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.
REPERTOIRE
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
FLOOR WORK
JAZZ DANCE
BALLET
Basic knowledge of:
House Dance, Breaking, Popping, Voguing and Waacking
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
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
TRUMP YOU
July 2021
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
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK
October 2019 –
RED
A duet about society's expectation on bodies, especially female bodies and about the controversy of self-expression on social media platforms. Choreographed and performed with Linda Heller.
Short version:
10. October 2019 Première at Kammgarn in Hard (AT)
02. November 2019 in Romanshorn
07. March 2020 in Sommeri in the Löwenarena
08. March 2020 in Bern in the Theater ONO
08. May 2021 at the Tanzfest Winterthur
28. October 2021 at Jungkunst Winterthur
29. October 2021 at Jungkunst Winterthur
07. May 2022 at Kunsthalle Arbon
Full-evening piece (50min):
04. September 2021 Pre-Première with 23-minute version at Theater am Gleis Winterthur
27. November 2021 Première at the Tanzfestival Winterthur
7. December 2021 at Grabenhalle St. Gallen
8. December 2021 at Grabenhalle St. Gallen
New, prolonged version for an audience aged 12yo and up:
8. September 2022 at Presswerk Arbon
12. November 2022 at Kulturhaus Helferei Zürich
12. May 2023 Theater am Gleis Winterthur
21. November 2023 Tanzfestival Winterthur
05. May 2024 Tanzfest St. Gallen
October - December 2022
BEZIEHUNGSWEISE
A quintet about the complexity and diversity of human relationships. In co-production with the city of Winterthur and Theater am Gleis.
Première: 27. October 2023 at the Theater am Gleis Winterthur
Further performances:
28./29. October 2023 at Theater am Gleis Winterthur
8. November 2023 at Grabenhalle St. Gallen
10./11. November 2023 at Kulturhaus Helferei Zürich
16. December 2023 at Tojo Theater Reitschule Bern
September - November 2021
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN
A solo performance about situations in which people speak a lot but say nothing.
Première: 08. September 2021 in Schützi Olten
Further performances:
09. September 2021 in Schützi Olten
11. September 2021 at KleinKunstRallye Winterthur
13. November 2021 at Wagenvarieté Zirkusquartier in Zurich
21./22. October 2022 at Nuithonie in Fribourg for InciDanse
September 2019 - October 2020
DER WIDERWILLIGE WALZER
A quartet choreographed for the Merge Dance Collective.
Première: 07. September at the TanzOrt am Gleis in Winterthur
Further performances:
20. September 2019 GZ Heuried in Zurich
22. September 2019 museum schaffen in Winterthur
07. March 2020 Löwenarena in Sommeri
24. October 2020 Jungkunst and Theater am Gleis in Winterthur
25. October 2020 Jungkunst and Theater am Gleis in Winterthur
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