As a young girl, Anne Krantz enjoyed
listening to the music of the 40's and
watching old movies of Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers. Six years ago, she decided to
follow her passion to learn how to dance
herself. As soon as she started moving on
the dance floor, she was hooked. Anne is now
a competitive ballroom dancer and performer.
A native to California,
Anne currently resides in Alpine,
California. She is married, a mother of two
young sons, a business owner of an
established internet ballroom dress company
and is engaged in many volunteer
organizations including her children's
elementary school.
Anne worked for the
Alpine Union School District from 1999 until
2002 as the school librarian, and in various
substitute positions.
This is where she developed her
passion to work with children and to bring
out the children's varied interests and
talents.
In the beginning of
the 2004 - 2005 school year, Anne
offered to volunteer to help in her
son's 5th grade classroom. After the
first few weeks of the semester, Anne
shared with her son's teacher her
passion for ballroom dance. The teacher
was intrigued and asked Anne if
she would be interested in teaching the
students. Inspired by the prospect
of introducing the art of ballroom dance
to the children in her son's classroom,
she began to teach the students ballroom
dance techniques. Together with her
partner, Christian Wasinger, the idea
for EduDance Classrooms in Motion, was
born.
Christian Wasinger
(Executive Director)
Phone: 619/990-0311,
Fax: 619/291-6110
Christian@EduDance.net
Born and raised in
Austria, Christian is a former Champion
Ballroom Dancer, medalist, and member of the
Austrian National Ballroom Dance League.
After winning many competitions in Austria
and traveling all over Europe, he decided to
retire from active competing and to focus on
a teaching career.
In 1995 he was
offered a position to teach in Boston, MA.
He took the opportunity and made the big
move across the Atlantic ocean to build a
new life in the United States.
After moving to Boston,
Christian was based at the Fred Astaire
Dance Studio (Boston West) for almost 6
years., He initially taught at that school,
an later moved on to supervising and
ultimately managing it.
Christian has been
trained by some of the most famous
international top instructors and world
champions, and has been an instructor
himself with over 14 years experience in
teaching.
His experience in the
field of dance instruction has reached and
inspired students of all ages.
