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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…

Claire began dancing at 2 years of age, and decided at the age of 8 that she wanted to dedicate her life to it. She was accepted into the Royal Ballet School Associates with whom she trained until she was 16. During this time she also trained with and toured with The London Russian Ballet School, performing as a Principal and Corps de Ballet member in many Russian versions of the traditional classical ballets. She studied at Central School of Ballet for three years in classical, contemporary and jazz and performed with Ballet Central on their UK tour, graduating with a BA(Hons) Degree in Professional Dance and Performance.

Claire then went on to dance in the Cinevox Junior Company in Switzerland for two years. She performed Principal and Soloist roles in the classical, neo-classical and contemporary styles in their national tours, and had the opportunity to have her own choreographic work performed on stage. Whilst in Switzerland, she not only taught ballet classes, but was selected be a dancer-model for the fashion brand Tods, where she co-created and performed the choreography for their advert campaign. She is a very passionate dancer and teacher and is delighted to be a part of Ballet Body Sculpture. 

Lida Doumouliaka born in Athens, Greece is a choreographer, dancer, dance teacher and musician.

After graduating from the Greek National School of Dance in 2016 she became a member of Hellenic Dance Company where she performed repertoires of many important choreographers, such as Martha Graham, Akram Khan, Jasmin Vardimon etc.

In parallel, she has been creating her own choreographies accompanied by her own music compositions, participating in Dance Festivals around Europe.

Since 2018 she has been a member of Simone Mongelli´s Body Music Company where she performs as a singer, dancer and body percussionist.

Currently she lives in Zürich where she has completed her MA Degree in the field of Dance, Choreography in Zurich University of the Arts.

Her teaching interest is focused on contemporary dance, classical ballet and Martha Graham technique for all ages and levels.

Lida is very grateful to be part of the Ballet Body Sculpture team and excited to inspire her students by sharing her knowledge.

Yulia was born in Kazakhstan. At the age of 10 she entered the Perm State Choreographic School, from which she graduated in 2010. For 13 years, whilst still studying at the professional ballet school Yulia already performed as a professional ballet dancer at the top ballet theaters of St. Petersburg and Moscow. In 2022 she graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy as a professional ballet teacher.

Subsequently, along the side of dancing, Yulia developed her passion for teaching and sharing her incredibly valuable professional expertise with the younger generation, working with children and adults ballet lovers, both with professional dancers and those who are simply inspired by the results of ballet based fitness exercises.

In her teaching methods she combines the knowledge of classical, character and modern dances, as well as yoga, pilates as well as body conditioning and injury prevention. Yulia is very excited to be part of Ballet Body Sculpture team and to inspire the students to the new achievements.

Marchela-Vasilena was born in Bulgaria where she started her journey as a dancer. Later she moved to Paris, France where she studied and danced in LAAC,  L’atelier de l’art chorégraphique, under the direction of Clairemarie Osta and Nicolas Le Riche. 

Marchela’s professional journey in Paris took her to the stages of the famous theaters and art locations there, such as the theatre Champs Elysees, theatre des Abbesses and the Louvre. 

Moreover, after she was part of Dominique Lesdema's professional development program and performed with him for a year, Marchela moved to London, where she obtained her BA (Hons) in Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.  

One of the highlights in her journey as a dancer and a teacher was her work in Jasmin Vardimon's postgraduate company JV2. 

Currently, Marchela-Vasilena is working as a freelance dance artist in various companies in the UK as well as abroad. 

Her time in London she spends in furthering her practice as a ballet and contemporary dance teacher. 

Marchela's work as a teacher allows her to expand her horizons, gives her joy and enables her to share all her knowledge with adults and children who are making their first steps in the world of dance.

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.