Karina Jäger-von Stülpnagel is a German ballet dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. She is a former soloist with the Royal Ballet of Flanders.

Biography

Jäger-von Stülpnagel is from Offenbach,

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, in Germany and is a member of the noble Stülpnagel family. She began her ballet career as a dancer at the Staatstheater Mainz. She danced with the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Antwerp, Belgium, and was promoted to the rank of soloist. She later danced at the

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. She performed lead roles in Jan Fabre's '' Swan Lake'',

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's '' The Sleeping Beauty'' and ''

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'', William Forsythe's ''

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'', and George Balanchine's ''Divertimento no. 15''. She later retired from the stage and began running a classical ballet school in

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alongside Valentin Fanel Badiu.

References

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