogie, Balboa, Charleston and
\nfinally West Coast Swing followed in quick succession.<\/p>\n

During my time as a competitor, my dance partner Reto Gurt and I took part in over 120
\ndance competitions, during which we won the following titles: as a dance couple and as part
\nof the formation group Crazy Darts we were awarded 5 times Swiss Champions, 4 times
\nEuropean Champions and 3 times World Champions in Boogie Woogie.<\/p>\n

We received the prestigious Frankie Manning Award in 2013 for Exceptional Merits in Swing.<\/p>\n

To follow up my time as a competitor, I could view the dance world from the perspective of
\nan adjucator and MC.<\/p>\n

Since 1991, during my role as a dance teacher and coach I\u2019ve had the priviledge to travel the
\nworld with \u201cstep-step-triple step.\u201c From USA to Russia, from Finland to England and Spain \u2013
\naltogether invitations from 16 countries. Amongst others were events such as Herr\u00e4ng Dance
\nCamp in Sweden, Eurodance and Rock That Swing Festival and many more. Some of these
\nevents have been part of a yearly tradition for me for 20 years.<\/p>\n

In 2004 I turned my hobby into a business and was able to combine dance, coaching and
\nmassage within my own company \u201eBodyEmotion.\u201c All the travelling over the years and my
\nlanguage skills enable me to teach in different countries in their native language.<\/p>\n

Very often being a teacher in a workshop entails a Show in which we integrate the students
\nto be part of the performance. We choreograph everything from start to finish and mix in
\ndifferent dance styles. Olivier Massart and myself were the first couple from Europe to dance
\nour Show at the convention in Sacramento, USA. Then the requests for choreographies for
\nShows and Jazzroutines started flowing in. I\u2019ve coached and choreographed Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll and
\nBoogie Formations, Lindy Hop and Charleston Shows, Line Dance Groups and Solo-
\nDancers.<\/p>\n

Side by side with my career as teacher and choreographer, I started to organise events and
\nbrought many of the American dancing stars into Switzerland for the very first time. I
\norganised, amongst other things, training weekends for top-ranking competition couples from
\nall over Europe, and these week-long events in the Swiss mountains would often culminate
\nin a compeititon or a show.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had the pleasure to teach with several of the Top-Shots of the scene; prominent names
\nsuch as Mario Robau, Maxence Martin, Olivier Massart, Remy Kouakou, Simon Selmon,
\nBachir Arar, Olivier Harouard, Pavel Sotnikov, Reto Gurt, Mario di Jorio and Browly Adjavon.<\/p>\n

Several years ago I came to learn and love West Coast Swing. Over the years, my instant
\naim to spread this dance in Europe has peaked. As one of the first dance teachers in the
\nEuropean swing dance scene, I was able to offer and to teach this particular style of dance. It
\nis great to see how West Coast Swing has now spread everywhere.<\/p>\n

One of my greatest strenghts is to be able to spot talent and potential early, to motivate and
\nto nurture individuals. Countless national and international champions have come to me
\n(from Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Hungary, Germany,
\nSwitzerland, Austria, Poland, France and Italy), European and World Champions, as well as
\ndancers, who have now become professionals themselves. As a coach of different national
\nteams I would lead and mentor them and celebrate their great successes with them.<\/p>\n

I strive to convey my knowledge to my students in the best possible way. I keep myself up-todate
\nwith the different dance styles and constantly develop my teaching methods. I keep
\nadvancing myself as well as finding unconventional ways to teach.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of highlights from my professional development:<\/p>\n

– Youth and Sports Trainer in Magglingen
\n– Coaching and Speaker Course by a Swiss Olympic
\n– Psychological and Mental Training in Sports at the University of Z\u00fcrich for vocational
\nstudies
\n– Mental Training for top athletes
\n– Judges training by SRRC\/Swiss Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll Confederation
\n– Conditions and Sports massage
\n– Music Kinesiology and Touch for Health
\n– Pantomime course at the Dimitri Theatre School in Verscio
\n– 4 months of intensive training by Mentor Buddy Schwimmer in California
\n– Private lessons and workshops with Skippy Blair, Jordan Frisbee\/Tatiana Mollmann,
\nBen Morris, Benji Schwimmer and Mario Robau amongst others.
\n– Different studies for dance teachers in Switzerland and abroad
\n– Constant studies in technique and styling<\/p>\n

I offer my dancers comprehensive care – from dance specific and technical skills to exercises
\nideally suited for them, to mental strength and moral support.<\/p>\n

My goal is that each client with their specific personal situation will get the optimal
\nprerequisites, whether dancing is a hobby for them, whether they perform in shows,
\ncompete, dance in formations or want to claim their place in a national team, wish to improve
\ntheir livelihood as professionals or want to keep up-to-date as an adjucator.<\/p>\n

My profession has given me the dual insight into what it is to be on stage and behind the
\ncurtains – this enables me to specify my approach to intervention and development. The
\ndriving force for me is the joy I receive from advancing people and supporting them to
\nbecome better, more self-assured and succesfull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My dance career started over 30 years ago. It hasn\u2019t always been a direct path, but nevertheless, exciting and diverse. From Standard & Latin Dances I quite rapidly moved up to my \u201cbig love\u201c \u2013 Swing Dancing! Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll, Boogie Woogie, Balboa, Charleston and finally West Coast Swing followed in quick succession. During my time as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyemotion.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}