When Ilka Groenewold presents, she establishes a connection bewteen the officials, the customers and the audience. She brings together single personalities, takes up their thoughts and opinions and incorporates them into her speeches. “The art of presentation is to keep the red thread of an event in your hands, so that single segments sum up to a good show”, says the artist. “And of course: You have to grasp the attention of the audience!” Ilka creates this with a unique mixture of charm, humor, sympathy, freshness and professionalism which is liked very much by both younger and older audiences. “My aim is to connect the involved people in an emotional way, as well as to fulfill the aim of the event.” Training is the key to Ilka’s success in the most different subject areas. Since 2002 she successfully presents a great variety of events, Galas or award shows, and stars in TV productions and live broadcastings!

I am glad about many personal highlights and unforgettable moments in my occupation – particularly when I can share them with my audience.

Ilka was born on March 6th, 1985. The authentic East Frisian woman started her carreer by taking dance lessons at the tender age of three. This training included ballet, jazz, Hip Hop and other dances, so that Ilka today can cover a wide spectrum of dance styles. Until 2005, Ilka was active as a dance instructor for video clip dancing, and in 2001, the television broadcasting station VIVA discovered the young talent and invited her to present the “McClip of show” on national TV. This was the final impulse for Ilka to aim at a stage career. A lot of training in dancing as well as singing and piano lessons paid off when her dream of a two-year-training as a music theatre-actress could be realised in Hamburg after getting her high school diploma.

Today, Ilka Groenewold is often described as an allround artist! The main focus of her activites, however, is the area of presenting and singing. She has experience in hosting galas and seminars, Internet-broadcasting, fairs and TV- and website presentations. She can work with children, teenagers and adults alike and Ilka is a woman who loves challenges and masters them with pleasure. Onstage or offstage, in German, English and East Frisian Low German alike, Ilka is a natural open-hearted person that also has the sensitivity to make other people shine in the spotlight. She can turn a simple “small talk” into a real conversation quickly, and can pout a smile on the audience’s face within the same second.