Formal Education

Qigong Education
2025-2027, Chen Akademie, Luzern

MA Dance, Choreography as a Field of Practice
2019-2022, Zurich University of the Arts

BA Cultural Anthropology and Media Studies
2009-2012, University of Basel

 

Education Permanente

Psychology, Philosophy, Spirituality, Health
Ongoing self-directed study since 2012 

 

Body Practice Experience

Dance (Contemporary, Breaking), strength & conditioning, Qigong, personal movement awareness, body-mind regulation (self-regulation). Prior experience in: Tai-Chi, Yoga, Balancing alignment®

Body practice/Body work experience – in numbers:

12 years Professional Dancer
10 years Personal body awareness work, developing own training methods
7 years Qigong
2 years Balancing alignment®
3 years Tai-Chi
3 years Yoga
8 years of physiotherapy, including rehabilitation from 3 hip and 2 knee surgeries

Further Skills

• Lecturer and workshop facilitator in personal growth topics
• Project creation and management (concept creation, fundraising, management), within educational and cultural contexts
• Further professional experience in administrative and organisational roles, including executive assistance and coordination, mostly within cultural and educational contexts.

 

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achievements/awards in Arts and Culture

2024
Winner of the interdisciplinary cultural competition by the Pratteln Cultural Promotion Commission (Project: Pratteln zwischen Erinnerung und Vision, with Flurin Manetsch)

2022
Choreographer Newcomer-Award (at the 26. Oltner Tanztage, Olten/CH)

2022
Search choreography selected for the Swiss Tour TANZFAKTOR 2022

2021
Three-year grant SZENOTOP by Aargauer Kuratorium & Kurtheater Baden, as part of the PR·SMA collective (Elena Morena Weber, Lucas del Rio, Luca Magni)

2020
Simplexity choreography commended by the Burgos-New York International Choreography Contest

2018
Establishment of the movement spot – a 600 m² center for movement, education and hip-hop arts (Co-Founder, Co-Director), Pratteln/Basel

 

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry