OUINCH OUINCH are a moving collective whose artistic vision is currently in the hands of Karine Dahouindji and Marius Barthaux. Since 2019, the company has created three plays and a host of performances, always in a horizontal creative process.
OUINCH OUINCH create shows that are raw, carnivalesque, absurd, often festive, funny and direct. Shows that encourage the emergence of intense and authentic relationships with reality, while at the same time being steeped in queer, pop and dreamlike fictions. All with a colourful aesthetic that mixes period references. Sometimes retrofuturistic, sometimes medieval, the OUINCH, mischievous and naïve little fairies, often wander outside, sometimes in clubs or even in theatres, enchanting the world and its inhabitants with their buffoonish presence. The collective OUINCH OUINCH develops a processual, fun approach to collective, cross-disciplinary, in situ, festive and immersive creation.
MovingTowardsZero
Ouinch Ouinch
Happy Hype
To mark its 30th anniversary, Tanzhaus Zürich is hosting the MovingTowardsZero festival (26–28 June 2026): a utopian space where art, activism and community come together. Happy Hype is part of MovingTowardsZero.
Ouinch Ouinch invites you to immerse yourselves in an intense carnival epic that defies all despair and is far more than just a dance performance: it is a loud call to unleash your energies, to throw your own desires into the arena and to savour the rising euphoria to the full.
Happy Hype reclaims public space as a collective, inclusive festival ground – free from the pressure to consume and commercial logic. The queer, carnival-like aesthetic creates space for marginalised identities and lived diversity.
Inspired by the ‘Hype Call’ of Krump – a dance form that emerged in Los Angeles in the 1990s – the Geneva-based company takes the dance frenzy to a new level. The performers throw themselves into a powerful, jubilant dance that comes from deep within. It is up to the audience to decide how they wish to participate in this explosive parade: through cheers of encouragement or by venturing into the heart of the arena themselves.
Choreography and concept Marius Barthaux, Karine Dahouindji, Simon Crettol, Nicolas Fernando Mayorga Ramirez, Maud Hala Chami
Performance Collin Cabanis, Marius Barthaux, Adél Juhász, Sim Peretti and Karine Dahouindji
Live music Iman Waser
Production Association Cie des Marmots
Executive Production Ars Longa Agency
Tour Management Gabriel Bishop
Support Fondation l’Abri, Le FAR Nyon, Belluard Bollwerk, and Festival Parallèle
Pictures Jennifer Scherler, Pierre Planchenault, Cyril Voirole
Dates / Booking
21:00 — 22:00
- Solidarity: CHF 35
- Regular: CHF 25
- Budget: CHF 15
Bühne 1
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 127a
8037 Zürich
- Duration: 1h
- Nonverbal, without spoken text
- Wheelchair accessible
Content notes
- Participation: The audience is directly addressed and encouraged to join in the dancing
- Atmosphere: Festive, energetic and loud, often featuring music by Mulah (Afro/Hip-Hop)
- Content: A fusion of club culture and dance
- Volume
- Lighting changes