Our Mission

Our goal is to help children build a love and appreciation for their bodies through a positive environment using classical ballet as our method. 

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At Piri Ballet we care about every single student and make sure that we do our best to make our classes a great experience for everyone. We challenge each student according to their abilities and experience. 

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We have found that positive feedback and making our classes fun helps our students make the most progress. 

Meet The Team

Piri

Founder

🇨🇭🇭🇺 Hoi Zämme!

My name is Piroska, but you can call me Piri.

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I am originally from Aargau, Switzerland but I have spent most of my childhood travelling with my family.

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I started ballet very young and when I turned 10 years old, I joined the Hungarian National Ballet School in Budapest. The high-level training I received there led me to the prestigious Arts Educational School Tring, in England, where I trained as a professional ballerina.

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After graduating, I decided to attend university in the USA in order to study child development.

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In 2017, I decided to come back to Switzerland and settle on the shore of the Geneva Lake to found my very own ballet school, Piri Ballet.

Danai

Teacher

 🇬🇷  Kalimera! 

My name is Danai and I am a ballerina from Greece.

Alongside my studies in children psychology and mental health, I have been dancing and training as a professional ballerina for 20 years.

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I was awarded several diplomas for teaching ballet from The Royal Academy of Dance as well as the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (UK).

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I have spent a lot of time teaching and working with children suffering with mental health issues and for the past 2 years, I have been teaching dance at the Greek schools of Geneva and Lausanne.

I am delighted to join Piri Ballet this year as a ballet teacher and see what we can do together!

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Amber

Teacher

 🇺🇸  Hi Everyone! 

My name is Amber Papp. I was born in the USA, where I grew up doing Gymnastics. After 5 years of training and competitions, I decided to transition into dancing.

From the age of 11 I trained in Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-Hop and finally did ballet and pointe. 

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I competed in these disciplines for 7 years, a time during which I was also a teaching assistant. 

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This experience led me to obtain my qualification as a ballet instructor, which I hold alongside a degree in early childhood education from Metro State University.

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I have taught all forms of dance to different age groups for 11 years and am now excited and looking forward to being a part of the Piri Ballet family.

Lohislany

Teacher

 🇨🇴  Buenos dias a todos! 

My name is Lohislany and I am coming to you from Colombia. 

I  started my ballet training and later became a soloist at INCOLBALLET, the most prestigious neoclassical dance school in Colombia.

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For 9 years, I was part of the International Ballet Festival during which I performed with the best international companies in the world (Hong-Kong Ballet, The Royal British Ballet, and more).

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In 2015, I joined the Bejart Ballet Company in Switzerland but had to take a break after an injury.

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From that time on, I decided to use my experience to teach the young ballerinas, to share my love for ballet.

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I am thrilled to be joining the Piri Ballet family this year and give back to the swiss dance community!

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