Background
Her father, Alexander Alvang, was a well-known barrister.
Her father, Alexander Alvang, was a well-known barrister.
In 1911 she came to Dresden, where she took lessons from Dalcroze, and attended the newly founded Hellerau Institute.
Since 1908 the Alvang family had been living in Munich. lieutenant was here that Alvang became acquainted with Rhythmics. After a year she was a teacher and a student of Hellerau, and in May 1913 she graduated from the Institute and returned to Saint St. Petersburg to commence teaching, which she continued to do until 1970.
Alongside the courses, she gave lectures to audiences in Saint St. Petersburg.
In her archives there is a list of places where she worked detailing more than 30 organizations. In 1914 after the outbreak of the First World War, the courses were closed.
The foreign teachers left Russia, and Alvang went to Moscow. In Moscow she began her work at the School of Alexandrova, and following this she went to the Rhythmic Institute which was established in July 1919.
After the Institute"s closure, Griner worked at several organizations.
Schukin Theatrical School was the most notable of these. She began there in 1939.
In 1991 Fédération Internationale des Enseignants de Rythmique (FIER) gave her the Honoured Member of this Federation.