Cosima Grand is a choreographer and dancer. In her artistic work, Cosima is primarily interested in the empathic potential of dance. In her practice, she explores how body movements and bodily sensations can connect people and create resonance. In her latest choreographic works, she has developed a physical practice based on rocking and trembling movements that incorporates work with the voice. Cosima completed her dance training at the CNDC d'Angers and was a member of the Cie Marchepied in Lausanne. She completed a bachelor's degree in multilingual communication at the University of Geneva. She studied theater studies and sociolinguistics at the University of Bern. Cosima collaborates and performs with Ruth Childs, Aina Alegre, Simone Truong, Chris Leuenberger, Jessica Huber, and others. Her own choreographic work includes the pieces CTRL-V(EP) (2nd prize PREMIO 2015), CTRL-V (LP) (2016), Hitchhiking through Winterland (2018), Restless Beings (2020), and things veer (2023). In 2015, she received the Culture Promotion Award from the Canton of Valais and in 2020 a Cultural Award from the City of Zurich. Cosima is an accomplice at Tanzhaus Zurich.
Special
Cosima Grand, Lea Moro, Sibylle Aeberli
Climate Lament Choir
Every first Wednesday of the month from January to May 2026, we meet to lament together and sing joyfully – in June, the choir will sing on the first Thursday. At the heart of this edition's collective lament is the climate crisis and the losses that come with it. Building on this, we will develop a climate protest song for the dance demonstration on June 26 at the festival MovingTowardsZero. The choir is led by Sibylle Aeberli.
No previous experience is necessary.
We kindly request that you register in advance.
Participation is also possible on individual dates.
The lament choir was created as part of Cosima Grand's dance production Schmerzstück and is now entering its second round. Started as a FLINTA* lament choir, this edition is open to everyone.
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Lea Moro works as a choreographer, curator, and dramaturg. Her focus lies on interdisciplinary and inclusive approaches that connect artistic and societal processes, as well as on sustainable practices and cultural accessibility. She has received international recognition for her choreographic work. In 2020, she founded the platform Work it Out, which is dedicated to the redistribution of resources and co-creative formats in the arts. Moro is involved in dramaturgy at Tanzhaus Zürich, was the program dramaturg at Kaserne Basel, and was responsible for culture programs at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (DEZA). Additionally, she conducted evaluations and developed funding programs for the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). She is a board member of the Thurgau Cantonal Cultural Foundation.
Freelance singer, guitarist, actress, composer and lyricist for 35 years. She fronted the cult children's band Schtärneföifi for 23 years. She has been performing in independent theatre on the German-speaking stages of Europe since 2001, most notably with Mass & Fieber (Brigitte and Niklaus Helbling), Theater Club 111 (Meret Matter), Les Reines Prochaines & friends since 2018 and Team Tam Tam (Barbara Weber) since 2023. She has directed the choir of the sogar theatre since 2018 and has realised various integrative projects and the Psychor for people with and without psychiatric experience for the Wildwuchs Festival.
Sibylle Aeberli was awarded the City of Zurich's Werkjahr in November 2019 and the Basel Culture Prize in 2022 with Les Reines Prochaines & friends.
Dates / Booking
19:00 — 21:00
- This event is free of charge
Bühne 2
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich
- Duration: 2h
- German, English
- Wheelchair accessible
19:00 — 21:00
- This event is free of charge
Bühne 2
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich
- Duration: 2h
- German, English
- Wheelchair accessible
19:00 — 21:00
- This event is free of charge
Bühne 2
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich
- Duration: 2h
- German, English
- Wheelchair accessible