ABOUT ME
I am a freelance dancer, choreographer, co-director and teacher based in Winterthur, Switzerland.
I am a hard-working and creative dancer and choreographer and very committed to connecting to the dance community and supporting the younger generations.
Being a freelance dancemaker is my passion and I love all the various aspects of it: performing, choreographing, teaching, building networks, organising dance events and supporting the local dance scene.
Also, I love coffee, memes and fun facts.
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
FLOOR WORK
JAZZ DANCE
BALLET
Basic knowledge of:
House Dance, Breaking, Hip Hop, Popping, Voguing and Waacking
REPERTOIRE
Choreographic work
You can find all of my choreographic works on the page CREATION or by clicking on the button below:
DANCER BIO
a rough selection
KISS ME KATE
January - April 2023
Dancer and dance captain in a musical production by the Operettenbühne Vaduz
Dance choreography: Robina Steyers
Première: 11. March 2023 at Vaduzer Saal (Fürstentum Liechtenstein)
Further performances: 12./18./19./25./26./31. March, 1./2. April 2023 at Vaduzer Saal
BEZIEHUNGSWEISE
October - December 2022
Choreography: Audrey Wagner
Première: 27. October 2022 at Theater am Gleis, Winterthur
Further performances: 28./29. October 2022 at Theater am Gleis Winterthur, 8. November 2022 at Grabenhalle St. Gallen, 10./11. November 2022 at Kulturhaus Helferei Zürich, 16. December 2022 at Tojo Theater Reitschule Bern
DEVISE & IMPROVISE
November 2021
Improvisational concept: Simon Wehrli
Première: 20. November at Tanzfestival Winterthur
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN
September 2021 - October 2022
TRUMP YOU
July 2021
Solo by Audrey Wagner
Première: 8. September 2021 at Movement Composed #3 in Schützi Olten
Further Performances: 9. September 2021 at Movement Composed #3 in Schützi Olten, 13. November 2021 at La Nuit du Cirque at Zirkusquartier Zürich, 21./22. October 2022 at InciDanse in Fribourg
Choreography: Ihsan Rustem
Première: 13. July 2021 at Gessnerallee Bühne A, Zürich
Further Performance: 14. July at Gessnerallee Bühne A, Zürich
BREATH_E_MOTION
January 2020 - November 2020
Choreography: Luca Signoretti
Première: 21. November 2020 at the Tanzfestival in Winterthur, Switzerland
FURTHER JOB EXPERIENCES
Co-Director of the Tanzfestival Winterthur since 2022
Dancer, choreographer and chairwoman of the Merge Dance Collective since 2019
Member of the executive committee of Tanzinwinterthur since 2019
Member of the programming team of the Theater am Gleis 2019-2023
Organizer of the Pop Up Dance Space in Winterthur since 2020
Member of the planning group for the Tanzfest Winterthur 2019-2023
Chairwoman of the Alumni Network HF ZUB since 2019
Primary School Teacher
Education
2023 - 2025
MA Choreography at ZHdK, Zurich
2021 - 2022
CAS Kulturbetriebsführung
CAS Kulturpolitik und Kulturförderung at ZHAW School for Management and Law, Winterthur
2016 - 2019
Dipl. Bühnentanz HF in Contemporary and Urban Dance
at Höhere Fachschule für Zeitgenössischen und Urbanen Bühnentanz, Zürich
2011 - 2014
Bachelor of Arts as Primary School teacher
at Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich
School
2004 - 2010 Kantonsschule Küsnacht
1998 - 2004 Primarschule Zumikon
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
DESCRIPTION OF CLASS
In my dance classes I focus on creating a space where people feel safe, enjoy moving and build up the courage to go to their limits and beyond in order to discover new possibilities. I do a n organic warm-up with a mixture of mobilisation, strengthening and stretching exercises. Then I work on technical elements, movement phrases and dance sequences. In more advanced classes I like to work with choreographic tools, too. My movement language is very flowy contrasted with isolations. I like to surprise myself with new directions and dynamics.
TEACHING REPERTOIRE
Contemporary Dance
Jazz Dance
Ballet
Improvisation
Floor Work
Choreography
CURRENT CLASSES
Aha! Studio für Tanz und Bewegung
Winterthur
Wednesdays
19:00-20:00 Intermediate Jazz
20:00-21:15 Advanced Jazz
Fridays
19:10 - 20:10 Intermediate Urban Contemporary
20:10-21:10 Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary
Want to join a class? Find out more here.
If you are a student at a university in Zurich you can take my ASVZ class:
ASVZ Arena Winterthur
Mondays
18:40-19:55 Modern Contemporary Level 1+2
20:00 - 21:30 Modern Contemporary Level 2 + Mittlere