Biography
Monika Geppert was born in Dresden and received her dance training at the Palucca-Schule Dresden. She began her stage career as a ballet trainee at Altenburger Theater, followed by engagements as a soloist in Rostock, Erfurt and Dessau. In 1962, she joined the former Kleines Haus, later the Musikalische Komödie, as a solo dancer, where she subsequently became a ballet coach and choreographer.
Following distance studies in ballet pedagogy at the Leipziger Fachschule für Tanz, she became ballet mistress at the Musikalische Komödie. From 1990, she also served as acting artistic director of the house, before taking on the roles of director and ballet mistress from 1991 to 2003.
As a guest choreographer, she worked in Dessau, Altenburg, Dresden, Halle and Rostock, as well as internationally in Brașov (Romania) and Sofia (Bulgaria). In the 2019/20 season, she was responsible for the choreography of »Der Zauberer von Oss«.