Having moved to Germany
as a child, she first became introduced to
street performing at the age of 10 as one of the
"Dusseldorfer Ratschlager" and continued with
that for 2 years.. The Ratschlager (Kartwheelers)
were so popular that the city sold postcards of
them.
Since starting her adult career in 1996,
Contessa has progressed from street performing
to becoming a favorite at Corporate Christmas
Parties.. Having performed for a few hundred
people at company functions such as Ford &
Daimler-Chrysler to performing at a private
Thanksgiving day dinner for the President of
General Motors, Contessa is at ease in any setting,
Her forte is improv which she studied in New
York city. As you can see from her references
that is one of the things audiences like best
about her.