About Vanessa Bader...

South Africa

Vanessa started ballet at the age of 3. Since then her passion for dancing and theatre only grew as she got older. At age 6 she started Freestyle Dancing and went on to study Modern- and Tap-dancing. As a teenager she mastered as many styles of dancing as she could. This included Latin American, Contemporary and African dance. She also started singing at an early age, when she received tutoring from her grandmother, who was a singing coach and piano teacher. She was part of the school choir and participated in school recitals from the age of 7.

After finishing high school she went on to study Musical Theatre at the Pretoria University Of Technology in South Africa. After 3 years of intensive training in dancing, singing and acting, Vanessa began a stage career in Theatre. Her performances include roles like “Frenchie” in “Grease”, “Graciela” in “West Side Story” and many more. There were performances in musicals such as “Pippin”, “The King and I”, “The Wizard Of Oz” and “Into the Woods”, to name a few. She has performed in the Extravaganza at Sun City (South Africa) and more recently in “Bite” at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. Besides all this, Vanessa has danced in various corporate presentations and on Cruise Ships around the world. Her acting career was given a boost when she played a substantial part in a sitcom on South African television, during which time she presented an educational children's television special as well. She also recently performed in “The world's greatest magic show” in Las Vegas. Vanessa currently performs with her husband, Garin Bader, in their own Musical Magic show, which they perform at various venues around the world. In these performances Vanessa assists Garin with his magic while including singing and dancing routines.