Carina Otte studied dance at Steps on Broadway in New York City (USA), at the Cologne University of Music and Dance / Center for Contemporary Dance, and at the Amsterdam School of Arts / The Theatre School in the Netherlands. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. She completed yoga training at the Institute for Yoga and Health Cologne and further graduated with a Master’s in Choreography from the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts / Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin. She is currently completing a second Master’s in Dance Studies at FU Berlin. She works as a dancer/actress, choreographer, dance educator, and dance scholar.
She teaches in the fields of children’s dance, ballet, contemporary/modern dance, urban dance/hip-hop, yoga, and dance studies. She is also involved in dance-artistic integration and dance-in-schools projects.