STUDIO MOTION
Studio Motion located in the heart of Berlin, is an international, innovative studio for Yoga, Pilates, Sport and Dance. It was founded in 2012 and is managed by a team of 3 young international women.
Studio Motion offers a various movement and dance program, fitting into the international character of Berlin.
Our unique and holistic course concept offers training for physical and mental well-being, builds the awareness, re-values a healthy and substainable life style.
Studio Motion's goal is to deliver the knowledge of various movements and to develop body and mind through Yoga & Pilates, Dance, Strength, Flexibility and creativity training. Therefore we highlight this fun factor to do sport and movement together in a community. We offer group courses and private classes, something for beginners and advanced, for adults, teenagers kids and babies.
The classes are taught in English and German.
Everyday is a day of open doors. You are more than welcome to come and experience Studio Motion yourself.
INSTRUCTORS
Our team is a group of professional certified dance artists and choreographers, fitness instructors, Yoga and Pilates teachers, dieticians with years of experiance in teaching and performing. Under their guidance you can make progress easily in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
Our goal is to teach you how to be fit, live healthy and give your body freedom of expression in dance.
GUEST INSTRUCTORS
Tatiana Starostina
Selim Mussie
Mónica Brás
Shiran Eliaserov
BETTINA BRADTKE
Bettina loves to bring out the best in people. She believes that the key to one`s evolution of spirit and soul, is the union of mind and body. She was born in a rural part of south Germany and grew up in the mountains and nature. She spent her whole childhood in the nature and felt always connected with the earth and herself. She also used to do gymnastics as cometitive sport for many years. She studied Economie and worked very successfull for years in the field of Economie for a reputable company. Bettina always has loved challenges and after taking a few Kundalini Yoga and Meditation classes she decided to follow her instincts and become a certified Kundalini Yoga instructor. She began her Teacher Training Level 1 with 3HO Germany and finished 2010. Since this year january 2013 she is doing her Teacher Training in Level 2 to become a „Practitioner“. Each class is a uniquie experience along with challenging kriyas and meditation, pranayama (breath work) she places great focus on physiologically correct alignment of each Asana (pose) in her classes. She motivates and helps people to make their true home (their body) into the best place possible to be. She is intuitive and well informed. A healthy body is a happy mind and a healthy mind is a happy body.
KASIA PRYCZEK
Polish dancer, dance instructor and choreographer with over 16 years of dance and stage experience. Started as a member of Polish Latin dance company under direction of the best Polish instructors. After gaining many titles in Latin dance on Polish, European and World championships, including 4-times title of the Champion of Poland, she decided to continue her dance education in other fields of dance. She became a student of Jazz Dance School in Warsaw (MCKiS), where she finished a 2-year course to be a dance instructor.
She gained a title of Jazz Dance Teacher certified by Polish Sport Academy (PAS) with professional qualifications at the international level 3, respected by EU law. She studied Psychology and has a professional pedagogical experience in teaching children.
Dance achievements resulted in cooperation with TV shows and dance organizations. In 2012 she cooperated with 48h Film Project in Berlin, where her choreographed tango won the Best Dancing Scene award.
FRANZI BRADTKE
Qualified health coach, nutritionist and Pilates instructor, has been active in fitness and personal training since early 2010. Franzi was raised in a very athletic family and always had a passion for movement. Since the late 90’s she has enthusiastically practiced Yoga and Pilates, as until then, no other form of exercise had offered her such facility to align and center herself. Due to the developing positive changes she could see in her own body and enthusiastic feedback of friends she began coaching, completed her coursework in Pilates training at the AHAB Akademie Berlin in 2010 and earned her license as a Certified Health Educator and Nutritionist in 2011. In November 2012 she finished her Yoga teacher apprenticeship in Berlin at renowned Yoga school: Yoga&More.
Always willing to expand her knowledge in Yoga and Pilates practice, strength training and nutrition, she is actively participating in many workshops around the world. Her style is modern, lively, thoughtful, graceful, powerful yet gentle, relaxing and exhausting at the same time.
LEONI NADLER
Started dancing professionally in 2005. After graduating from the International School of Stuttgart she went to Berlin to start a 3 year Program in Dance at Danceworks Berlin. In 2008 she continued her training with focus on choreography and graduated with a BA at the Trinity Laban conservatoire of Music and Dance in 2011.
During studies at Laban, Léonie discovered her love to Pilates which led her to become a professional trainer in classical Pilates. She successfully completed her studies through Peak Pilates® held by Core Pilates in Berlin in 2013. In her training she worked with Mat, Reformer, Cadillac and smaller equipment.
Léonie works also as a choreographer for LéNa Dance Company.
STELLA S.T
Her great passion for dancing drives her to the first professional Dance Teaching diploma of Modern Jazz “F.D.I.” I.S.T.D. and soon after followed Intermediate & Advanced 1 diplomas. During studies, she had her first contact with the Hip Hop scene, meeting with Chris Stammis (from Throw Down) and starting b-boying next to him.
She taught Hip Hop in many dance schools in Athens and all over Greece, actively contributing to the scene. Her course includes: Top Rocking, Hip Hop (old-middle-new school), House, mostly techniques and choreography.She has participated in various contests: “Juste Debout” in Athens (February 2011) in the category Hip Hop, “Bounce” street dance contest in Thessaloniki (May 2011) with “Deal with the skill” crew, winning the 3rd place, “Hip Hop International” in Athens (April 2012), choreographing the “Playmobeat” crew, ’’Who’s the one” mixstyle battle in Athens (April 2012), ”Bonnie and Clyde” mixstyle battle in Berlin on September 2012 and “Funkin – Stylez” in Berlin in December 2012.Since May 2012 she lives permanently in Berlin and is a member of “BACKUP CREW”.
OREN LAZOVSKI
Dancer/choreographer/musician from Israel. Started dance and art education at the Reut Junior High School Haifa and than in Wizo High School of the Arts in Dance Department, which he graduated with honors in 1998. After graduation he joined the I.D.F. as an excellent dancer and trainee at the Bat Dor Dance Company in Tel Aviv. He worked there for 4 years and experienced a wide range repertory of neo classical, modern and contemporary pieces. In 2006 he moved to Berlin and since then has worked for Nürnberg Staatstheater, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zeynep Tanbay Dance Istanbul, Cyprus National Theater, Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Ballet Magdeburg, Ismael Ivo ‘’Apollo und Hycintus’’ Berlin, Internationaal Dance Theater Amsterdam, Drama Dance Company Tel Aviv.
Oren specializes in teaching ballet for adults from beginners to all higher levels. Terminology of ballet would be extensively explained in order to understand and appreciate this form of dance art. The ballet exercises are focusing on posture, rhythm, musicality and flexibility.
RAPHAEL SOON
Raphael moved from Singapore to Australia at the tender age of 7 and began his martial arts journey, where he trained in Karate. At the age of 15 he started competing in Muay Thai, boxing and Jiu Jitsu, fighting in competitions all over the world. After the first taste of victory he knew this was how he wanted to journey through life. In 2010 he was enlisted into the Singapore Army where he became a certified Close Combat Instructor, specialized in armed and unarmed combat.
He has also taught Muay Thai and boxing in numerous gyms in South-east Asia and Australia where he trained with people of vastly different ages and skill levels. At Studio Motion he is giving a Street self-defence classes, sharing a useful and practical knowledge of handling any potentialy harmful situation.
"I believe martial arts and self defense when taught in a respectful and positive manner will give anyone the courage and confidence to handle themselves in any situation."
RIEKO OKADA
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