Choreographer & stage director for projects in dance, theatre, show, music.
Teacher of dance & performance in various countries.

• Regular dance classes in Mannheim.
• Performance coach at PopCamp, Trossingen and Berlin.
• Choreographic work for Germany’s leading pop artist Xavier Naidoo and "O Live Lait" - the Show.
• Workshops & coaching at the Popakademie Mannheim.
• Performance coach for "VW Sound Foundation".
• Guest teacher for dance at Brockwood Park School in England.
• Director for Christian „Chako“ Habekost (comedy shows).
• Performance & vocals with the „Chako Music Show“.
• Choreography for "Die Spitzklicker".
• Choreography & coaching for "Rainbow Gospel & Soul Connection".

 

Some biographical notes

Bettina Habekost lives in Germany and works as a choreographer, dancer and dance teacher.
Since 1986 regular research trips, studies, inter-cultural exchange, and work in the Caribbean.
Specialized in Caribbean Dance, Cultural Cross-over, and Dance Fusion.
State-Diploma in Sports and Gymnastics at Teachers College “Sport -& Gymnastikschule”, Karlsruhe/Germany.
Dance studies in the USA, England, Canada and the Caribbean (Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba).
Graduate of the Jamaica School of Dance in Kingston, studies in "Caribbean Folk Dance Repertory" and "Modern Jamaican Dance", training with the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica under Rex Nettleford and Barry Moncrieffe.
Folk Dance Studies with Cyril St.Lewis and Julia Edwards Dance Company in Trinidad.
Studies in dance technique and history of Afro-Cuban Dances and Salsa Cubana with Daisy Villalejo and Leonardo Martinez (Conjúnto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba) in Havana, Cuba.

Nationwide performances in Germany with the Botao Tanzensemble as part of a political comedy show at renowned theatres like Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft, Renitenztheater Stuttgart etc.

From 1994 - 1996 dance performances at the Trinidad & Tobago Carnival with the biggest Calypso-Show of the country. The stage appearances of Bettina Habekost cause a sensational echo in the media. In Germany, the largest TV station ZDF showcases this story in its evening news heute journal while another station, ARD, shows a full feature documentary.

Performances in New York and Toronto follow.

In 1994 Bettina Habekost founds the FLEX DANCE COMPANY specialising in a cross-cultural mixture of various European, East Indian and Caribbean dance styles.

Choreographic work, dancer and actress for various TV shows.