During her college years, Miss Jenny worked part-time as a German language teacher at Adult Continuing Education at Ramstein Air Base from 1997 – 2000.

At age 20, Miss Jenny started teaching preballet and beginning ballet students at the Fairy Tale Dance Studio in Ramstein, Germany. Her marriage to an American brought her to California where she trained at the Academy of Ballet in San Francisco, the San Francisco Dance Center and the Dance Network in Fairfield with many teachers from Russia, America and England. She also became certified as a Ballet Master with Dance Masters of America, Inc at the age of 24 and taught ballet lessons for preballet, beginning and intermediate ballet students at the Dance Network in Fairfield. In California, she also taught German lessons at the Berlitz Language Institute in Walnut Creek for 3 years.

In 2003, Miss Jenny got certified for Piyo with Powder Blue Productions and taught at Gold’s Gym in Vacaville and 24 hour Fitness in Fairfield. She moved back to Germany later that year and taught ballet, pilates and yoga at several studios and fitness centers. She also participated in many dance workshops in Germany and worked with internationally renowned teachers. She continued teaching German lessons from home for all ages and levels.

In 2010, Miss Jenny opened her own studio for Dance, Yoga and Pilates and German lessons in Kaiserslautern – “Grace Studio” – and ran it successfully for 8 years. Besides teaching more than 25 hours a week for all ages and levels, she took care of all of the administrative work and marketing. With the help of her staff, she put together stunning productions twice a year – The Nutcracker and a Spring Showcase. The studio gave her the opportunity to work with more than 80 dance and yoga teachers. She furthered her education by getting certified for Vinyasa Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Nutrition Fundamentals, Bosu, Pilates with props and more.

5 of her ballet students got accepted into a very prestigious ballet academy in Germany “Akademie des Tanzes, Mannheim” which prepares students for a professional career.

In 2018, Miss Jenny sold her studio and moved to Hawaii due to her husband’s job. She started a ballet program on Hickam that grew from 20 to 200 students in just a couple of weeks.  She also taught German classes from home for children and adults.

In July 2019, she got hired by Ballet Hawaii as a ballet teacher for all ages and levels, choreographer and répétiteur. 

Due to Covid – 19, all of her classes were taught virtually on zoom. 

In January 2021, she additionally started taking over the ballet program at Na Maka and is excited to begin in-person classes again.

Miss Jenny looks fondly back at 24 years of teaching, having trained more than 6,000 students of all ages and levels. 

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

As a ballet and yoga/pilates teacher:

Miss Jenny is a kind and nurturing teacher who has high expectations. Her students must be sincere and willing to be corrected. She takes pride in being a very “hands-on” teacher and being very meticulous about technique and alignment, making students aware of proper placement and muscle engagement.  It is important to her that the dancers feel their body and each movement. No movement should be done arbitrarily but with very precise attention to placement, musicality and artistry. Her goal is to inspire students to love the art of ballet and to always put forth their best effort.