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Marie Bergenholtz is a veteran of stage, screen and television covering at least three continents. She is a graduate of the Ballet Academy of Gothenburg and the Dance Academy of Stockholm. Marie started acting, singing and dancing professionally at the age of 14 and has enjoyed every minute of it. When not working on stage or in front of the camera, Marie is teaching her skills to all ages. Some of the pinnacle points in her career were working with talented directors like Ingmar Bergman (Peer Gynt), Robert Wilson (Time Rocker), and Trevor Nunn (Cats). |
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Laura Mazur has a BA in dance from UCLA. She has trained at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City and at the Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia. She has performed with the Los Angeles Classical Ballet Company, LA Dances, has toured throughout Japan and Southeast Asia, and has appeared in videos, commercials and on film. A dance teacher for over 12 years, Laura uses her performance experience to create energizing ballet classes. Laura is excited to teach alongside Marie and is available to teach privately – both in classical as well as in jazz ballet – all students – all levels. |
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Holly Chorengel: After living and working abroad for years, Holly is so happy to be back home in SoCal! She comes to us with an extensive professional performing background in Musical Theater, Film, Television and Studio Recording all over Europe and US. One of the highlights of her career includes performing for 10 years in the Broadway production of CATS in Hamburg, Germany with Miss Marie. Other memorable shows: Annie, The Sound of Music and West Side Story, just to name a few.
Holly has been teaching dance, drama and music to children of all ages for years. She is a certified Music Together Teacher-Holly believes it is crucial to enrich our children’s daily lives through music making & dance/vocal expression. She is thrilled to be joining Miss Marie’s faculty as a teacher of tap/jazz. Holly is married and a proud mother of three beautiful children. |
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 Master Jeffrey has over 30 years of experience in the Martial Arts. He has studied numerous different styles over the years and is proficient in all of them and has excelled in some of them, in which he holds multiple Black Belts. Tae Kwon Do, Shinken Jiutsu, Bando, Ninjiutsu, Aikido, Kuntau Silat and Jujiutsu, to name a few. From all these and more, he is now more involved in an integrated Martial Art style, Saru Jin Do, which utilizes the entire spectrum of strkes, kicks, joint manipulation and grappling. It is based on Taoist and Zen philosophies but mainly encourages students to conduct themselves with dignity and grace. To respect one self as well as others and to strive for honor as well as compassion. |
