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During her twelve years in professional ballet, Asta danced starring roles on the world’s greatest stages, first as a Principal Dancer with the Lithuanian National Ballet and later for the top ballet companies including the Birmingham Royal, Dutch National
and the English National Ballet.

Asta has over eleven years of experience of training both women and men, in the fitness and rehabilitation benefits of classical ballet movement - developing her own unique programs to facilitate considerable gains and progressive results for those seeking to maximise their posture, flexibility and strength.

 Read more about Asta here…

Clara Thierry is a contemporary dancer and artist born and raised in Mauritius. Over the past 3 years she has been based in Switzerland, where she has completed her master's studies in teaching and coaching dance to professionals at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
Prior to moving to Switzerland, she gained valuable experience working in Germany at the Mainfranken Theatre Würzburg under the direction of Dominique Dumais, as well as with the Tanzcompagnie Giessen with Tarek Assam and a diverse range of choreographers.
She had her dance education at the Rudra Bejart school in Lausanne and Cinevox junior company.
With the conclusion of her studies she is now seeking to develop her own projects as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer and is thrilled to have that opportunity with Body Ballet Sculpture.

Looking forward to the exciting future.

Aleksandra Stoliarova born in Ural, Russia is a choreographer, contemporary dancer, dance teacher and yoga teacher.

She started to dance when she was 4 years old in a folk dance collective. Later she worked as a dancer for “Okoyom Dance Company” and for the Mussorgsky Ural State Conservatory of Music. During eight seasons she was a dancer of “Provincial Dances Theatre” (Ekaterinburg) working with choreographers such as: Tatyana Baganova, Maura Morales, Fabrice Lambert, Walter Matteini etc. With Provincial Dances Aleksandra performed and toured internationally.

Aleksandra worked as a dance teacher for children dance collectives as well as for students at universities in Russia. Besides she taught professional dancers of different companies. Currently she lives in Zurich and does her Master in Choreography at Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK.

Aleksandra has an interest to discover and create the movement as well as to give classes while combining her knowledge in ballet, modern, contemporary and yoga. She is happy to be in the team of the Ballet Body Sculpture and is excited to share her experience with the students.

Born and raised in the UK, Kate Hester is a professional ballet dancer. After training at the prestigious Central School of Ballet, Kate embarked on her professional career which led her to join a renowned ballet company in Bulgaria. She has danced on stage in iconic classical ballets such as Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, La Bayadère, and Swan Lake performing as both a soloist and a member of the corps de ballet.

Throughout her career, Kate has had the privilege of performing in some of the world's most prestigious theatres, including the Royal Opera House, Sadler's Wells, Royal Albert Hall, and the Palladium.Currently based in London, Kate continues to dance professionally while also pursuing their passion for illustration as a freelance artist. 

Kate very happy joining Ballet Body Sculpture team and excited to inspire her students by sharing her extensive experience.

Romy was born in Sydney, Australia where she grew up. Her early ballet experiences began at the Marie Walton Mahon Academy in Newcastle.

In 2010 Romy’s family moved to the U.K., and soon after Romy began training at Dupont Dance Stage School where she began training in Tap, Modern, National Dance and progesterone further in Ballet. 

In 2016 Romy embarked on her vocational at Ballet West Scotland, and in 2019 graduating with a BA (Hons) in Dance & Performance.

From their she joined Ballet Cymru and was selected to tour with them on their U.K. tour of Romeo & Juliet.

Romy continued to train consistently throughout the pandemic, and was fortunate enough to be apart of ‘A London Dream’ her first film project by Richard Wilson. In 2021 she successfully gained a contract with Tivoli Ballet Theatre ( Copenhagen) where she was apart of the corps de ballet in Yuri Possokhov’s ‘Snow Queen’. 

Currently based in London running ‘The Hard Corps Podcast’, Romy is looking forward to teaching more with Body Ballet Sculpture and expanding herself as an artist. 

Genevieve began her journey with dance at the age of 5. She realized it had become her calling while training in ballet, pointe, modern, and composition at a small studio near Pittsburgh, PA. During this time she had the opportunity to perform principal roles in multiple full productions of classical ballets, as well as participating in summer programs with American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Genevieve continued her studies at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance in New York City where she trained in Graham, Cunningham, Limon, ballet, Gaga, contact improvisation, and composition techniques. Purchase continued Genevieve’s passion for choreographing works by awarding her with acceptance into the highly competitive Composition Concentration track.

Other events Genevieve has had the pleasure to be involved with include choreographing and performing in Texture Contemporary Ballet’s WIP; choreographing and performing in Pittsburgh’s Cellofest; performing in the American Dance Festival at Alvin Ailey’s Citigroup Theater; choreographing, performing, and directing the dance film Relay featured in Motion State Dance Film Festival; choreographing and performing her Master’s thesis performance Closer? at the Bonnie Bird Theatre, London; and performing in Ruth Gibson’s immersive performance Dazzle- A Reassembly of Bodies.

Genevieve graduated from SUNY Purchase College in the spring of 2021 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance and an Arts Management minor. In December 2022 she completed her Masters in Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

Pilates has been a part of Genevieve’s life since she began pursuing dance seriously, which is why with her certification in Pilates Mat, she is eager to incorporate her training and knowledge into the Ballet Body Sculpture classes. From her own experience, she is passionate about Pilates enhancing ballet training by maintaining the body’s alignment in a healthy, natural way.