Ellen Kalwait-Borck was born in 1961 in Flensburg, Germany. She received her diploma as dance and dance aerobics instructor in from a dance school in Hamburg in 1993 and then taught folk dancing, classical ballet, jazz, flamenco, step dance, modern dance and Oriental dance. She has taught voice at the Stattliche Jugendmusikschule in Hamburg since 2001.
She sings Bach oratorios, Romantic church music and popular music of the 20s and 30s, has acted in theater and film and moderated shows. Under the professional name "Elena" she also performs Oriental dances.
