Manuela Runge

Manuela Runge lives and works as a theatre and dance artist in Zurich. After completing training in theatre pedagogy in 2007 and dance pedagogy in 2014, Manuela Runge works with people of different ages across various cultural institutions, including Schauspielhaus Zürich, Haus Konstruktiv, Tanzhaus Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, as well as in schools with the Kulturamt of the City and Canton of Zurich. As a cultural mediator, Manuela Runge connects the arts of dance, theatre and performance, exploring within them possibilities for personal expression with people of all ages. Since completing Teacher Training in DanceAbility with Alito Alessi at the ImPulsTanz Festival 2016 in Vienna, Manuela Runge has been committed to inclusive culture and cultural participation for all people. With the recently founded association TANZflug, Manuela Runge and her colleagues aim to make contemporary inclusive dance, with its diverse and varied people, visible and accessible in Zurich. For the past two years, Manuela Runge has regularly taught dance workshops in inclusive dance improvisation for adults using the DanceAbility method, as well as dance theatre courses for children at Tanzhaus Zürich. Manuela Runge is a board member of ASSITEJ SCHWEIZ – the Swiss Association for Children’s and Young People’s Theatre.

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Corina Arbenz

Corina Arbenz-Roth is a trained decoration designer and works as a teacher of art and design as well as a special needs educator in schools. In 2021, Corina Arbenz-Roth completed acting training for deaf people in Olten. For the past three years, Corina Arbenz-Roth has danced in diverse projects in inclusive groups, assists with DanceAbility at Tanzhaus, and currently dances with the association TANZflug and with Mirjam Gurtner in the production almost home, which was shown at STEPS in 2022. At movo, Corina Arbenz-Roth performed in the productions SCH…, Neuland, nett.working, and toured with the dance project LISTEN. Corina Arbenz-Roth also illustrated an ABC book and posters using the finger alphabet. Corina Arbenz-Roth is a deaf artist who researches a holistic language on stage, tirelessly committed to inclusion and diversity.

Jeanine Elsener

Jeanine Elsener is a dancer and movement educator in the Franklin Method®. Jeanine Elsener began dance training at the Ballet School for Opernhaus Zürich and subsequently studied the Muller Polarity Technique in St. Gallen and in New York. In 2002, Jeanine Elsener completed training at the Rotterdamse Dansacademie, today known as Codarts.
Jeanine Elsener works as a freelance dancer on various projects and as an educator for various institutions such as STEPS, Sprachheilschule Unterägeri, PH Zug, Insieme, as well as for her own movement courses. In 2018, Jeanine Elsener realised her first inclusive project, so und nicht anders, which was shown at Tanzfest Zug. In summer 2021, Jeanine Elsener completed the DanceAbility Teacher Certification with Alito Alessi in Vienna, to deepen her work in the field of inclusive dance.