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Dance Classes

Contemporary, Ballet, Jazz, Improvisation, Audition preparation, Choreography, Competition support​

"I started teaching dance in 2011 in the Stuttgart area and have since worked with numerous dance studios across Germany and Israel. While I’ve also taught children and youth, my main focus has been on adult classes.  Alongside this, I’ve trained and choreographed for junior companies such as Bustan Dancers and Company Pro Arte and gave classes for professional dancers in Tel Aviv, Basel and Freiburg.

I also offer private classes for students preparing for dance school auditions or competitions, as well as for those who aren’t necessarily aiming for a professional dance career but are motivated to refine their technique and movement quality."

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Jürgen Gocke

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CONTEMPORARY FUSION

An animalistic, flowing contemporary fusion class that explores a wide range of movement qualities.

Monika combines guided improvisation with technical exercises, focusing on awareness of transitions between movements. Dancers are encouraged to adapt the choreography to their own physical abilities and to work with - rather than agains - their limitations. Emphasis is placed on individual movement language, inviting each dancer to discover and express their unique "movement color." Monika’s style is shaped by diverse influences from the many dance metropolises she has encountered on her journey.

JAZZ

In Monika’s jazz classes, the focus is on lyrical, dynamic, and feminine choreography. Each class begins with a warm-up and progresses into across-the-floor exercises that combine technique with groovy movement qualities.

The choreography plays with contrasts - soft and sharp, slow and fast, small and expansive, isolated and fluid. Monika fuses her experiences from various dance styles and scenes to create expressive pieces. Monika’s jazz classes - whether you're 6 or 60 - ignite confidence, celebrate femininity, and empower you to own your body with pride and joy. It’s all about self-love, expression, and unapologetic girl power!

DANCE FOR KIDS

Monika's dance lessons for kids are intended to give the children an introduction to the diverse world of dance and a playful place for their creativity and imagination. A space for pure joy of movement. 

Dance bridges language barriers by creating a shared physical language. It supports children and teens in discovering how to move through space, interact in a group, and connect with music and rhythm. Classes help improve coordination, flexibility, posture, and body awareness, while also fostering self-confidence, trust, focus, discipline, and social skills.

Dance encourages creativity and teaches valuable lessons through the artistic process:
to create, to take risks, to make mistakes, to problem-solve collaboratively, to see something through, and to reflect on personal growth.

Classes Description

Studio Pro Arte

Teacher for contemporary, ballett and jazz
for kids, teenagers and adults
 
Managment of the companies and

Choreographer for the Junior Company, Company pro Arte
and Jazz Company

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  • 01.09.2024 - 31.01.2025 co-directing the academy department of Studio Pro Arte

  • ongoing - managing the companys and teaching regular classes

  • 14.09.2024 HOUSE CREATIONS at Studio Pro Arte: co-creating this new platform for Studio Pro Arte and performing "Can you HOLD SPACE for me - even though you disagree?" (work-in-progress) with Deyaa Alsayed and DOTS by Chantal Kohlmeyer

  • 20.11.2024 tanz.raum mensabar Freiburg with Company Pro Arte

  • 29.11.2024 Herbsttanztage at Studio Pro Arte: The Junior Company, Company Pro Arte and the Jazz Company present new short creations; also teaching an improvisation workshop

  • 25.01.2025 dancer in "Connecting the Dots" 

  • summer 2025 various performances of the companies (at ZMF; Vauban; Forum Merzhausen) 

  • April-July 205 creating for the Junior Company the platform "House Creations - Youngsters Edition", mentoring young dancers in their first own creations, which were performed on 30.07.2025

Studio Pro Arte season 2024/2025

Studio Pro Arte season 2023/2024

 

  • 18.09.2023 started working in the office for the academy and companies; teaching 17 dance classes per week

  • 16.09.2023 dancer at the Out:liers Dance Contest Frei Art Festival

  • Herbsttanztage 2023 presented first choreographies for the Junior Company and Company pro Arte

  • 08.02.2024 "Fasching Show" with all jazz groups

  • Spring Edition Frei Art Festival 2024 with a new creation for the Junior Company

  • 15.05.2024 tanz.raum mensabar Freiburg on stage with a creation for Company pro Arte

  • June 2024 "LifeBeat - wenn alles andere verrückt spielt" : producer and choreographer for the SPA academy, four performances at Forum, Merzhausen

  •  dancer in "connecting the dots" with the Freiburger Akkordeon Orchester and Company pro Arte. Choreography: Chantal Kohlmeyer. Four performances at Studio Pro Arte and Lokhalle Freiburg 

  • 19.07.2024 Junior Company at ZMF, Freiburg

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