Teaching
My mission
My mission as a teacher is to create a safe space for dancers of all levels.
I believe in fostering sustainable growth by encouraging students to go beyond simply mastering dance routines. It’s about helping my dancers understand their individual bodies, seeing their potential, and finding their personal approach to dance. This starts at a young age by cultivating a genuine love for dance already in my four-year-old students.
In my classes, I mix physical training with exploring the creativity of dance as an art form. This means including essential components such as warm-up, body awareness, and basic strength for injury prevention while encouraging freedom and expression in choreographies.
Have a look at one of my open classes!
My classes
I regularly teach kids and teenagers at Ballettzentrum Taufkirchen, Stagecoach München Mitte and TSV Riemerling (Tanz++). Furthermore, I take over school projects with Fokus Tanz e.V. and substitute adult classes all over Munich, such as Dance Station.
Styles include Creative Childrens Dance, (Lycial-/ Musical-) Jazz Dance, Contemporary and Classical Ballet.
Thank you to my students for dancing in this video!
Vita
Elke started teaching kids in her local dance school at 16. After receiving her diploma in Dance Pedagogy, she took over dance classes all over Munich in several dance styles. Her ongoing studies in Sport Science (B.Sc.) have developed her understanding of sustainable training practices, anatomical principles, and age-specific motor learning. She incorporates the basics of injury prevention in class and constantly adapts her teaching methodologies to remain current with evolving trends in training science and pedagogy.