"Miss" Cornelia

Cornelia Link started dance training during her grade school years in Germany. Her parents enrolled her in dance classes at the State Opera of Braunschweig where she participated in over 30 performances. As a student assistant she discovered her love for dance and her desire to work with children. Later, she attended master classes at the Dance Academy in Vienna, Austria.

In 1973, Miss Cornelia began offering classical ballet classes in Martin, Tennessee on the second floor of a small drafty warehouse.

Ballet training was, initially, offered in Variations, Repertoire, Pas de Deux and Pointe. Classes in Tap, Jazz, Modern were added shortly thereafter.

A very popular, comprehensive pre-school program was developed in recent years to meet the needs of early childhood education for 3 - 5 year old girls.

Today, Miss Cornelia is teaching in studios located in Martin, Milan, Paris, Brownsville and Huntingdon.

Over the past years, Miss Cornelia has been involved in: Programs with the Giacobbe School of Dance in New Orleans, choreography for local performing groups, theatre performances at UTM, numerous dance presentations as well as exercise and aerobics programs.

Miss Cornelia has performed as a Senior Member of the Jackson Ballet Arts in such works as: "Nutcracker", "Who Cares", and "Les Sylphides".

Mr. Michael has a B.S. degree in Food & Agricultural Sciences as well as a Minor in Music Education.

They reside on their farm near Paris, TN and have two children, Dierk (32),

Sabina (30), and one grandchild, Ella (4).

Our granddaughter Ella participated in her first recital

this year, posing on stage

during a dressrehearsal break.