Born in Vienna in 1975, I came in contact with ballroom dancing in the Elmayer dance school while I was still at school. First as a student of Dir. Robert Hysek and also his successor, Dir. Rudolf Peschke, I soon became one of the assistants of the dance teachers Irmgard Helena Morakis and Andrea Kalser. The lessons in the well-known youth dance classes - first as an assistant, later as a state-certified dance teacher and diploma dance master and as a stv. Director - shaped my work until my departure at the end of 2016. The special fascination of the Viennese Balls soon aroused so much interest in me, that cooperation in the choreography of many opening ceremonies was simply unavoidable. Opera Ball, Ball of the Vienna Philharmonic, Jägerball, Ball of the Viennese Coffee House, Juristenball, Fête Impériale, Ball of the Int. Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA Staff Association Ball), Ball of the WU, Pharmacieball, etc ... and various balls abroad (for example in Romania, Carlsbad, Kaiserball in Munich) were soon in the calendar every year. The creation of many choreographies for the respective opening committee became my hobbyhorse, not least due to the influence of my later training teacher Klaus Mühlsiegl ...