Current Teaching:
Lecturer of the course “Embodied Research”, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York: April 10, 2026
Researcher - Postdoctoral performance with former doctoral research particpants and community member as part of my longitudinal study of dialogic spaces in research, Lake Studios, Berlin: May 15 & 16, 2026
Ongoing Classes:
QiGong classes in Berlin (KiezKlub Vital & Allende, Berlin): Monday & Tuesday: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Qigong/Moderner Tanz classes (Lake Studios Berlin): Thursday: 6:30 - 7:45 PM
Kreativ Tanz for seniors (KiezKlub Vital): Thursday: 10:30 AM -11:30 AM
Kreativ Tanz in the Nursing Home Mahlsdorf, Berlin (monthly): Tuesday: 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Pilates, Movedo und Qigong (weekly): Monday: 6:00 - 9:00 PM & Wednesday: 8:00 - 11:00 AM (for more information: https://www.bewegungsart.de )
My dance teaching course at the university level and in the private sector include modern/contemporary dance and somatic practices (QiGong, Pilates and Yoga) and build interdisciplinary bridges to literature (monologue writing and poetry) and the visuals arts and film. I also have an invested interest and passion in intergenerational and intercultural community movement workshops at a variety of institutions and communities.
My distinct contribution to the dance learning environment and in community building is my use of non-hierarchical spaces dialogic spaces, opening up tremendous possibilities for self-knowledge and transference of knowledge. My classes provide time & space for reflections and self-assessment as a habit of mind and its focus on transformative and life-long learning skills, carrying my students' dance learning into the places in which they live, work and breath.
Dialogic Spaces are defined “by openness and a multiplicity of voices—the potential for unbounded contextual meaning” (Wegerif, 2017). Embodied dialogic spaces can overcome language barriers, hierarchical power structures, and dominant perspectives.