About me

Born in Vienna in 1975, I came into contact with ballroom dancing at the Elmayer dance school while I was still at school. Initially as a course participant with Dir. Robert Hysek and also with his successor, Dir. Rudolf Peschke, I was soon one of the assistants of the dance teachers Irmgard Helena Morakis and Andrea Kalser. Teaching in the well-known youth dance courses - first as an assistant, later as a state-certified dance teacher and certified dance master and as deputy director - characterised my work until my retirement at the end of 2016. The special fascination of Viennese balls soon fostered such a great interest in them in me that helping to organise many ball openings was simply unavoidable. The Opera Ball, Vienna Philharmonic Ball, Hunters‘ Ball, Vienna Coffee Growers’ Ball, Lawyers' Ball, Fête Impériale, International Atomic Energy Agency Ball (IAEA Staff Association Ball), WU Ball, Pharmacy Ball, etc... and various balls abroad (e.g. in Romania, Karlovy Vary, Imperial Ball in Munich) were soon in my diary every year. The creation of many choreographies for the respective opening committees became my passion, not least due to the influence of my later training teacher Klaus Mühlsiegl...