I have always danced - as a child ballet, stepdance, folk dance, and after the obligatory dance course at 16 I was addicted to ballroom dancing. Unfortunately, I could only live out this passion for three short years, because I lost my dance partner - due to my studies. I swore to myself: From now on only solo dancing!

I continued with Hip Hop and Jazz, which I also taught myself. For a short time I broke my vow and joined a dance club with my husband. After a break due to my job I was looking for a dance challenge again and found it in belly dance. When Sylvia Assmann invited me to join her tribe, the Baubo Vibes, I knew this would suit me: a beautiful community, great costumes and a dance style that combines elegance and the need to fully concentrate on the fellow dancers.

A few years later, in 2011, some Baubo Vibes members founded a new groupe, Anam Chara, to which I belonged with great enthusiasm from the beginning and I always will. In the meantime, Anam Chara is getting on in years - some Charas moved away from Linz, and now there are three of us dancing, three older ladies of retirement age, but still having fun! I'm delighted that I can also be a member of Anam Damhsa - it's a new, additional challenge! But as they say, you're a lifelong learner and you're never too old to dance anyway...