Liz King was classically trained at the Royal Ballet School London. She has been dancing with the Stuttgart Ballet and Ballet Royal de Wallonie. In 1982, she co-founded Tanztheater Wien. From 1989-96 directed the Heidelberg Ballet, from 1999-2003 the Ballet of Volksoper Wien. Currently she is setting up a contemporary dance company at Oberwart, Austria, and enjoys working with socially disadvanteged people.