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Karina Jäger-von Stülpnagel

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Karina Jäger-von Stülpnagel is a German ballet dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. She is a former soloist with the Royal Ballet of Flanders.

Biography

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Jäger-von Stülpnagel is from Offenbach, Hesse, in Germany and is a member of the noble Stülpnagel family. She began her ballet career as a dancer at the Staatstheater Mainz. She danced with the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Antwerp, Belgium, and was promoted to the rank of soloist.[1] She later danced at the Theater Saarbrücken.[2] She performed lead roles in Jan Fabre's Swan Lake, Rudolf Nureyev's The Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote, William Forsythe's Impressing the Czar, and George Balanchine's Divertimento no. 15.[2][3][4] She later retired from the stage and began running a classical ballet school in Seligenstadt alongside Valentin Fanel Badiu.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "swaledaledance.co.uk". swaledaledance.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b c ""Talente entdeckt"". op-online.de. 7 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Royal Ballet of Flanders - Marc Haegeman". danceviewtimes.com.
  4. ^ "Royal Ballet of Flanders, "Impressing the Czar" by William Forsythe". exploredance.com.