Anneliese Helene Charlotte von Oettingen (22 January 1917 – 9 December 2002) was a ballerina and influential ballet teacher and choreographer.
[1] At age 16 she was directing and teaching at her own school of ballet in Berlin and was later licensed by the German state to train professional dancers.
"[2] She left Berlin for the United States without her husband, Friedrich-Karl Sass, who was declared missing in action.
[2] In 1947, she emigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio with her two children Cornelia and Tyll, then aged four and six, where she became a well-known ballet teacher.
Football players Brad Cousino and Ken Avery attended the Anneliese von Oettingen School of Ballet in Cincinnati for rehabilitation after sustaining injuries.