Ektoras Georgiou, Musikalische Leitung Company

Ektoras Georgiou

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Ektoras Georgiou, Musikalische Leitung Company

Ektoras Georgiou, Vocal Coach Broadway Company

Ektoras was born and raised in Cyprus, and completed his education in the United States. He attended Berklee College of Music on a scholarship, and he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Performance and a minor in musical theater.

He then attended Boston University, where he received his Master of Music in Voice Performance. During his studies in the USA, he got the opportunity to participate in the workshop process for two new musicals, and train with the Boston University Opera Institute.

He has been performing as a lyric baritone, and his career as a voice teacher has been focused on working with actors, professional, and pre-professional singers. He is passionate about giving people the technical tools needed to express themselves with ease and consistency.

Bianca Ogris, Lehrerin für Acro, Jazz, Urban

Bianca Ogris

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Bianca Ogris, Teacher for Acro, Jazz, Urban

Bianca Ogris, Lehrerin für Acro, Jazz, Urban

Born in Carinthia and trained as an elementary teacher, Bianca Ogris began pursuing her passion for dancing at the age of 3. Since then she has been training in various dance styles, focusing primarily on contemporary, acro, jazz, lyrical and ballet. Bianca was also a gymnast at the performance center in Klagenfurt for many years, which is why she likes to incorporate acrobatic elements into her dances.

Through her participation in numerous competitions at home and abroad as well as her involvement in various productions (e.g. at Musicalfactory Kärnten, Stadttheater Klagenfurt), she has already been able to gain professional experience and achieve top rankings. She has been Austrian and European champion several times in competitions such as ASDU, ESDU and the Austian Dance Cup – where she has also been awarded special prizes such as the Future Talent. Participation as a soloist in the Dance World Cup in Brighton, Barcelona and Villach was a must and ended with good placements.

Bianca is constantly training in the field of dance. In 2022/2023 she was in London for a few months to train in various studios such as Pineapple Dance and BASE Studio. She particularly enjoys teaching and choreographing! She thinks it’s wonderful to be able to pass on your own passion to others, to be creative and to train together.

Yvonne Kellinger, Teacher for Jazz, Ballet & Tap

Yvonne Kellinger

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Yvonne Kellinger, Teacher for Jazz, Ballet & Tap

Yvonne Kellinger, Teacher for Jazz, Ballet & Tap

Yvonne grew up in Vienna and started dancing at the age of 3. The fascination for movement and rhythm first led her to Latin American children’s dance, before she discovered the world of jazz dance at the Performing Center Austria at the age of 6. There she expanded her dancing horizons with ballet lessons and deepened her passion.

At the age of 11, Yvonne attended tap dance and hip-hop classes. At the age of 9 she started to take part in the Austrian and European Open. In 2014/2015, Yvonne joined the contest group of Kristina’s Broadway Connection. Until 2018 she lived out her passion for dance in this group, refined her individual style and took part in new artistic challenges.

Since 2018/2019, Yvonne has been sharing her enthusiasm as a dance teacher with children from the age of 3 and adults. Her classes span jazz, ballet and hip-hop and are held at prestigious venues such as Danek Dance School, Kiddy Dance Club, KREADANCE, ferien4kids, United Ballet Schools and Das Prema.

Yvonne’s dance style reflects her diverse education and experience. She combines different styles and thus creates her unique dance language. For her, the stage is a place of expression where she shares her love of movement.

In addition to being on stage and teaching, Yvonne loves developing new choreographies and being creative. She strives to continually improve and pass on the art of dance.

 

Keji Aregbe

Keji Aregbe

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Keji Aregba

Keji Aregbe, Teacher for Hip Hop & Commercial

Keji started dancing when he was 3 years old. As a child he attended the ballet school of the Vienna State Opera, then trained in classical and modern dance at the Vienna Conservatory and experienced urban styles with Alvin Ailey in New York.

He is 6-times Austrian champion at the ESDU and he won 2 times 3rd place at the World Championships in Poreč and became “Best Male Talent” of the World Championships in 2018.

 

Veronika Brunner

Veronika Brunner

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Veronika Brunner

Veronika Brunner, Teacher for Contemporay & Jazz

Veronika started dancing rhythmic gymnastics and show dance at the TGU Salzburg club at the age of 5. She took contemporary dance at the Musisches Gymnasium in Salzburg.

In 2011 she moved to Vorarlberg, where she taught children between the ages of 8 and 15 in the TS Lauterach association.

Since 2017 she has been studying contemporary dance pedagogy at the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna.

Teaching people in the dance hall is her greatest passion and she loves to choreograph.

 

Zemfira Manukyan

Zemfira Manukyan

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Zemfira Manukyan

Zemfira Manukyan, Teacher for Ballet

Zemfira is originally from Armenia, but grew up in Vienna. She found her love for dance very early. When she was five she started taking lessons in a private ballet school.

In 2007 she took the entry exam at the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera and passed it. Classical ballet was the focus of the professional education, but modern dance, jazz and historical dance were also part of the training.

Since then Zemfira participated in a number of productions in the Vienna State Opera, the Volksoper and Hofburg. These productions included classics like Max and Moritz, Nabucco, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Magic Flute, Fête Impériale, Chipollino, etc.

Over the years she developed an even greater interest in modern dance, therefore she decided to continue her education at the Music and Arts University and in 2017 she began her bachelor’s degree there in the stage dance faculty. Subjects such as modern dance, ballet, choreography and repertoire were part of her schedule.

During her four years of study, Zemfira performed numerous pieces in the Wiener Konzerthaus, in the Muth Theater and on the stage of the Music and Arts University. In November 2019 she danced for a week at the Nederlands Dans Theater, a respected dance company in The Hague. In 2020 she graduated from the Music and Arts University with a bachelor’s degree.

As of 2020 Zemfira will support the ballet eduction of our Contest Dance Team.

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Bernadette Leitner

Bernadette Leitner

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Bernadette Leitner

Bernadette Leitner, Teacher for Contemporary, Hip Hop & Jazz

Bernadette graduated from Iwanson International – School of Contemporary Dance in Munich.

After finishing her studies she had been working all around Europe in different Produktions and Theaters such as the Bayerische Staatsoper, Salzburger Festspiele, Bregenzer Festspiele, Theater Augsburg, Vereinigte Bühnen Bozen, Niederbayerisches Landestheater, Teatro Globo in Buenos Aires.

Bernadette danced and acted in the West Side Story, Cabaret, La Cage aux Folles, Carousel, Carmen, Die Csardasfürstin, … – just to name a few.

Recently she moved to Vienna to perform at the Theater an der Wien and at the Volksoper.

Bernadette has been teaching for many years. From Childrens Ballet or Kreativer Kindertanz to Contemporary and Jazz, she is able to teach every style and all levels.

She also had been working as a Choreographer for Theaters as well as for the independent scene, and we are glad to welcome her to the team of Kristina’s Broadway Connection.