... was born in Essen in 1970 and completed her elementary training at the Folkwang Academy before taking up a place on the professional dance course there. After graduating she joined the ensemble "Neuer Tanz" directed by Wanda Golonka and VA Wölfel and later worked with "Rodolpho Leonie Dance" and Henrietta Horn before she became a member of the Folkwang Tanzstudio company.