To mark its 30th anniversary, Tanzhaus Zürich is hosting the MovingTowardsZero festival (June 26–28, 2026): a utopian space where art, activism and community come together. Songs & Dances for Vanishing Glaciers is part of MovingTowardsZero.
Songs & Dances for Vanishing Glaciers brings together two distinct artistic explorations of the glaciers melting away right before our eyes: Song of the Vanishing Glaciers by Coco Schwarz and a new choreographic production by Jamuna Mirjam Zweifel, featuring dancer Ariana Qizmolli.
Initiated by Song of the Vanishing Glaciers, a multi-part sound and installation project based on field recordings that Coco Schwarz collected directly on Swiss glaciers over a period of one and a half years.
Under the direction of dancer Ariana Qizmolli, we move to the electronic glacier sounds of Coco Schwarz. Following this, the research material from the project will be presented by Tanzhaus accomplice Jamuna Mirjam Zweifel: she explores the relationship with melting glaciers and examines them as sensitive yet vulnerable entities.
Sound Coco Schwarz
Tänzerin Ariana Qizmolli
Konzept/Recherchematerial Jamuna Mirjam Zweifel
Bildende Kunst/Szenografische Elemente Ivan Minichiello
Textil Larissa Riesen
Filmmaterial Michelle Ettlin, Jamuna Mirjam Zweifel
Coco Schwarz is a Zurich-based artist and DJ working across electroacoustic composition, field recording and performance. With a background in classical piano, they develop experimental sound practices between research, installation and club contexts. Their work engages ecological and societal questions through listening and transformation.
Ariana Qizmolli is a dancer and choreographer from Thurgau who has been active in the independent dance scene since 2019. She trained in contemporary and urban dance in Zurich and has worked with Marcel Leeman and Rotes Velo, amongst others. She has been part of the Company remi demi since 2023 and choreographed Giant Steps. She has performed in productions by Jamuna Mirjam Zweifel and Giulia Esposito. Alongside her artistic work, she teaches dance, works for BABA NEWS and runs workshops on "Stop Hate Speech".
Jamuna Mirjam Zweifel worked with the Zurich-based collective The Field from 2019 to 2023, developing short pieces and experimental formats that were performed internationally. She has performed in works by Meg Stuart, Isabel Lewis and Simone Aughterlony, amongst others. In addition to solo pieces, she developed her first full-length production, Holes, in 2024 (premiere at Theater am Gleis, Winterthur). She founded Zookunft.Project (2020–2025) and has received several funding awards, including from the cantons of Solothurn and Zurich. Jamuna lives in Zurich, works internationally and is committed to community initiatives within the dance scene.
14:00 — 14:45
Studio 2
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 127a
8037 Zürich
