As a trained actress and singer I spent years and years discovering the world via body, movement & emotions. Exploring & expressing the connection between me & the world through art seemed to be the most appropriate way. Then I have spent my first three Berlin years, as I call them, WORKING - meaning: putting my time into various things/jobs/projects that had money as an outcome or connections - sometimes not connected to art or beauty at all...On one hand I found that quite exhausting to be honest...on the other hand I thought: o wow - this is the reality of most of the working people. Now I know why it is so important to help bringing back joy, art & relaxation by PLAYING into mine and other people's lives. Lately I have turned the tables again and decided to establish that connection between art, self discovery & expression, beauty & earning a living anew. The first English Drama Course from March to June 2009 was one of these projects, the next drama projects are already planned or in progress. Amongst other things I am working as a director and drama educator at the English Theatre Berlin, for TUSCH and in various other schools in Berlin. One project is a play and exhibition about personal stories about the Berlin Wall - premiered on November 16th 2009 at the ETB. Also I am currently developing an Indian Theatre Exchange Project with the ETB. Photo: Andra Kokott

Trainings: academic studies of Diplom-Kulturpädagogik theatre & music actors training: ° Bergen Community College N.J. USA ° Theater Orange Hamburg(now buehnenstudio ° private lessons with Lukas Scheja (artrium-hamburg) Voice training at Hamburger Schule für Sprech- und Schauspielkunst with Dieter Bartel Basic movement - a combination of Javanese Sumarah Meditation and free movement - based on the Joged Amerta Movement of Suprapto Suryodarmo ( as you can now even see on youtube: Biodanza with Cristina Arrieta Further trainings in ° family constellations training (B. Hellinger) ° forum theatre (Augusto Boal) ° Grotowski trainings ° Method Acting ° Yoga (Ashtanga, Kundalini, Iyengar)